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 ...

reflexing a backhand volley away from in front of his body. I wonder if tennis history would have gone any differently if he’d netted that shot. On the second break point, Sampras gets a look at ...

“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 ...

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 ...

World No.1 Federer saw off the American legend in earlier encounter in Seoul The final match of the three-match series will be played in Macau on Saturday Next Article in World Sport » KUALA ...

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 - ...

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 ...

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 ...