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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 debate over what would happen if a top male player played one of the elite female players has been reignited by confirmation that the hardest backhands hit at this month’s US Open were hit by ...

Tennis legend Justine Henin recently gave Steffi Graf props for being the primary inspiration behind her picking up a one-handed backhand in her early years. The seven-time Major winner also recounted ...