A shift in the past 15 years has, arguably, transformed the two-hander into the most important live stroke in tennis.

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Federer, Wawrinka, Thiem, Tsitsipas: The High Cost of Mastering the One-Handed Backhand Roger Federer made it a symbol of fluidity and variation, even though he often paid the price at Roland-Garros ...

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 ...

Lorenzo Musetti uncoiling his backhand is a picture of vintage elegance. The 23-year-old glides across the baseline before carving out the single-handed shot, a whippy action that finishes in a ...

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 ...