In this century, two players with one-handed backhands have won back-to-back Slams on just two other occasions: Gustavo Kuerten and Pete Sampras ... tennis—and the one-handed backhand that ...

Not only is it a very useful defensive tool but the best tennis players use it as a devastating attacking weapon. Pete Sampras spent four years turning his two-fisted backhand into a one-handed shot - ...

Comparing the two strokes, Tennis Channel analyst Paul Annacone, who coached both Sampras and Federer with great success, told me: “For lack of a better term, the one-handed backhand to me is ...

He heaped praise on Sampras, saying while he and his celebrated rival played a similar brand of tennis, the latter was just that tad bit better in each department. "When I played [Pete Sampras] it ...

Pete Sampras once opened up about how relationships with his ex-coach Pete Fischer soured due to the latter's conduct toward the American tennis icon ... two-handed backhand to one-handed.

This guy can play tennis, you know," the Swiss ... he gratefully took with another fine forehand. Sampras closed out the match as a Federer backhand return sailed long. Federer said he thought ...

“When I played, even the best had weaknesses: the backhand for Sampras, the serve maybe for ... Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic took tennis to the next level as they dominated for the next ...

Don't feel bad. No one else does either. You can make the argument Sampras is the greatest tennis player of all time. It's exactly the argument Boris Becker, for one, has made. But then you would ...

Unlike his nemesis Pete Sampras, he did not have one of the biggest serves in ... It gets to your opponent quicker, it attacks the backhand and usually creates a return back down the centre of the ...

“It’s a different feel playing indoor tennis,” Sampras Webster said. “We’re used to the Pac-12. We’re so familiar with the coaches and how they do things, so we’ve got to learn a ...