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 ...

Ben Shelton told hiring Juan Carlos Ferrero will not help him ‘move the needle’ as his real problem identified Ben Shelton’s new partnership with Juan Carlos Ferrero will certainly come as a shock to ...

NEW YORK, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Ben Shelton's run to the U.S. Open quarter-finals dealt a blow to tennis traditionalists on Sunday after his win over Stefanos Tsitsipas left the men's draw without a ...

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 ...

Stan Wawrinka retired from tennis after losing to Jiri Lehecka in the first round of the 2026 Swiss Indoors. The three-time Grand Slam champion played... The Tennis Gazette “Really Sad Seeing Novak ...

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 ...

Did you know that no player with a one-handed backhand has reached a Grand Slam semifinal in 2026? If this continues at the US Open, it will be the first year since the inaugural Wimbledon in 1877 ...

20-year-old Felix Balshaw scored his first ATP victory in Lyon ...

The aesthetic appeal but limited practicality of the one-handed backhand has seen it fade from the top of the sport. Patrick Smith / Getty Images Last Sunday at the U.S. Open, the longest streak in ...

The one-handed backhand was the dominant playing style for the first 100 years or so of professional tennis. Players began adopting the two-handed backhand around the start of the Open Era in the late ...