Sportshots No. 18 - Suzanne Lenglen (1933)
Titles read: "Sportshots - Popular sports and pastimes under the Cine-Camera lens - Described by Charles Eade of the "Sunday Express". This week Charles Eade takes Suzanne Lenglen for his subject."
London.
On the roof of the Gallerie Lafayette (sp?) in Regent Street we see champion tennis player Suzanne Lenglen demonstrating her different tennis racquet grips and tennis strokes to a small watching crowd. Commentator Charles Eade describes practice techniques as we see Suzanne hitting a tennis ball against a wall. Several slow motion shots show Suzanne's skill in detail.
FILM ID:1074.26
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Incredible. Thanks you British Pathé for all the wonderful tennis videos. MM
such dramatic movement and follow through.
For the technology of the day, her strokes were likely very effective. I heard that her father trained her to be extremely accurate with ball placement. Her father drilled her endlessly. However, her backhand was relatively weak compared to today's two-handed backhands. She was also famous for drinking alcohol during matches. She refused to play in the U.S. until she got an exemption from Prohibition. She was such a draw, she got the exemption.
Wow not even a racket with grip cover.