Last Sunday at the U.S. Open, the longest streak in Grand Slam tennis history ended. For the first time ever, going all the ...

For 149 years, a player with a one-handed backhand appeared in every Grand Slam semifinal. That streak ended at the 2026 US Open. What happened to tennis’ most elegant shot?

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 ...

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 ...

Is the one-handed backhand a dying art? Roger Federer has taken the seemingly slow demise as a personal insult, but Laura Robson says "vintage always comes back". Former US Open champion Dominic Thiem ...

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 backhand has reached the men's singles semi-finals of any of the four majors ...

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

LONDON, July 5 (Reuters) - For tennis purists the sight of a single-handed backhand pinging off the centre of a racket is a joy to behold but it is becoming rare and Grigor Dimitrov, one of the best ...

Dirges are being sung for the single-handed tennis backhand. For the first time since the ATP rankings started in 1973, no rebel with a one-hander will figure in the updated men’s top-10 rankings.

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 ...

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 ...