Tennis

The Greatest One-Handed Backhands of the Open Era, Nos. 15-11: Haas' versatility, Barty's slice—and don't forget about Almagro

In the wake of the news that this week will mark the first in ATP history that no players in the Top 10 possess a one-handed backhand, Tennis.com offers a look back at a 2023 series counting down the ...
The New York Times

Why the slice is the best tennis shot on Wimbledon grass – and how to hit it

For 11 months, professional tennis exists largely as a hitting contest light on finesse. Then the grass season arrives in June, reaching its zenith at Wimbledon’s All England Club in the middle of ...
Tennis

Thiem, Shapovalov show one-handed backhand as a double-edged sword

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 ...
Insider Monkey

16 Best Tennis Players Who Have The Best One and Two Handed Backhand Of All Time

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 ...
Wall Street Journal

The Death of Tennis’s One-Handed Backhand May Be Premature

Behold my requiem for the one-handed backhand: threatened but not quite extinct, clinging to relevance like the used bookstore, the standard transmission, and the overly-nostalgic newspaper sports ...