Backhands, especially two-handers, are more compact so less can go awry. “The forehand is a bigger swing and a more complex shot technically,” said Michael Russell, who coaches Taylor Fritz.

May is here, and that means it’s Tennis Month! It’s the perfect opportunity to fine-tune your game and work on your forehand, arguably the most crucial stroke in today’s tennis. Whether you ...

Big-time tennis today is about the “serve-plus-one,” about the first strike, about dictating play with the forehand, about forcing your opponent into errors.

Federer was the ultimate professional who was every young tennis fan's role model during his peak. It would have been a treat ...

As Coco Gauff ponders a fortnight without tennis following her first-round loss at Wimbledon, she might be tempted to phone one of the sport's most accomplished coaches who would love to turn her ...

It was first-strike tennis at its boldest. Serving down break point at 0-1 in the second set, Jule Niemeier landed a strong serve. Dayana Yastremska hammered the return, Niemeier redirected it ...

Background Hip injuries have been reported in 8%-27% of tennis players and have impacted some of the game’s highest ranked players.1 The open-stance forehand has emerged as a more common forehand for ...

Federer himself compared Alcaraz's forehand technique to his in an interview last year, admitting that the young Spaniard had taken aspects of his, Nadal and Djokovic's game to create the super beast.