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 ...

As Stefanos Tsitsipas loads up and uncoils into a full-swing, his broad shoulders rotate and in a blink, the racquet violently explodes into the ball. His right arm continues carving an arc, a ...

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. Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...

Today we take a look at two-handed backhands vs. one-handed backhands when you're volleying at the NVZ. These instructors explain which is better in different situations. Instructor Tanner Tomassi ...

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 ...

Patrick Mouratoglou has just revealed his top 5 of the greatest one-handed backhands in history. The one-handed backhand, a symbol of aesthetics and creativity, has never been as threatened in modern ...

A lingering wrist injury has sidelined her two-hander, but on the grass courts of London, Karolina Muchova is making her one-handed improvisation look more like a calculated tactic. LONDON -- When ...

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 two-handed backhand is becoming more and more popular, especially among the pros, and that's where this week's tip comes in. I'm returning to one of my favorite instructors, Jordan Briones, and he ...