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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 - ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.