Consider each groundstroke as a sibling. The forehand is the oldest – powerful and assertive; even sometimes, a bully. The two-handed backhand is the middle child, the steady glue that holds the ...

This week's tip focuses on slice on the forehand and backhand side for third shot drops. Tanner invites Mari Humberg to demonstrate the slice third shot drop on both the forehand and backhand side.

Tomic rotates his shoulders and shifts his weight to his outside foot with the right elbow away from his chest. Tomic prepares early for this slice. He uses a Continental grip, cradles the throat of ...

The two-handed backhand is becoming more and more popular, especially among the pros, and that's where this week's tip comes in. I'm returning to one of my favorite instructors, Jordan Briones, and he ...

From starting her career at the lowest levels of professional tennis to competing on the world’s biggest stages, Jessica’s Pegula’s journey into the Top 15 is a lesson in perseverance and belief. She ...

Subscribe to The Athletic on an exclusive offer here. In their most recent meeting at Wimbledon, Dimitrov used his backhand slice to unsettle Tiafoe on the forehand side. He hasn't managed to do that ...