Roger Federers precise serve placement was the key to his beautiful game, Acing It

In this episode of Acing It, ESPN s Bill Connelly looks at the importance of Roger Federer s serve approach to his overall game. After holding him back as a young player, Federer found consistency in 2004 and never looked back, as he became the first man to win 20 Grand Slam singles titles. 0:00 Intro 0:26 How Federer s accuracy made his serve dominant 1:28 Federer s early serve struggles 2:19 Serve improvement in 2004 2:57 The importance of placement 3:56 The dominant years 4:42 Waning dominance, but a better serve 5:19 Latecareer renaissance 6:06 Wimbledon memories 7:34 The art of Federer s game Subscribe to ESPN+ Get the ESPN App: Subscribe to ESPN on YouTube: Subscribe to NBA on ESPN on YouTube: Watch ESPN on YouTube TV: