Lighter frames tend to produce weaker, shorter replies from defensive positions that would prevent Federer from being able to stay neutral or transitioning into attack during a rally. The same is true at the net where Federer is having to hit volleys off heavy passing shots, that extra mass st...
she lost in the finals in one (’23 Madrid to Sabalenka) and withdrew due to injury concerns at 2–2 in the third set in the other (2023 Rome vs. [Elena] Rybakina).