Federer, who has been praised for improving his backhand, had seven backhand winners against 35 backhand errors in the match.
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Zuccarello had three assists, including the backhand pass that set up Zibanejad's backhand winner.
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Like, I have a double backhand in my own game, and she has a single backhand.
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Marner received a backhand pass from Matthews before getting past Burns and scoring on a backhand.
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She has a powerful forehand and two-handed backhand, as well as a dangerous backhand chip that skids and stays low on grass.
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Coric pounded Murray's backhand — often turning around his own backhand to deliver forehands instead — and also left Murray stranded with several drop shots.
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As measured by Backhand Potency (BHP), Federer's improved backhand represents most of the difference between his recent triumphs and past struggles against the Spaniard.
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Bresnik switched Thiem from a two-handed backhand to a one-handed backhand when he was 12 and finally sturdy enough to make the transition.
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Upon resumption, Bencic laced a huge backhand down the line to finally consolidate, before breaking Williams to love and closing out the set with a crosscourt backhand.
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Barty took the first set with a backhand that wrong-footed her opponent and wrapped up the match, played in warm sunshine, with a high backhand volley winner.
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After taking a backhand pass out of the Detroit zone from left winger and captain Henrik Zetterberg, Larkin made a move and put a backhand shot under the crossbar.
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Moore scored his third of the season knocking in a rebound with a backhand at 5:47 and Hyman scored his fourth on a backhand from the low slot.
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So this was an oddly skewed match: two players, each desperately trying to play to the other's backhand while dashing to his left to avoid his own backhand whenever possible.
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The weaker backhand return for the left-hander out wide in the deuce court resulted in 23 backhand returns finding the opponent directly in front of him at the net.
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But it was Halep who wowed the fans, haring across the turf to whip a superb backhand on her way to a second break which she sealed with a flashing backhand return winner.
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Parise deked to his backhand and beat Lundqvist up high.
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Fabbri beat two defensemen, faked to his backhand and scored.
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Nishikori forced Murray wide, and Murray's backhand hit the net.
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Del Potro had only one backhand winner in two matches.
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Del Potro had 20 forehand winners and zero backhand winners.
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"Eliminates the problem if you have no backhand," he said.
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But she has only 89 backhand errors to Ostapenko's 141.
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But Wawrinka missed a backhand to give away that chance.
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Donaldson hit his backhand passing shot meekly into the net.
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"I think my backhand is improving every week," he said.
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Even Federer's father, Robert, mentioned the backhand after the match.
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Wawrinka saved two break points in the sixth game, with an ace and a beautiful backhand winner, but his luck ran out two games later as an erratic backhand handed Del Potro the break.
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Eichel sped down the right side before cutting to the middle and flipping a soft backhand pass to Baptiste, who was in all alone and beat Allen with a backhand shot through Allen's legs.
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A crunching Halep backhand at 30-30 in the ninth game proved too much for Stephens as Halep crucially held and in the next game Stephens put a weary backhand wide to lose the set.
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In the Melbourne final, Federer barely sliced a return at all, driving backhand after backhand, 14 of them for winners, including eight in the deciding set as he won his record 18th grand slam title.
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"His favorite thing was to just backhand my mouth," she said.
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Two games later Djokovic sealed victory with a crosscourt backhand winner.
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Plekanec skated around Carle before deking out Vasilevskiy with a backhand.
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She's sporty, she's adventurous, she's probably got a mean tennis backhand.
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But other differences include Svitolina's two-handed backhand and her height.
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Easy — be a strong, courageous, bad-ass with a killer backhand.
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On the next, a Serena Williams backhand winner scorched the baseline.
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But he got the second when Nadal hit a backhand wide.
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Running for it, Connors had to ditch his two-handed backhand.
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So she had an unbelievable chip forehand and lovely chip backhand.
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"Tsitsipas is basically playing Ping-Pong with his backhand," he said.
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She clinched the win with a backhand winner from the baseline.
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DeBrincat beat Rinne with a backhand shot for his 11th goal.
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" But, he added, the slice backhand has always been "my base.
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His jabby double-handed backhand, delivered with almost no backswing, gave him the first mini-break in the first set tiebreaker, and he followed that with a backhand passing shot off a low skidding Lopez approach.
