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 ...
“The Little Backhand That Could.” That’s what the late Bud Collins, legendary bestower of nicknames, called Henin. It’s not entirely accurate, as far as monikers go. Physically, Henin was indeed on ...
Federer, Wawrinka, Thiem, Tsitsipas: The High Cost of Mastering the One-Handed Backhand Roger Federer made it a symbol of fluidity and variation, even though he often paid the price at Roland-Garros ...
It's getting to the point where, if you're one of the ATP's Big Four and find yourself down a set to Thomaz Bellucci, you can be forgiven for thinking, "Okay, I've got him right where I want him." ...