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  • While Sipos was the first female player to use the penholder grip, she changed to the shakehand grip in 1932 and thereupon succeeded in defeating her former doubles partner Maria Mednyanszky.

    Anna Sipos. 2009

  • For shallow shakehand grasp, permit your thumb relax over the blade, not the rubber.

    hwblog.com admin 2010

  • With the deep shakehand hold, let ones thumb rest around the rubberized part of the bat, and hold this closer to the particular blade or head.

    hwblog.com admin 2010

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