More than a year after his retirement, Roger Federer remains the poster boy for the one-handed backhand – tennis’s most aesthetic shot. Yet he could also be the key to its decline. When the ATP ...

LONDON, July 5 (Reuters) - For tennis purists the sight of a single-handed backhand pinging off the centre of a racket is a joy to behold but it is becoming rare and Grigor Dimitrov, one of the best ...

One shot ricocheted decisively through the early part of the new century for me. It wasn’t Roger Federer’s forehand, a “great liquid whip;” it wasn’t Rafael Nadal’s forehand, a piece of dynamic top ...

It wasn’t so much a second-round match at Arthur Ashe Stadium last night as it was a Center Court carnival show. In one corner you had Monica Seles, with her trademark two-fisted whacks from both ...

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 ...

Game, set, try to match the best tennis players who have the best one and two-handed backhand of all time. I used to play tennis in high school. I was kind of bad at it, but I think it’s the effort ...

LONDON – For tennis purists, the sight of a single-handed backhand pinging off the centre of a racket is a joy to behold but it is becoming rare and Grigor Dimitrov, one of the best exponents of the ...

Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 5, 2025 Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov in action during his third round match against Austria's Sebastian Ofner ...