Gaby Dabrowski: Closing the net to win more doubles matches
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Gaby Dabrowski is our guest for the 59th episode of Baseline Intelligence. Gaby is the 2023 US Open Women's Doubles Champion and has been ranked as high as 4th in the WTA rankings. She also won the 2017 French Open and the 2018 Australian Open in Mixed Doubles.
We talk:
1:35 Mixed vs. women's doubles
2:42 Returning a faster serve
4:10 Where to stand on a kick serve
5:00 Lobbing
6:24 Return targets
8:08 Players with weaker backhand volleys
10:12 Getting comfortable at the net
13:53 When to close the net
16:08 The close-lag structure
17:20 How to hit a better overhead
18:54 Communicating with your partner
21:28 Don't be a dickhead
25:10 What she wishes she knew at the beginning of her career
27:27 Best coaching advice she's ever received
29:02 What amateurs don't know about pro doubles
31:32 Best advice for the 4.0 player
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