With Tsitsipas' round of 16 defeat, a 149-year streak has ended at Flushing Meadows.

Stefanos Tsitsipas’ US Open exit means no practitioner of the beautiful shot will be in the men’s semis ...

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. In professional tennis, the "beauty ...

The power and heavy topspin of a double-handed shot have made it a popular choice Add as a preferred source on Google Roger Federer executing one of his sublime single-handed backhands at the 2019 ...

Holding match point for the biggest win of his career, the Australian felt a surge of adrenaline when Roberto Bautista Agut ­directed a heavy approach to the backhand. The 25-year-old readied himself ...

The Men's Singles Draw at the 2026 US Open saw a 149-year-old streak come to an end. Not a single player with a one-handed ...

PARIS—Are all tennis aficionados really just backhand obsessives in disguise? Because it can be hit in a variety of ways—two-handed, one-handed, drive, drop, chip, topspin—and because its path across ...

Richard Gasquet also stroked the ball one-handed aesthetically but the sport's most elegant shot is being bullied out of the elite game Simon Briggs writes about tennis, cricket and a variety of other ...