Serena Williams is widely acclaimed as, arguably, the best female tennis player of all ... but conspicuously DIY set of strokes, highlighted by an excellent forehand and a backhand she almost ...

Various experts were asked to name the top five strokes in the men's and women's game, with Williams voted to have the best forehand and the second-best backhand, behind Maria Sharapova.

11, 12 However, no performance enhancing effect on service velocity or forehand and backhand velocities could be demonstrated. In the present study, we chose slightly longer rally duration (eight ...

Tennis, though, is about what comes next and about how players react to adversity. Andreeva didn’t react well. From there, her strokes became ... she hit an angled forehand drop shot with ...