If at first you don’t succeed, try to hit a leaping, crosscourt one-handed backhand for a winner again. In the first round of Shanghai, Denis Shapovalov captured the first set against the ...

Point No. 1 is a slam behind Shapovalov. Point No. 2 goes to Djokovic as Shapovalov sends the backhand long. The third point is a return that goes into the net. And on match point, Djokovic ends ...

The serve swinging out wide, the forehand thumped into the open court and the lunging backhand volley stabbed ... against Casper Ruud in Dallas, Denis Shapovalov stuck the landing.

But Edmund wards off Shapovalov for another hold. Edmund appears to have some discomfort near his left should and calls for the physio. Edmund leads, 3-2 With a strong game on his backhand ...

he may be more responsible for the current generation of one-handed backhand devotees — and their shortcomings — than anyone. Why does Denis Shapovalov, the talented 24-year-old Canadian who ...

On his return, he stepped forward and made sure he got the ball into Shapovalov’s weaker backhand side. The same was true on his serve; on the very few occasions when he found himself in any ...

Shapovalov, a left-handed player with a one-handed backhand, plays an aggressive, high-risk ground game and possesses some of the tour's most potent groundstrokes, which are combined with his ...

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If he attacks the Shapovalov backhand consistently enough with heavy spin, Van Assche has a great chance. Prediction: Van Assche in 4 Damian: Shapovalov is getting some form back and we likely won ...

"When my mom was teaching me to hit with two hands, I started releasing with my backhand," Shapovalov said. "A lot of people actually said, 'Oh, he's too young for a one-hander. It's going to be ...

He then broke again at the start of the third set before a dizzying backhand down the line put him 4-1 ahead. The top seed put Shapovalov out of his misery on his second match point and continued ...