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Eakin scored his first goal of the game off a nifty backhand pass from Pacioretty, deking Crawford down and then easily scoring on a backhand for a 3-0 lead at 16:14 of the first period.
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Coyotes defenseman Alex Goligoski tried to clear the puck from behind the net, but Vermette intercepted it and sent a backhand pass to Silfverberg, who scored his third goal with a backhand shot inside the left post.
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Against Mr Medvedev, Mr Djokovic hit one-third fewer backhand winners than his usual rate, and a whopping two-thirds fewer winning backhand shots down the line, the highlight-reel statement that often leaves opponents flat-footed.
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After leaving the court for medical treatment, Raonic returned for the second set and was broken again in the first game when he netted a backhand, and also in the third after he blasted a backhand long.
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But Djokovic produced a magical backhand flick at 5-5 in the night's second tiebreak, then an ace, before Raonic succumbed to an eighth successive defeat at the hands of the Serb when his backhand flew wide.
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The Flames took a 2-1 lead at 13:07 on a goal by Tkachuk, who intercepted a backhand pass by Detroit defenseman Niklas Kronwall before making a quick deke and depositing a backhand shot past Mrazek.
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One last error by Williams — a backhand that sailed long — ended things.
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The secondary effects of a stronger backhand may be even more useful.
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Tavares slipped a backhand past Hammond at 7:03 for some insurance.
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I tried to backhand it and just couldn't come up with it.
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I was returning well, playing aggressively with the forehand and the backhand.
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Andy can go strong down the line with his two-handed backhand.
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Seven months into her pregnancy, Serena Williams' backhand is still on fire.
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He uses an abbreviated service motion and clipped backswing on his backhand.
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"When I play my best tennis, my backhand is there," Wawrinka said.
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Killorn fed Koekkoek for a backhand goal, his second of the night.
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It was more like playing on the backhand side, also being aggressive.
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Probably the best, most effective, one-handed backhand in the world now.
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He scored on a one-timer off a backhand feed from Crosby.
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Nadal gained two break points on yet another gorgeous backhand crosscourt winner.
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But Nadal closed out the set with a running backhand crosscourt winner.
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But he netted a backhand return on a Nadal serve out wide.
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Cizikas skated behind the net and shot a backhand off Khudobin's mask.
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Bolelli, an Italian veteran, has a dazzler of a one-handed backhand.
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Never make a motion with your hand like your forehand or backhand.
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Bacsinszky actually has more backhand winners than forehand winners, 49 to 44.
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He squirted a backhand shot between the right post and Bishop's glove.
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"He was playing me all the time to my backhand," he said.
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I took my forehand, I really went completely full on his backhand.
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She could slice or crush her backhand and, more unconventionally, her forehand.
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She hit a backhand long and sighed, and then she double-faulted.
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Cracking a stiff-armed, two-handed backhand, in the manner of Jim Courier, Barty was able to counter Vondrousova's attempts to pull her wide with her loopy left-handed backhand, and the Czech rapidly ran out of ideas.
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With Keys sitting on a set point at 7-6 in the tiebreaker, Giorgi fell down, got up to make a slice backhand, then ripped a backhand cross court past Keys, who was left motionless at the net.
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Few people on the planet can hit a backhand like Thiem, even once.
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Benn fed Goligoski with a backhand pass from behind the St. Louis goal.
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He scored off a deft backhand feed from one knee by John Tavares.
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He snagged it on a backhand and flipped to first for the out.
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Djokovic went on to take the set as the Belgian's backhand sailed long.
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Pay $90 and Serena Williams will teach you how to perfect your backhand.
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And if not, well, at least we can all work on our backhand.
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The German strikes the ball crisply and has a delightful double-handed backhand.
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His double-handed backhand is still one of the best in the game.
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A crosscourt backhand saved one and Stephens netted a return on the second.
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He has a flowing one-handed backhand, good volleys and an excellent serve.
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He won the set and the match when a Gasquet backhand was long.
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The flawed backhand stroke, however, may well sabotage any aspirations for major victories.
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A detailed analysis of Bob Bryan's backhand return in the match reveals trouble.
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Bob hit 39 backhand returns for the match and four regular forehand returns.
