An incredible tennis level of these both kids.

I like the French kid .. he’s a more of a future champ material .. His playing style is mature . He has consistency . I like his one-handed backhand which is becoming rare to see it in the new generation players unfortunately .. I’ll remind you after 5 years that he’ll be in the top 10 players , and I wish him a good luck ..

Assuming 2 forehands with equal capabilities will mean superior reach for groundstrokes and volleys, superior overhead smash, more tricky serves using either hand, harder for opponents to figure a game plan, forehand cross court ball striking with heavy top spin on either wing will open up the court more against opponents, reduced wear and tear on shoulders and arms with option to alternate use of playing arm.

Best and cleanest 2 forehand-player I have ever seen. He will be a high level player, the rest is speculation at that age. It is sensational enough that one cannot spot any disadvantage.

OMG, and can serve with either hand!

Rafa is right handed taught to play leftie by Uncle Tony. So with training this is achievable. But l have seen a player use both hands before whenever he was running after a ball. The American hard hitter, James Blake. Great post Wivo. Always finding out something new. Most of all you have no idea how much l miss your intro music.

I hope both of them make it big in the pros. That kid in the hat has a one handed backhand ❤

Interviewed the Indonesian tennis player Lita Liem Sugiarto in 2006; she played on the circuit and was ambidextrous. She had been left-handed at birth, instructed to play with her right hand, but then when she was a teen a coach realized she was gifted to be able to play both sides. And at Wimbledon in the early 1970s, she played the Dutch player Marijke Schaar who was also ambidextrous!

Wow! The evolution of tennis at last. It was bound to happen and technically he has 2 forehands and 2 backhands. Davidov! stay the course, you incredible young man. Well done!

I think later it will be quite easy for him to develop a two handed BH/FH ( like Santoro ) when he doesn't have time to change grip. Crazy potential !

Modern tennis being mostly baseline tennis, there is an interesting potential in this. That being said, most of the pictures of this video are borrowed from ``les petits as de Tarbes'', a competition that takes place every year for the less than 14 years old and he got quickly overplayed there and could only reach the 1/16th of final. The problem was not his ambidextruous tennis - many people were curious about it - but rather his size deficit with respect to other players of the same age : he got entirely overpowered... Time will tell but there is very little hope for anyone less than 6 feet in modern tennis.

Can't wait to see the future progression

Excellent, high quality match between these two juniors.

Twitching hands could be a disadvantage…but holding two rackets…that is next level!😊

from an exhaustion standpoint on his arms he can at least spread out the load. crazy he’s serving with both hands as well

The kid hasn’t even hit puberty yet & his level is already insane. Interested to see how much this kid grows & how that serve grows w both forehands. Kid will develop a slice, it’s not needed when your young, once he faces big serves he will need it, not that hard to learn. The offence he gains from having 2 forehands is much better than the downside of not having the traditional backhand.

I can't decide which forehand side is better...they are both super deadly! Amazing stuff! Can't wait to fail @ this playstyle this weekend 🤩He needs a special racket with 2 grips or 1 wide grip with a hole in it so he can always have it ready.

This just reminded me of my dad 50 years ago playing against him he used to do this not often but he was ambidextrous and a heck of an athlete

I am more impressed with the other kid... speed, serve, slice, variations.

The two forehands will probably be a disadvantage with how hard people will be hitting the ball

No backhand or slice = no pro even most slice spammers like David evans, Lopez aren't that common at the pro level but not having a slice at all is a huge disadvantage because slicing slows down the pace, and allows you to be to balls on the stretch overhand slices are also important

The problem is not the grip change but getting the hand in position down the handle. This requires more time than tilting the racket a bevel or two. But he does it very well here - though I saw a few shanks with his non-dominant rightie. It's a very interesting experiment. I see the biggest advantage in the ability to serve wide from both ad and deuce side. Probably some extra cognitive gains as well.

I love the variety of Rossillol's game. His backhand is beautiful. His game plan is good. With hard work and consistency, he could be Top 100 in 5 years.

Either only 2xforehand or forehand-backhand ... these two youngster play some pretty good tennis. Regarding angles the 2xforehand sure does have some advantages, Medical-wise the strain on body and especially back is more balanced and not to mention serving with various different spin. An interesting concept that should work very well especially on slower surfaces. Funny that a boy comes up with the idea. For girls or women the advantage should be even higher.

That switch of grip could be a huge nightmare for him on the professional tour.

Will watch out for this two boys - one with a unique playing style, the other with a one handed back hand. Hope the latter won’t change. I guess the former will probably change his style later.

That coach is creating a European Ryoma Echizen ....

Can't wait to see him play if he makes it to the pro circuit

Can a tennis player hold two racquets? Cos he wouldn't need to switch grip.

Amazing tennis. I had no idea how good these young guys are. I have been watching a lot of Roger Federer videos lately and these young guys are approaching this level of skill. The Frenchman is displaying a whole lot of talent.

This boy is magic. 👍

Maybe a revolution in the tennis

I have always wondered if this would work or if it would add a split second of time switching the racket to the other hand.

