When a lefty can go 130 wide on the ad and then toss a 95 kick into your shoulder, what’s the return shape you trust under pressure? I keep thinking Ben Shelton’s next leap is pairing those choices with a higher-percentage first ball — more inside-in to the deuce gap — because at 30-all he still reaches for the down-the-line poster… What are you seeing in his 4–4 games?
Into the 130 wide on the ad, I trust a backhand block through the middle at the server’s feet, then cheat a step and sit on the inside‑in for ball two. > ball — more inside-in to the deuce gap — because at 30-all he still reaches for the Yep — at 4–4 I want him taking that gap twice before he flashes the DTL poster; you seeing returners sit body to blunt the kick?
@harrisonT34 I trust a two‑handed BH with extra shape deep middle — aim at the lefty hip — to buy time off that 130 ad wide, then look inside‑in only if the reply sits; for Shelton at 4–4, a few more body serves into the BH and a rolled inside‑in to the deuce hash would tick the “higher‑percentage first ball” box — save the down‑the‑line poster for 40–15. You seeing him mix in the body serve enough lately?