“I had Pete Sampras back when I was really young,” Ryan said. “I started tennis when I was 2 with a little balloon … So Sampras was the player to look up to: one-handed backhand, massive ...

Not only is it a very useful defensive tool but the best tennis players use it as a devastating attacking weapon. Pete Sampras spent four years turning his two-fisted backhand into a one-handed shot - ...

Pete Sampras, Stan Wawrinka, Dominic Thiem, and—who else?—Roger Federer. Using a sturdy two-handed backhand will never gain you entry into that elite cohort. On the other hand, blasting away ...

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 ...

Pete Sampras is possibly on the verge of making history, and you don't care. Don't feel bad. No one else does either. You can make the argument Sampras is the greatest tennis player of all time.

Jannik Sinner has “no weaknesses” and “is more difficult” to beat than 14-time Grand Slam winner Pete ... “Sampras was an incredible player but I knew that if I could attack him on the ...

"I mean, growing up when I was young, it was Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi—the ... "And then he also really helped with my backhand. To be honest, he helped my backhand a lot." ...

Unlike his nemesis Pete Sampras, he did not have one of the biggest serves in ... It gets to your opponent quicker, it attacks the backhand and usually creates a return back down the centre of the ...