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On her court, she and Mr. Jenkins worked on her cross-court backhand.
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Williams's backhand volley went to the side, giving Radwanska a 6-5 lead.
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Pavel Buchnevich set it up with a backhand pass from behind the net.
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His two-handed backhand is considered one of the best in the game.
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Williams saved Osaka's first championship point with a backhand down-the-line winner.
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His backhand was especially rough, striking just one winner against 36 unforced errors.
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His one-handed backhand rivals Stan Wawrinka's for its technical perfection and precision.
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With this particular strategy, he is initially looking to force a backhand error.
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Chung has a powerful two-handed backhand that is accurate, consistent and deceptive.
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He clipped it with a backhand winner that secured the final match point.
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So bothered was Djokovic by his backhand that in the third game of the second set, at 30-30 and with Londero well out of position, he failed to get even a soft backhand to the open court over the net.
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However, Kane swooped around the net and swept the rebound in on the backhand.
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Kopitar maneuvered around Russell and finished with a backhand to make it 21-13.
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The Stars quickly answered when Roussel knocked in Cracknell's backhand pass 22 seconds later.
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Coyle scooped up a loose puck and flipped a high backhand into the goal.
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Ebden missed a backhand volley off an unexceptional passing shot - and it proved costly.
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I have a much better backhand volley than I did this time last year.
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In the previous set's tie break, Federer sent a forehand and a backhand long.
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Sock struck only four winners on his backhand, compared with 20 on his forehand.
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But the Lópezes focused like a laser beam on Bob's comparatively weaker backhand return.
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Lewis took a lead pass from Kopitar and beat Price with a backhand shot.
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His quickness is far improved over last year, complementing his zinger of a backhand.
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He started the game with an ace and ended it with a backhand winner.
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"No backhand down the line, no Singapore," Garcia said in an interview last week.
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Thiem's winning shots were more balanced: 23 from his forehand, 24 from his backhand.
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Force is in the sizzle of her serve and the bite of her backhand.
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On the first, Federer hit a great return and Nadal sent a backhand long.
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Federer earned his first break point with a backhand crosscourt winner at 30-30.
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Hagelin skated down the right side and attempted a backhand pass that was blocked.
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"We knew he wasn't good," Fernandes said, recalling his friend's ineffectual, one-handed backhand.
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Rittich denied Filip Chytil on a backhand from the slot with four minutes left.
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Goffin prevailed in five sets, exposing Edmund's backhand and lack of big match experience.
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Like Stan Wawrinka, Thiem laces his one-handed backhand fearlessly, but prefers his forehand.
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She had seven against Kenin, and she also needs to improve her backhand slice.
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Mark Stone cut the lead in half shortly after, beating Lundqvist on a backhand.
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With a match point at 8-7, Giorgi hit a backhand into the net.
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But Kane swooped around the net and swept the rebound in on the backhand.
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Brayden Schenn put a backhand shot on goal, and Schwartz converted the long rebound.
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Gordon was relatively new to the position and had struggled, in particular, with his backhand.
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Nadal rifled a two-fisted backhand just long to hand the leveling set to Thiem.
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Austin Watson skated the puck behind the net and made a backhand pass out front.
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I was the youngest, the maknae, with a shoddy forehand but a curiously dependable backhand.
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A no-look backhand pass from the boards by Cody Eakin set up the tally.
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Versteeg stick-handled around Jones and dished an off-balance, backhand pass through the crease.
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A sublime backhand left Federer swishing at air to put the Serbian 6-3 ahead.
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Gagner brought the puck around from behind the net and scored on a backhand roofer.
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Kunitz grabbed the puck and quickly stuffed in a backhand shot before Glass could recover.
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O'Shannessy said the technique on the return has transferred perfectly to the backhand in rallies.
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He turned to his backhand in the low slot and lifted a puck past Hutchinson.
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His heavy arms swiped forward and he threw illegal backhand punches in his bearlike lunges.
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Greiss foiled Barkov, making a kick save with his left pad on Barkov's backhand attempt.
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Ovechkin fed Connolly and his backhand was in and out so quickly that play continued.
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"Well, one-hand backhand, for sure he's the best right now," Nishikori said of Wawrinka.
