If you want to feel confident about finishing points with your forehand, that’s what you have to do. You won’t turn your forehand into a hammer overnight. I’m still working on it, and I’m 43.

An athletic forehand Tennis might seem like a simple game – put the ball in the court more often than the other mug – but there are plenty of different ways to skin a cat.

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.

Gauff's serve struggles have reemerged of late after a period of improvement with coach Matt Daly, who is now off her team.

For all the missile-like volleys and overheads Bob and Mike dispatched, they were also masters of subtlety. As children, Wayne and their mother, Kathy Blake, often put them through drills that ...