“I admire Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka, the two Swiss,” said 18-year-old Stefanos Tsitsipas last fall when he was asked to name his tennis idols. Does it seem odd that a teenager born in Greece, ...

You may be stronger in forehand than backhand or vice versa, but you’ll find a need for both in most matches. Whether you’re playing tennis casually or you're a pro like in Red Bull’s Bassline ...

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 ...

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 ...

Novak Djokovic treated fans to a tennis tutorial after winning his second-round match against Roberto Carballes Baena at the 2024 French Open. The Serb gave a demonstration of a backhand passing shot.

There are a few things in tennis that capture it's magic quite like the whip of the single-handed backhand. But in this age of power tennis where balls fly loaded with top-spin, it is seen more as a ...

How can something so beautiful to watch, a stroke so etched into tennis history, be so exploitable — and why have a dwindling handful of players remained loyal to it? By Matthew Futterman Reporting ...

“I would be teaching a two handed topspin and a one-handed slice and volley. It practically takes a genius to hit a single-handed backhand.” Those are the words of 18-time Grand Slam champion Martina ...