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Looking at Williams's backhand step by step reveals some of the secrets of her power.
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The man was bending low for a backhand, and his form evoked something of yesteryear.
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It might stress hitting to an opponent's weak backhand, or standing closer to the baseline.
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Kane set up the score with a hard backhand pass that zipped across the slot.
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My best backhand volley comes when I angle the ball behind me to the outside.
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The backhand has been the big question mark for del Potro in his latest comeback.
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He broke in on, battling Detroit defenseman Mike Green, Crouse's backhand shot trickled through Howard.
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It was a harmless backhand shot from along the left boards by defenseman Alexey Marchenko.
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When Williams missed a backhand wide, Pliskova led, 6-3, with three more match points.
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Rafa, on the other hand, can beat del Potro with both his backhand and forehand.
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Evert sent back a defensive lob, which Shriver returned with a tentative backhand overhead volley.
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He saved two set points before sending a backhand just wide to lose the opener.
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Barty's combination of unusual weapons — a kick serve and knifing backhand slice — could unnerve Keys.
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Bailey was also stopped on a backhand try a little more than two minutes earlier.
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She hit just six winners — only one with her preferred backhand — against 35 unforced errors.
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He used the backhand slice more than usual against Zverev to keep the ball low.
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"His favorite thing was to just backhand my mouth," she told the Miami New Times.
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But unlike Ostapenko, Seles hit with two hands on both her forehand and her backhand.
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He burst in unchecked on the right wing to convert Ander Lee's deft backhand pass.
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He stole an outlet pass by Adam Henrique before beating Gibson with a backhand shot.
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He is also working to regain the form on his once-potent two-handed backhand.
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Gabriel Dumont had his backhand turned aside by Raanta at the midpoint of the third.
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He carried the puck behind the net before slicing a backhand in off a post.
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The goal came moments after the Islanders' Nick Leddy hit the post with a backhand.
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He will never have a drive backhand, but his one-handed slice is crisp enough.
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"She has the best backhand in the world, in my opinion," Cortés said on Thursday.
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She hits flat, penetrating groundstrokes, and her signature shot is her backhand down the line.
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Bailey put a backhand on Varlamov and then knocked in his own rebound at 8:03.
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However, the goalie used his right leg pad to block Wilson's backhand at the left post.
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Zuccarello netted his team-leading 19th when a soft backhand skittered past Budaj at 9:21.
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The three subsequent procedures were on del Potro's left wrist, which affected his two-handed backhand.
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Against Kudla, del Potro was cautious with his backhand and resorted mostly to sliced one-handers.
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I think I'm in the middle of the process to solve the problem with my backhand.
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Pominville collected a pass from Seth Griffith before lifting a high backhand shot over Price's shoulder.
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Tsonga spurned a third set point when skewing a backhand wide off a Murray second serve.
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Letang had a breakaway, scoring on a forehand-to-backhand move at the 6:23 mark.
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Halep finally won the set on her third opportunity with another trademark backhand down the line.
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This time, he went backhand to forehand to beat Luongo off a feed from Matt Cullen.
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In the third, Devon Travis hit a grounder to Gregorius, who tried to backhand the ball.
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Bruins defenseman Joe Morrow lost the puck to Kane, who beat Rask with a backhand shot.
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He slipped in from the left point for a deft weak-side conversion on his backhand.
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He manufactured six runaround forehand returns of shots that had all been intended for his backhand.
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His flowing one-handed backhand and his classical forehand have earned him comparisons to Roger Federer.
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He converted it when Wawrinka hit a backhand shot wide, which served as an appropriate ending.
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While his serve is 90 percent unreturnable and his backhand is evil, Hill's forehand is unreliable.
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Wilson converted a backhand shot of an initial shot from P.K. Subban from the right point.
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He tried a backhand, but Lehtonen trapped the puck between his left arm and his side.
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Sock, by comparison, had only 12 backhand forced errors from what is considered his weaker side.
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Sevastova converted her fourth match point when Sharapova spanked a first serve wide with the backhand.
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Serving for the set Gauff crunched two backhand winners on her way to holding to love.
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Grzelcyk slipped the puck over to his backhand and beat Mrazek to make it 4-0.
