Serena couldn't even hit a backhand [against Henin] but she was still right in there, took a set and was rearing to come back in the third.' It was fitting that yesterday's contest ended when Williams thrashed one of her biggest serves into the body of Bartoli, who seemed more interested in protecting herself from the missile than returning it.
The incredulous expression of Al Leiter, hands on the sides of his cap, as Perez ran down a drive to the right-field corner for a backhand catch against the wall in St . Louison Thursday night, said it all.
5.00pm BST Robson 2-6, 2-0 Li* Dismissive win for the first point for Li, a double-handed backhand against the direction of Robson's run, but then another double fault, her fourth, brings things back level.
July 5, 2013 Updated at 1.45pm BST 1.39pm BST First set: *Djokovic 3-3 Del Potro (*denotes next server) Del Potro steps into the court and bludgeons away a backhand – so hard to play against when it's coming flat and from such a height.
And then, the moment of the match: Istomin, forced wide by Djokovic, rattles a backhand round the post - think Andy Murray against Richard Gasquet in 2008 – and inside the line to win the game.
When Djokovic hit a backhand volley for a winner on match point against Ferrer, he sank to his knees in triumph and relief.
Soderling proceeded to double-fault and hit a backhand wide that punctuated his 11th consecutive defeat to Federer, 6-4, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5), againot no victories, in the fourth round.
The Israeli attack is undoubtedly a backhand to Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, three days after he warned the Israelis against making a "stupid move" in Syria.
"Probably that backhand against Andy," Federer said, recalling the turning point at 4-4 in the second tie breaker when he instinctively returned a 140-mile-an-hour serve with a backhand that skidded off the back of the baseline.
