There tends to be one definitive answer whenever tennis fans are asked what they consider to be the greatest match in the sport’s history.

The backhand slice return is a popular way to get into a point, and most experienced players have a pretty good one. But what ...

With four PG degrees and a career spanning education and global HR leadership, Atika has followed one enduring question ...

This is a watershed moment for tennis, as it marks a break with the origins of the sport and the culmination of a five ...

For the first time in history, not a single player with a one-handed backhand has reached a major semifinal in a calendar ...

The one-handed backhand was the dominant playing style for the first 100 years or so of professional tennis. Players began ...

The Men's Singles Draw at the 2026 US Open saw a 149-year-old streak come to an end. Not a single player with a one-handed ...

Ben Shelton’s run to the US Open quarter-finals dealt a blow to tennis traditionalists on Sunday after his win over Stefanos Tsitsipas left the men’s draw without a one-handed backhand and ended a 149 ...

Ben Shelton’s march into the US Open quarterfinals marked an unusual piece of tennis history on Sunday, with his victory over Stefanos Tsitsipas endin ...

At the US Open 2026, a few players tried to keep a one-handed backhand persistent in the tennis world. Stefanos Tsitsipas often had to stop early in tournaments that were not too surprising, but at ...

Stefanos Tsitsipas' elimination in the U.S. Open round of 16 against Ben Shelton confirmed that, for the first time in 150 years, no player with a one-handed ...

The Greek tennis player tends to post hyperbole, veering from the philosophical to the absurd. But here, for a change, he was spot on. As he faced Ben Shelton in the fourth round of the US Open, he ...