Two-time Grand Slam winner Fabrice Santoro reveals the ‘toughest’ rival he faced
Fabrice Santoro, who won two Grand Slam titles in doubles, was one of the most difficult opponents to face. However, the ...
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What makes Mirra Andreeva so special?
Andreeva’s stance as a receiver is flexible but fairly neutral, her intent to initiate a rally. Her shots are relatively flat, but she can apply spin by degrees and both her forehand and two-handed ...
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"It was Pete Sampras & Andre Agassi" – Marcos Giron opens up about legends who shaped his game and the stars he admired after them
"I mean, growing up when I was young, it was Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi—the two Americans leading the ... "And then he also really helped with my backhand. To be honest, he helped my backhand ...
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The slow death of the one-handed backhand
The one-handed backhand has forever been recognised as one of the most artistic skills in sport. Few would argue there are more iconic sights in recent sporting memory than Roger Federer gracefully ...
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Ten years strong: Rafael Nadal’s Buenos Aires brilliance revisited
On this day, ten years ago, Rafael Nadal claimed his only Buenos Aires crown. The king of clay lifted his first ATP trophy in ...
Tennis' 10 best wonderkids ready to take over the world including Novak Djokovic's powerhouse protege and a boxer, ballet dancer and chess player all rolled into one!
Amid the hot desert breeze that whips down through the San Gorgonio Pass, one can also discern the winds of change here in ...
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The ‘incredible’ skill which Pete Sampras had which even Andre Agassi admitted that he really admired during their playing days
Sampras was a two-time champion of the tournament at the time, but it was his old nemesis who triumphed 7-6(7-5), 7-5, 6-1. 13 MAR 1995: PETE SAMPRAS HITS A BACKHAND IN HIS FINALS MATCH AGAINST ANDRE ...
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Mark Philippoussis says what he thought was Pete Sampras’s one weakness in tennis as he calls it his ‘Achilles heel’
his backhand was his Achilles heel and where you can put pressure on him.” Having lost a competitive four-set match against Sampras at the 1995 US Open, Philippoussis reversed the result in front of ...