Struggling to neutralize big serves on your backhand wing? We’re breaking down the ultimate tennis showdown: the One-Handed Backhand Return vs. Two-Handed Backhand Return. From leverage and reach to ...

Master one of the most iconic and stylish shots in tennis! We're breaking down the essential mechanics, footwork, grip, and follow-through you need to hit a powerful, consistent one-handed backhand.

The goal of professional sports has always been to win. Looking good while doing it? That's just a bonus for the gawkers and connoisseurs of bodily form in motion. In professional tennis, the "beauty ...

Hardly any professional tennis players support shortening men's Grand Slam matches, world number two Alexander Zverev said on Thursday, coming out strongly in favour of the "history" behind the format ...

Ben Shelton was one win away from ending a streak that has haunted American tennis for 23 years at the 2026 US Open. The 23-year-old... The Tennis Gazette Patrick Mouratoglou rates who has the better ...

Roger Federer will play an exhibition at the U.S. Open on his first appearance there since 2019. Andrew Schwartz / Sipa USA His pinpoint serve and lethal inside-out forehand may have been the bedrock ...

The Jiangxi Open semifinals will see a rare meeting of one-handed backhands as defending champion Viktorija Golubic takes on 17-year-old wild card Lilli Tagger. Jiujiang: Scores | Draws | Order of ...

Every year since the first Wimbledon Championship in 1877, a male player with a one-handed backhand has featured in the singles semi-finals of a grand slam. That 149 year streak ended at this year’s ...

LONDON -- When Karolina Muchova stepped onto the courts at Roland Garros two weeks ago, ending her latest injury layoff, one element of her game stood out. Her signature sliced backhand, once used to ...

With Tsitsipas' round of 16 defeat, a 149-year streak has ended at Flushing Meadows.

For the first time in history, not a single player with a one-handed backhand has reached a major semifinal in a calendar year.

Alexander Zverev is part of a unique generation, who were both thwarted by the Big Three and the New Two. Having failed to capitalise on... Carlos Alcaraz reminded everyone just how good he is when he ...