Tsitsipas: One-handed backhand ends after 149 years in Grand Slam tennis
Ben Shelton's victory over Stefanos Tsitsipas at the US Open ended a 149-year streak of Grand Slam matches featuring one-handed backhands in the men's field. The elegant stroke is increasingly losing ground to the two-handed shot in the modern power tennis era. The Cypriot player laments the traditional loss of this technique.