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 ...
Alexandra Stevenson discusses how the game has slowed down, and how the first time in ATP history, the top 10 men have not seen a one-handed backhand. Sports are always meant to evolve. While they ...
In 1999, Sampras was the heavy favorite against an emerging but still-developing Federer. Note that at 19, Federer was just a few years removed from having a poor backhand and volleys, as Lundgren had ...