“Ashe’s backhand is one of the touchstones of modern tennis,” John McPhee wrote in his 1969 book Levels of the Game. “He can underspin it, roll it, hit it flat. He can cradle the ball on his racquet, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Making a listicle is a more perilous endeavor than it may sound. That goes double for a greatest-ever listicle. The only thing you can count on is disagreement. From everyone. I do it myself—I don’t ...
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 Con Garnett shows ...