Caroline Wozniacki Photos: Picture Gallery of Strokes

By Jeff Cooper, About.com Guide

One of the main reasons the more western grips evolved was to handle high balls, and although high balls are still a bit of a strain (note Caroline's face), one can more easily hit them aggressively with a Semi-Western grip like Caroline's than with the Eastern forehand or Continental grips. The Eastern forehand grip offers many compensating advantages and is still used by some pros, but the Continental forehand is long gone.