To return a first serve confidently, begin with a good starting grip. Place your top hand in the backhand position and your bottom hand in the forehand grip so you can easily swap between a ...

Tennis Return Grips And PositioningLearn the best grips and positioning for effective and aggressive return of ...

If you practice hard enough and do it the right way, you’ll trust your second serve when you find yourself in a tense match. Just follow these five steps. A Western grip might work for banging f ...

Just when it started to look like Gauff was putting her service woes behind her, she started to again spray double faults ...

Coco Gauff's recent struggles have led many to ponder what could be the cause of the issues, with Andrea Petkovic giving a ...

This is the way to hold the racquet for the serve, volley, sliced backhand and smash. It is known as the chopper grip, because it is the way you would hold an axe. It allows you to swing the racket ...

Welcome back to the Monday Tennis Briefing, where The Athletic will explain the stories behind the stories from the past week on court. This week, the underarm serve ended a match and started some ...

Beginners are encouraged to learn to play shots on the backhand side with two hands. This grip gives extra strength and control than a one-handed grip, especially for junior players. It is also easier ...