What is her trick, her casual style does not look that dangerous but her oppos miss a lot. Her pushes are a bit fast from what I see, is it hard to read the spin?
Lack of choppers to train with is one factor.
No tricks, it is just that consistent heavy backspin is a different tempo that you need practice against to get used to. You also have to read the ball trajectory and have strokes that enable you to stay in the rally when you have the risk of hitting long so you can wait until you get a ball you like. It's just a different game from the traditional topspin game and if you didn't grow up practicing regularly against it, you have to catch up when forced to at a later age if necessary. IMHO, it is best to have coaches that use pips to introduce and keep their students in touch with such styles at junior level so that they don't start from scratch as seniors. Annett clearly had some experience, she just doesn't have the patience and ball reading skills down yet. But Anne just looked completely lost once 2 shots came back. The consistency game is not for everyone.
You're not going to compare Luka to Sabine, are you? One of them has long since proven that they can play table tennis.
Long pips forehand/short pips backhand. Twiddles all the time to mix up the spin and speed. Just a rare style you don't see and it messes people up; not dissimilar to Kyoka Idesawa who will come into a tournament and beat tons of players that are ranked well above her.
With this knowledge I watched the final again. Short pips chops are deadly!