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Federer gained another break point, and this time converted it with Nadal hitting a backhand long.
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The memoir is like your backhand, or a 1970s Fiat — there's always something wrong with it.
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Azarenka sought to control points with deep, attacking strokes and by going after Osaka's backhand side.
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Johansson was still down when Hornqvist, also falling, used a sweeping backhand to deposit the rebound.
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Nadal clinched the victory on his first match point when Gasquet chopped an errant backhand long.
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She won the majority of the fast-twitch rallies, slamming big serves and ripping backhand winners.
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Federer's signature backhand was misfiring, and he seemed slow moving in and out of the corners.
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But Federer charged in and ripped a backhand winner down the line to break Tiafoe's serve.
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He took a pass from Crosby, went backhand to forehand and roofed a shot past Grubauer.
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She was broken in a marathon, 73-minute first game, when she netted an easy backhand.
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He served for the first set at 373-4 but missed a relatively routine backhand volley.
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Vesey scored by jumping on a Brady Skjei rebound and diving to backhand the puck in.
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Then, at 12-40, he charged in to hit a backhand winner and take the set.
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He scored his second goal in two nights, pushing a backhand shot just over the line.
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I'm hitting more often with the two-handed backhand, which is good for my whole game.
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I think I am improving all my game when I have also my backhand working good.
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Less than two minutes later, Gilbert evened the score at 1-1 on a backhand shot.
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After an hour of hitting, I suddenly began to crack my backhand rails and recoil smoothly.
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Halep eventually broke back in the seventh game when Anisimova overcooked a backhand down the line.
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"He has a one-handed backhand and I used to have long hair, too," Federer said.
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He closed out the sixth game of the second set with an elegant backhand overhead smash.
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I had to pass her off the backhand, sometimes with the slice and sometimes with topspin.
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She seized control of the match in the seventh game when Keys struck a backhand wide at 30-30, then the American failed to punish a short ball and Barty, who had stood her ground in the left corner, smashed a stunning backhand winner to break.
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Shapovalov, who earned a spot in the Open main draw through qualifying, has a strong serve and a rock-solid one-handed backhand, but he looks to dominate points with his best shot, an inside-out lefty forehand that he used to bludgeon the Nadal backhand.
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With the goalie sliding to his left, Gaudreau tucked a backhand shot low and over the line.
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When Halep ended a 14-stroke point by pushing a backhand wide, Stephens owned the first set.
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Federer managed to return a 134 mph serve, but on his next stroke, he shanked a backhand.
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In his subsequent two matches against Mr Nadal, Mr Federer has continued to display an improved backhand.
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Pacioretty shifted to his backhand and gave the Canadiens their seventh win in their past 10 games.
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In the first semi-final, Linette needed six set points before sealing the tiebreak with a backhand.
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Huberdeau then cut inside, beating Lehner with a backhand deke for his eighth goal of the season.
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Smith beat Kuemper with a backhand try, but the puck hit the right post and bounced out.
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Eichel calmly slid a backhand shot through goaltender Cam Ward's legs to give the Sabres the victory.
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Crosby, working from behind the net, forced a turnover and sent a slick backhand pass to Guentzel.
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McDavid converted a backhand shot 82 seconds into the extra frame, a goal set up by Draisaitl.
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HAROLD, DELAWARE I would love to sing like Stevie Wonder and slice a backhand like Roger Federer.
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Djokovic saved one break point with a backhand pass but hit a forehand long on the next.
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Bob lacks the conviction to consistently go after his backhand return as he does with his forehand.
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Like the others, he can be seen dancing around his backhand to set it up on occasion.
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Wawrinka hit an overhead winner and then, at 30-40, Rosol botched a backhand into the net.
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Niederreiter managed to backhand the loose puck between the goalie's knees for a 1-0 Wild lead.
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Keith turned to his backhand to poke a shot past Hutton's right skate for his fourth goal.
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Kerber shanked a backhand off Williams's return, and Williams had a chance to serve for the match.
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Venus needed only one, hammering a backhand return down the line and giving a yelp in triumph.
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"It wasn't a great backhand, I just kind of raised it and it sneaked in," O'Reilly said.
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Townsend saved three break points, but hit a backhand long to give Halep a 26-26 lead.
