Gael Monfils practicing his serve

Practicing serves on the practice courts during Legg Mason 2007. Serve motion looks very similar to Roddick's serve (look at video response to see a clip of Roddick practicing serves two practice courts away).

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[throughsamseyes]

I am so jealous. Was this during the practice sessions? Did you go to any games? See any other players?

[roadlesstaken]

@throughsamseyes Yup, it was a practice sessions. There were tons more players there too. Love it!

[cyrilbanga]

he serves like andy roddick

[zkranc]

alright so Monfils admits emulating Roddick's serve, but why criticize him, it's a great serve and it's fundamentally sound if more players really worked on their serve (motion and all) you might see more serves looking similar to Roddick's and also being more effective, so why criticize Monfils for doing it correct...unless the serve is too difficult so only a few can do it, but that seems a long shot to me:)

p.s. I am a Roddick, Monfils and Tsonga fan:)

[cj397]

@michelleinmke it's not at all.

[crazyphilly555]

He using a dunlop?

[caraba421]

Il y un similitude entre le service de Roddick et celui de Monfils, rien d'étonnant à cela, ils ont tout deux été inspirés par Benhabiles le coach qui a fait Roddick à ses tout débuts, puis de Monfils en 2007. Il est a noté que son service est maintenant différent moins saccadé dans sa préparation, plus fluide.

[tennisproderek]

winner after winner

argh pros are too good

[michelleinmke]

I think this is harder on the knees than a traditional platform serve like Federer or Sampras, but I can serve harder with my feet together.

[federerpremiumclass]

he is imitating roddick's serve, but he sucks at it. athletic fucker though

[xXxWontonxXx]

i see a head racket (: thats right xD haha hmm his feet are so close together...i might try that xD