Denis Shapovalov remains one of the few players using a one-handed backhand on the ATP tour. He named Roger Federer for playing a big role in shaping that part of his game.

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 ...

Roger Federer has made a memorable return to Melbourne Park during the build-up to the Australian Open, thrilling fans with a display of his historic shot-making ability. The 44-year-old Swiss legend, ...

Is the Big 3’s Grand Slam title race finally over? It appears so. Now that we (probably) know the winner, we’re looking back at the times when this two-decade marathon might have gone a different way.

It’s the shot that makes the viewers stop scrolling. It’s the stroke that gets the crowd going, the one that ...

NEW YORK — Sports agent Tony Godsick pulled into the parking lot of the U.S. Open a little before noon Sept. 1, jumped out of the Mercedes SUV he had been lent for the tournament, threw a blazer over ...

The all-but-undisputed GOAT of tennis, Roger Federer, repeatedly smacked brilliant backhands for winners against Rafael Nadal this week. Including a stinger on match point, he assailed his main rival ...

Federer kept alive a one-handed backhand, tried rushing the net on returns and helped popularize the between-the-legs shot. And with the Laver Cup, he showed that tournaments can be different, too. By ...

Even as he approaches his 45th birthday, Roger Federer has still got it. Playing a tie-break against 27-year-old Casper Ruud on Friday, Federer struck an ace and a clean backhand winner as he defeated ...

NEW YORK — Sports agent Tony Godsick pulled into the parking lot of the U.S. Open a little before noon Sept. 1, jumped out of the Mercedes SUV he had been lent for the tournament, threw a blazer over ...