Players With Great Smashes
- Yannick Noah
- Pete Sampras
- John McEnroe
- Martina Navratilova
- Roger Federer
Pete Sampras (and before him Yannick Noah) popularized the jump smash, where the player jumps and then hits the smash in mid-air. The regular smashing shot, along with the downward force of a falling body, make this type of smash nearly undefeatable. The shot is often also called a slam dunk, as in basketball.
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