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 ...

“Ashe’s backhand is one of the touchstones of modern tennis,” John McPhee wrote in his 1969 book Levels of the Game. “He can underspin it, roll it, hit it flat. He can cradle the ball on his racquet, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lorenzo Musetti, ranked world No. 5, advanced to his fourth major quarter-final at the Australian Open with a strong performance against Taylor Fritz. He now faces a significant challenge in a ...

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 ...