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Roger Federer made single-handed backhand an art form – but now it is dying out

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 ...
Tennis World USA

Thiem: If I’m really honest, I wouldn’t suggest switching to a one-handed backhand

Fans also remember with nostalgia his one-handed backhand with which he won the Grand Slam. Could he still dominate and win ...
Yardbarker

Watch: Roger Federer reminisces old memories as he entertains Laver Cup crowd with his iconic one handed backhand

Tennis legend Roger Federer sent his fans into a frenzy as he took to the tennis court in Berlin ahead of the 2024 Laver Cup. As the two teams, Team Europe and Team World, get ready to take on each ...
WTA

'You have to feel it in the soul': How Parry is preserving the one-hander

Earlier this year, the one-handed backhand faced another round of last rites. The catalyst this time was Stefanos Tsitsipas's brief dip outside the ATP Top 10, marking the first time in the Open Era ...
Tennis

Grigor Dimitrov counting on his peers with one-handed backhands to keep pushing the shot

INDIAN WELLS, Calif.—“How could I not?” responded Grigor Dimitrov Saturday when asked in press whether he’s read up on the storyline about the ATP no longer having a one-handed backhand represented ...