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Nadal broke del Potro's serve in the fifth game of the final set with a backhand winner.
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Nadal's play typically leaned on his forehand, which produced 29 winners compared with 9 from his backhand.
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Fiala sent a nifty backhand pass from the right circle to Hartman at the left faceoff dot.
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Stephens leapt for a high backhand stab, but she could barely get her racket on the ball.
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Though she is right handed, the pain had kept her from hitting her two-handed backhand effectively.
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He was able to dominate Wawrinka's signature backhand with his own, hitting eight winners to Wawrinka's two.
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"My forehand is pretty decent, but my backhand and my serve definitely need some attention," she said.
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Bacsinszky often dominated rallies with her backhand and gutted out a lengthy first set in 217 minutes.
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Forehand, backhand, everything gets better with a little more maturity, and she gets that grown-woman strength.
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However, Galchenyuk's attempt rolled off his stick, and then Gibson blocked Pacioretty's backhand to secure the win.
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The scouting report fades, the lefty-righty splits are irrelevant, the weakness to his backhand side unimportant.
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At 3-4, Edmund shanked a backhand return, but his high ball somehow landed on the line.
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With a fabulous backhand winner down the line, Thiem reached his first match point at 3-5.
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Bergeron deked to his backhand and slid a forehander past Smith from the top of the crease.
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The Federer slice backhand, Evans explained, tends to tumble through the air slower than his other shots.
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Hutchinson made a glove stop on Mathew Barzal's backhand attempt at 9:59 of the third period.
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The Flyers' aggressiveness paid off when Voracek's backhand goal produced a 1-0 lead at 5:26.
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Toews scored on the backhand after a perfect pass across the crease from teammate Calvin de Haan.
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In the last, she pinned Halep into a corner and blasted a backhand winner down the line.
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Filip Chytil flipped a backhand shot at McElhinney and the puck bounced off the goalie's right shoulder.
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Federer simply couldn't match it from the first point to the last, a backhand that he netted.
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Federer improvised and covered the corners impressively, slashing forehand and backhand winners and hitting deft, precise volleys.
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After Kerber earned a third break point, Williams produced a backhand winner, then another ace for the advantage.
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The usually unflappable Swiss made a rare show of frustration, berating himself loudly as his backhand went awry.
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But the 37-year-old Swiss broke back in the seventh game with a stunning sliced backhand return.
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Drouin froze Sabres goalie Robin Lehner with a fake to the blocker side before switching to his backhand.
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Mrazek denied the initial attempt by Devin Shore, but Klingberg deftly popped in the rebound with a backhand.
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At 3-3, three backhand errors from Cilic allowed to Federer to stay alive from 0-40 down.
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He controlled play from the back of the court with his fluid two-handed backhand and heavy forehand.
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Johnsson slid home a backhand from a goalmouth scramble for his third goal this season at 5:52.
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The second came on another backhand on a rebound of a Carson Soucy shot from the left point.
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Theodore sealed the victory with a backhand shot that floated over the glove of Blackhawks goaltender Robin Lehner.
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Theodore sealed the win with a backhand shot that floated over the glove of Blackhawks goaltender Robin Lehner.
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Eaves roofed a backhand pass by Radek Faksa from behind the Carolina goal top shelf and far post.
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Sam Reinhart cut the lead to 2-1 on a backhand shot 14 seconds into the third period.
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Federer's service winner knotted the tiebreaker, and he sealed the victory when Coric couldn't handle a backhand volley.
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Thornton hit left winger Melker Karlsson with a long backhand pass as Sekera got caught behind the play.
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She has a one-handed backhand, an elegant shot on the verge of extinction in the women's game.
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A cross-court backhand fell wide by a half-inch to allow Kerber to break to 2-1.
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There was simply no stopping the hard-charging Spaniard, whose backhand was firing like a double-handed bazooka.
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Besides the save on Faksa, Rinne also denied Jamie Benn on the backhand side at the right goalpost.
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Kuznetsov started things with a slick backhand shot from the doorstep after a Carlson pass at 5:07.
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Farah punched away a backhand volley winner on match point before promptly collapsing to the ground in triumph.
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However, he was beaten on a slick backhand shot in the second round of the shootout by Barkov.
