But further down the rankings—and on the WTA rankings—one of the most unique players on the tour made a big breakthrough, as Austrian teenager Lilli Tagger broke into the Top 100 for the first time, ...

Definition: The backhand is a tennis shot in which one swings the racquet around one's body with the back of the hand preceding the palm. Except in the phrase backhand volley, the term refers to a ...

Roger Federer's one-handed backand has gotten better over the years. (Clive Brunskill/Getty Images) Roger Federer has a message for all of his opponents who have consistently attacked his one-handed ...

Stan Wawrinka is still one of the sport’s most beloved figures, and his presence will be missed on the ATP Tour after he ...

Many believe Jannik Sinner possesses some of the most powerful and heavy groundstrokes on tour right now. There is now statistical proof of that; charted data from the recently concluded 2021 Miami ...

The one-handed backhand is arguably the most beautiful tennis shot, combining grace and precision. There is not another shot in the world that gets the crowd on their feet quite like it. It has helped ...

Pickleball pro Alex Crum shares a simple three-step method to master the backhand pass down the line, focusing on timing, ...

Experts say hitting what’s called an inside-out forehand to an opponent’s backhand gives a player an edge. By Stuart Miller The ATP Finals in Turin, Italy, features the best men’s tennis players in ...

My son Luke is just 9, and has about as much interest in tennis as I have in clogging. When he took the obligatory annual trip to the U.S. Open last August, about the only thing he really wanted to do ...

The following correction was printed in the Guardian's Corrections and clarifications column, Saturday 4 July 2009 A reader raised concerns that what he identified as slam "creep" was leading to ...