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Yes, I agree that the men's game is overwhelmingly focused on "power topspin"...but we do still see a few players in the top 100 that don't focus solely on that style (Falck and Filus being two examples). I guess the question I'm asking is this; if its possible for modern defenders with LP's and single sided SP players to survive in the top 100, what other style variations could also survive in the top 100 if the style had a big enough base to begin with amongst serious juniors receiving good coaching? People like Filus and Falck are proof that even though double-winged looping is the optimal playing style, you don't need to be a double-winged looper to make it to the very top of the sport (which for the purposes of this conversation I'm benchmarking as top 100 in the world)...so what other non-optimal playing styles might also be able to survive into that very top bracket?
Perhaps double-sided SP's would be a step too far; maybe the reality is that there is room for some style variation at the very top of the game, but that that variation can only be on one side of the racket. Maybe the reality is that it is possible to survive in the men's top 100 with LP's and SP's (and maybe even anti?), but only on the proviso that the other side of the racket is an inverted spinny rubber.
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