Sentence examples for backhand from inspiring English sources

But the Swede was proud of the way Wawrinka kept his calm, hit his one-handed backhand with real authority, stuck to his aggressive game and battled his way through to his second slam final.

Safarova continued to battle but Kvitova was always the stronger and she wrapped up victory with a backhand winner into the open court.

But by the time she stepped on to Court Philippe Chatrier she looked much more like her normal self, with one backhand down the line in the opening game setting the tone.

Related: Serena Williams can surely shake off flu to close in on Steffi Graf record Murray, who was barely hanging on in the brutal exchanges, made it hard for himself when his backhand thumped the net to hand Djokovic another break to lead 3-2.

A brilliant backhand from Ivanovic reduced the deficit to one but she was unable to break and Safarova served for the match at 5-4.

Mr Wawrinka is unusual because he attacks with a one-handed backhand, perhaps the most elegant shot in tennis.

He explains that his tactic against Mr Federer is to play to his backhand with as much topspin as possible, forcing his opponent one of few to wield a one-handed backhand to hack at the high-bouncing ball from over his left shoulder until he cracks.Family life is everything to Mr Nadal.

Did he win 17 majors despite, rather than because of, his pretty backhand?

Australia's Bernard Tomic and Ukraine's Alexandr Dolgopolov, two highly rated newcomers, delighted crowds in a fourth-round match at the Australian Open with their clever use of the slice backhand, which makes the ball move slowly and bounce low.

From the backhand slap for climate-change deniers, to the rebuke of "absolutism", Mr Obama was attacking congressional Republicans, notably in the House of Representatives, and their entire conception of their role in a divided government.

He smiled when he let rip a top-spin backhand, and he even smiled when he netted a volley.Perhaps it is infectious.