Interesting. I applaud the wholistic approach. Would be fruitful to develop a backhand as another weapon for slicing, more drops, minimize overuse injury potential to the forearm ?

After playing tennis the traditional way for thirty years, with a two-handed backhand, I switched to two forehands like this kid a couple years ago. Not sure why people are so against it. You can see my videos of me playing on big boy tennis.

He’s got some destructive left forehands, no doubt about it.

The opponent will just serve to his BH every time. Also they guy has to keep attacking to prevent the opponent from hitting deep to his BH. He needs to have something special to prevent the opponent from attacking his weakness.

When will we see the return of the legendary “no handed backhand swing” first shown to us by the great Glenn Quagmire. The original bad boy of tennis

2:56 back hand

As a lefty tennis player I can tell you my backhand is the better stroke. I never, ever lose on my backhand

Both are fantastic. the French kid has a beautiful backhand.

There was a kid in Denver who won a high school state championship with two forehands. He could go far -- maybe to a D1 or D2 scholarship. Pro tennis rare air for anyone.

The problems I'd see are: 1)Whether it affects initial balance and acceleration when changing direction or pushing off as having two hands on the racket to change grip take a split second more time 2) Might cause a lack of variation in game so might be easier for an opponent to deal with less change in the spin and angle compared to mixing forehand and backhand through the rally...though the positive is it makes it easier to get wide high balls back into play. 3) Will the change of grip lead to a few misplaced hand positions and lack of consistentcy? I'm sure though that that can all be trained out. All depends on how the kid applies himself. We've seen players add new styles into the games with success and failure and we've seen good juniors that have gone nowhere and less talented juniors that have become top ten players. Application and determination.

It's a disadvantage especially at the net and midcourt if you need to change hands instead of simply changing a grip. In old school tennis you were taught not to change your grip at the net. You use a Continental grip so you could volley on both sides without changing your grip.

I would think that the next step for him is to make sure he can play a backhand on each side as well. With my limited knowledge of tennis I feel that it is an important stroke as when the play gets quicker you need to be able to play a backhand since you won't always be able to get out of the way of a ball coming straight at you to play the forehand. This is where he will come undone at higher levels if he doesn't learn to play a backhand.

His lefty shot looks flatter, and the right shot more loopy.

He was number 2 in the world in the itf rankings for his age in March, clearly kid can play

at one of his two forehand sides he has to place his hand on the grip closer to the middle of the racket otherwise switching wouldnt work, so he will have less reach, spin and leverage on one forehand side. not to mention that switching between two forehands takes longer and is more errorprone than switching from forehand to backhand grip

I've been using two forehands for a couple of years now. I play at a low level so I haven't really had issues with sufficient time to switch. At my level though, opponents hit to my "backhand" and assume they will have an instant advantage and they are wrong about that. started doing it due to back issues because it means less bending in the back. I'm pretty comfortable with it at this point.

Can someone please let me know why did they played the ball on a let at 9:52 ? Are they playing under different rules? Don't think I've ever saw that before in a competition.

He is the ultimate lefty neutralizer.

I think in the long run it will prove to be unsustainable after he crosses a certain level in the sense that the best players in the world will use this technique of his to his own detriment by creating confusion because footwork is also an extremely significant factor in tennis and this player will easily be wrong footed creating a logistical nightmare for him after his opponents realise his achilles heel or his kryptonite for a lack of a better metaphor. It’s best, in my humble opinion, he corrects his method of approach early during his tennis career, if he wants to pursue the sport professionally that is, because I do believe that he has the potential to develop a lethal backhand and generally feel he has a tremendous amount of promise in this sport. I feel the best way to achieve the aforementioned would be to play other sports especially racquet sports and explore what feels more comfortable to him in terms of choosing an arm and wrist as the preferred option for a backhand. It may be a steep learning curve in the beginning, especially if he doesn’t already play other racquet sports but I believe with hard work and dedication; great feats are possible for him. I thank you- Dr. Ray (MBChB)

I played against a kid...Jerry Gonzalez in the 10's and12's with 2 forehands.....by the 14's we all had to much power for him.....Pick a backhand my man...see ya at Wimby!

Finally someone with a modern/futurist brain in the game.

Monica Seles seemed to have two forehands as she hit both sides hard and pretty flat with two hands. This kid is straight up one handed on both wings! Curious to see how he develops. Winning in juniors doesn't necessarily translate to pros. Pete Sampras was laughed at when he went to a one handed backhand as a junior, then did amazing as he aged.

I'm left-handed, but I am a right-handed tennis player. If I feel stressed, somehow I 'naturally' switch hands and do the same as this kid with my left hand. Never considered it a possibility, so I just learned the regular backhand. I can see how this happened to him, though.

Hope that other kid keeps at it too. Thay one handed back hand action looks so good.

I could never understand why no one developed the ability to switch hands at the pro level.

BTW he is a Bulgarian kid living in the US or born there I am not sure. I have seen some bits on Bulgarian TV. Rarely proud to be Bulgarian born naturalized American this days. Go get them kid! .

Its awesome to have two forehands, but structurally you can't create as much back spin with a chop fore hand as you can with a chop backhand. If he doesn't have a backhand, he doesn't have a major tool in tennis.

what’s the bat looking thing he’s hitting with?

