The stills below are courtesy of my good friend Jim Fawcette – excellent camera man, he loves tennis, and he is my source for footage and so much more
Look for his videos @JimFawcette.
With apologies I am still processing this video, but for sure Jannik Sinner plays well within the top 10 and has the skills and coaching staff to move much much higher
Elements of the serve below are really the classic/modern motion
Note the position of his right hip and knee in his physical drop – really becoming very important that the back knee can drive the back hip and shoulder up and into the ball
As his leg drive nears completion his elbow is very high, though the racquet drop is very low (both good)
Nearing contact he appears to have lost his right leg thrust (?)
Good extension at impact, nearly a straight line from the hit down to his left leg
But unusually he appears to be every so slightly descending at impact, you can reference his hat (the top of his head) lower then in the first frame
But for sure know these are just my ramblings, observations really without much analysis – on analysis maybe less is more
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