The power and heavy topspin of a double-handed shot have made it a popular choice Add as a preferred source on Google Roger Federer executing one of his sublime single-handed backhands at the 2019 ...

PARIS—Are all tennis aficionados really just backhand obsessives in disguise? Because it can be hit in a variety of ways—two-handed, one-handed, drive, drop, chip, topspin—and because its path across ...

Roger Federer’s latest struggle against Rafael Nadal in the Italian Open finals was a microcosm of eight frustrating years of French Open futility against his Spanish nemesis. There is little, if ...

The one-handed backhand in tennis is as elegant a shot as it is endangered in today’s times. While the likes of Roger Federer and Dominic Thiem keep it viable at the top level on the ATP tour, women’s ...

Unlike their male counterparts, the women tennis players are not blessed with big, powerful serves. They are predominantly dependent on rallies to earn points. That is precisely the reason why we see ...