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The spectator appeared to advise him to aim for the top seed's backhand and Kyrgios did just that.
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The left-handed Kerber then wrapped up the win when Siegemund sent a slice backhand into the net.
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In the 2017 Australian Open, Federer hit 76 backhand winners in seven matches, compared to 37 in 2016.
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It looked bad for the Briton, who began hobbling when in pursuit of Cilic's raids on his backhand.
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Kopitar then fed the puck back to Brown cutting through the slot and he scored on a backhand.
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I just chose to backhand it, thinking it would give me a stronger throw wherever it was going.
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Querrey stayed aggressive, attacking Djokovic's second serve and coming to net off a slightly mis-hit backhand return.
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But he has had to adjust his two-handed backhand and slice many more backhands with one hand.
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Karlovic, with his huge frame, intimidating serve and crisply sliced backhand, is ranked 20th after a strong season.
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I'd rather him hit a backhand slice than to overextend and hit a forehand from the first row.
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Scheifele one-timed a backhand pass from Mathieu Perreault past Lehtonen for his 25th goal of the season.
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Moore fed the puck back to Stalberg, who flipped a backhand shot between Montoya's legs at 11:3.
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He backed up to work at deep short, first on his backhand, then on balls up the middle.
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But Saturday's result was hardly all about Siniakova's cleverly executed game plan, fighting spirit and world-class backhand.
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It was Federer's turn, as he hit a backhand winner down the line to get to 53-40.
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He also denied a backhand by Riley Nash from the left side 4:05 into the second period.
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At 5-4, serving to stay in the match, Pliskova saved the second with a searing backhand winner.
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Collins commanded the match from the beginning, dictating play by aggressively attacking, particularly with her two-handed backhand.
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Her crisply sliced backhand has unusual bite, and she has perhaps the best net game in the sport.
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His down-the-line forehand approach to Vilas's backhand yielded a meager passing shot that Connors put away.
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But when I talked to people afterward, all they kept telling me was how gorgeous Bolelli's backhand was.
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Mark, at 63-foot-4, has a one-handed backhand and can serve and volley like his mother.
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When Osaka broke for 2-3 after a Williams backhand unforced error, Williams smashed her racket in anger.
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Barbashev's backhand pass hit Sundqvist in stride and the center raced in untouched and scored at 5:31.
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Carrier made it 3-2 when he roofed in a backhand shot from in front of the crease.
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Galchenyuk then followed and beat Jacob Markstrom with a backhand on his glove side for the game-winner.
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Hoping to regain a measure of consistency, Federer unfurled his backhand slice early against Dan Evans on Friday.
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Couturier lost control of the puck as he attempted to shift to his backhand on a partial breakaway.
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Crouse fed a backhand pass to Kessel ahead of two defenders for Kessel's ninth goal of the season.
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Müller often uses his slice backhand as an approach shot, keeping the ball low as he rushes forward.
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Nylander struck on a nifty backhand shot off a Hellebuyck rebound for his sixth goal of the season.
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Kennedy drove to the net and jammed Devante Smith-Pelley's backhand shot through Quick for the opening goal.
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On their second match point at 7-203, Rublev poached and made a sensational, angled backhand volley winner.
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Donato skated in, went forehand-backhand and roofed an unassisted goal, his third, over Nilsson at 9:43.
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Coyne went to her backhand and easily scored, a trademark goal from one of the world's fastest players.
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He lined up a backhand and then unleashed a buzzing winner that Nadal did not even try for.
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The Scot moved higher up the court as he began to anticipate his opponent's groundstrokes, breaking to lead 2-1 and then again for 4-1, sealing the latter game when he picked a crosscourt backhand that he had time to return with a clean backhand winner down the line.
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"It was a play that I should have made," Spangenberg said of mishandling Hernandez's ball to his backhand side.
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Stone briefly lost possession of the puck but got it back and attempted a backhand shot from the slot.
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Grabner, with blazing speed, skated in on a breakaway and flipped the puck up and in with his backhand.
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New Jersey nearly pulled even less than two minutes later when Kyle Palmieri's diving backhand shot hit the post.
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O'Reilly looped inside the Kings' zone before lifting a high backhand shot for his seventh goal of the year.
