Joel Myers: What we learned from Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek at the 2023 French Open

Baseline Intelligence with Jonathan Stokke · Jun 14, 2023 · 38m

Our friend Joel Myers joins the pod to talk about the tactics, shots, and court positioning of the best players in the world at this year's French Open.

We talk:

2:34 Novak's sustained success

5:22 Playing on pressure points

8:55 Kick serve as a first serve

13:20 Iga's movement and return game

14:10 Best advice for improving court position

16:00 Attacking second serve returns

18:34 Ad side to ad side pattern

19:58 Getting out of the ad court pattern

22:12 What to do when receiving a drop shot

25:23 Moving on clay

27:49 Wrong footing opponents

30:38 Watching tennis on tv

32:46 Playing in the…