NEW YORK—Several years ago, a tennis father I know refused to let his son learn the two-handed backhand. He insisted that the boy be taught a one-hander, as in the father’s eyes the one-hander was a ...

LONDON, July 8 (Reuters) - Richard Gasquet sent French Open champion Stan Wawrinka flying out of Wimbledon on Wednesday, winning the battle of the slingshot backhands 6-4 4-6 3-6 6-4 11-9 to reach the ...

Roger Federer said this week that it doesn't bother him when he shanks a backhand. When it's out, it's out and it doesn't matter by how much. Richard Gasquet may beg to differ. The Frenchman mishit a ...

There is a back-handed complement to the late rounds of the U.S. Open men's action, and already evidence that a rare old tennis shot can augment a bit of mischief. Richard Gasquet, theoretically the ...

came along in the 1940s, basketball was not a big man's game. Conventional wisdom had it that unnaturally tall men were too awkward and clumsy to make a significant impact on such a fluid, fast-moving ...