She was the most unlikely French Open champion, well, probably ever. And equally unusual is that one-handed topspin backhand. Justine Henin of course gets the media attention as a short, European women's player with a great, extreme grip one-hander. But...
What makes Tomas Berdych's forehand so effective - and so "different"? Could there be a bigger contrast in technique than...
In this series we'll see the Contact Moves for world class returns. In this new series of articles for Tennisplayer,...
Like all social species, we are programmed to compete. Human beings evolved to live and work in groups. We are a social species, like wolves or chimpanzees, and as such there is a social hierarchy. It is a pecking order...
Being from a tennis family helped prepare me to run player development. When the job as general manager of the USTA's player development program came open, I felt I was a good candidate. Tennis was in many ways the glue...
Waiting in my dorm room in 1987 for that call from Johnny Carson. Note vintage phone. In 1987, I had an unusual job. I studied art at Pepperdine University, but I worked weekends at the Malibu Racquet Club as a...
Cincy: secret tennis town and now an updated tourney destination? Cincinnati Ohio: World Tennis Mecca. That sounds not true. Unless you happen to live in Cincinnati. Or you've attended the Masters tournament there. This is how they describe the Cincy...
Two great players demonstrate the incredible diversity and complexity of the modern forehand. No doubt that the two most talked about forehands in the men's game belong to Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. But they couldn't appear to be more...
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