Pleased to see someone like me. Hope one of our kind would play grand slam some day.

He’ll wake up one day and decide he is bored.

wow haha the real life prince of tennis even dressed up like ryoma from the anime. Crazy the influence anime has on people

The only way hitting forehands from either side works, is if he has two racquets. No switching required.😂

He's so short that he's never gonna make to juniors.

True test will be how fast can he change grips to 130 mph and higher return of serves. What If he plays a guy like Isner on the tour in the future. Is he going to be able to switch grips fast enough? No doubt the groundstroke game will be solid, but if you can't return high speed serves well enough, you can't turn pro.

I play ambidextrously and I really don't understand why all players don't learn that way. Switch hitting in baseball is common. Why not tennis? The one handed backhand going the opposite direction is so odd to me. I feel like you can get so much more range and power by just doing a forehand with the opposite hand. I serve mostly rightly, but I do serve lefty sometimes from the deuce side to get a spin angle. I do volleys lefty and overheads righty. You do have to pick a primary side with those because the reaction time needs to be quick.

Imagine showing up for your first tournament...and you start off by drawing the guy with two forehands. That would suck.

The kid is ambidextrous and most probably has hypermobility (double jointed). I think Sinner has similar hypermobility too. These kind of players pull off superior shots almost out of nowhere.

What are these rules where they play “let” serves?

I play tennis about 10 times a year, I have no backhand, I swap hands and have 2 forehands. I get into problems when the ball comes straight at me.

This reminds me of anime prince of tennis. 😂

Imagine he will just stay in the middle of the court and forehand the ball to two sides of his opponents 😂

What people don’t get is that about .000001% of tennis players have what it takes to go on a be a pro. Each country has what, one or two pros from tens of thousands. So if there are maybe 5 tennis players who two forehands, the chance they are part of that .000001% who has everything else needed is tiny. If only one makes it to be a pro, that would be a miracle since there are so few like it’s basically a miracle if any player even makes it

Yup , two forehands and one low forehead !!

Ya se lo dijo el entrenador a su sobrino, cuando este jugaba igual que este niño, con ambas manos: " debes elegir una mano si quieres ser profesional". Ese niño era Rafa Nadal. Todos los años se viraliza un niño que juega así, pero nunca se hace famoso por ser top 10. Será siempre un 5 con las 2 manos, pero nunca un 10 con alguna de ellas.

Switching hands will be a disadvantage, thus Battistone 2-handed racket.

well, i'll be...i will be scared playing someone with two forehands..five more years..

No backspin with forehand = one dimensional tennis.

two forehands could be an advantage, but without a bh slice I wonder if his game will be too predictable. What he does for balls coming to the body is another question. I would love to see him grow up and test this new style against conventional tennis though. for being #1 I believe it takes a lot more than technique alone. If he has the mental discipline of a #1, and a good team why not.

Two forehands is great but I'm not sure not training your backhand at all is a good idea, some shots will be more natural and effective with backhand

From the beginning of learning tennis, I always thought we have two hands, why do we need to have backhand strokes? It's unnatural to use either the single handed or double handed backhand

Only if his left hand drive is stronger and more controlled than his right arm backhand. He is a right hand server in any case. He is ambidextruos, but he serves with his right arm. There is always a better arm. Switching grips can as well be a competitiveness issue.

I play the same way. A good player will exploit this strategy at the higher levels with shots aimed right at the player forcing a slight loss of time during the transition phase. It's cool and all but not a long term formula for success

Both kids will reach a high level but i think he will struggle switching hands when the speed gets higher.

Why there is not let rule in the service?

Until he develops a backhand on both hands and is able to volley on the backhand side on both hands he is going to have a disadvantage with movement despite having the two forehands.

Best of luck, but having to switch hands to stay on your forehand seems tricky to execute against elite ground strokes or against a 125mph first serve

Fascinating! Davidov may or may not be the one to take this to the top of the rankings, but I wouldn't be surprised to see two forehands go mainstream at some point in the near future.

I knew a kid who pitched in baseball from both sides.

I couldn´t see any advantage from having two forehands that would´ve played a role in him winning the match. Two issues: 1) Changing the racket from one hand to the other is slow and might cause problems with coordination. 2) A backhand offers the variability between top spin and slice, two forehands don´t.

Huge advantage if he can make each forehand of equivalent strength

he even has an elite name

Two forehand is not good because the ball takes about 1 second or less to get back to you after opponent strike the ball. In that time switching hands and grip will become a liability. How do I know? Because i can hit with both hands. I trained myself to do it out of boredom. I can hit both right and left and forehand and one hand backhand. Now serving with both hands can be a huge advantage though

No doubt, great play. But in the 40+ years of tennis enthusiasm I've seen zillions of "prodigy next #1 tennis player" and none of them ever surfaced in the top 100.

I've only seen two backhands!

Monica Seles played with 2 hands on both sides.

You might think that's impressive, but I have a backhand serve.

He will at least need a backhand slice. There are certain things you can do with a backhand that are not replicable with forehand. THat plus the time to change hands means trouble.