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Kerber won 11, including a 16-shot exchange on the opening point that ended with an errant Azarenka backhand.
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Kucherov took a pass from Point in the slot and then deked and beat Rinne with a backhand shot.
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Nyquist flipped a backhand behind Andersen at 19:22 of the second period to put Detroit on the board.
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As Mattek-Sands approached the net following a backhand service return, her right knee buckled, rupturing her patellar tendon.
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Given room to maneuver behind the net, he tallied his fifth goal on a backhand wraparound at 2:23.
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Boston tied the score at 13:24 when Marchand scored his 29th goal of the season on a backhand.
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She regained her composure, though, and wrapped it up on her fifth match point when Kuznetsova's backhand sailed long.
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Barkov made a move and slid a backhand shot between Mrazek's pads for his third goal of the season.
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Stephens moved to 40-0 up on Keys's serve in the following game with a perfect backhand passing shot.
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McDonagh flipped in a backhand off a rebound 8:26 into the third for his eighth of the season.
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He was able to stuff it back in on the backhand and end the Capitals comeback, and their season.
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It took a backhand mishit from Williams to close it out, with her shot barely dribbling over the net.
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Konta pulverised a backhand to save a break point in the opening game then broke with another baseline bomb.
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Edmund saved one but Cilic was soon roaring in celebration, a backhand winner down the line closing it out.
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With Kuznetsova again struggling on her serve, a blistering backhand by Azarenka evened the next game at 403-240.
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Center Jarret Stoll flipped a cross-ice backhand pass to center Erik Haula, who was near the far post.
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His forehand is heavy, and his one-handed backhand is one of the game's great (and most telegenic) weapons.
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Nishikori hit a drop shot, and Murray chased it down and hit a two-handed backhand down the line.
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A player flips the racket between hands to hit forehands from either side, eliminating the need for a backhand.
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Radwanska won her match when her opponent dumped a backhand into the net after two hours and 23 minutes.
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Sock, all of 23, is still trying to find a better-than-pedestrian backhand to complement his power forehand.
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In the third set, Cilic was broken at 3-4, with three backhand errors heavily contributing to the downfall.
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But Nadal drew him to net twice more, drawing a backhand error on break point to level the set.
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He attacked Dimitrov's second serve and his backhand, turning a potential weapon almost into a liability for the Bulgarian.
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Keys cracked several impressive winners with her backhand, a shot that had often troubled her after her wrist injury.
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She finally broke through by breaking Gatto-Monticone's serve with a backhand volley after a tight exchange at net.
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He pulled Djokovic to his left with a knifing backhand crosscourt slice, then blasted an inside-in forehand winner.
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Aberg's long, blind backhand went off the hand of the Devils' Ben Lovejoy to tie it at 4-4.
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A backhand winner on the run drifted past the helpless Djokovic, and Zverev sank to the ground in tears.
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The group has heaped positivity onto Glushko, revitalizing her primary on-court weapons — strength, athleticism and a dangerous backhand.
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But everything fell apart: forehand into the net, forehand wide, drop shot into the net, backhand into the net.
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Ostapenko's forehand will be the biggest shot hit in the match, and it will naturally go after Bacsinszky's backhand.
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She broke Halep at love in that opening game with a bolt of a backhand winner down the line.
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As Williams' shrieking increased, Wang nosed ahead to 6-5 after firing a blistering backhand that clipped the line.
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Dach scored on a backhand shot for his seventh goal of the season and his first since Dec. 21.
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He lacks pop on his crosscourt backhand and must demonstrate an ability to finish points, especially against top players.
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Stamkos scored from one knee on his patented one-timer after a backhand pass across the slot by Killorn.
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Wawrinka swung freely on his next shot, a forehand, but Federer neutralized it with a backhand down the line.
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Berrettini hit a backhand into the net to give Nadal a set point, and then hit a forehand long.
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He stripped Tomas Hertl of the puck and breezed past Kevin Labanc before unleashing a backhand shot past Dell.
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He completed victory a game later with a nerveless backhand volley and now sets his sights on another battle.
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Ryan Hartman fired a backhand shot and Anisimov scored on the rebound for his 12th goal of the season.
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The tennis champion Billie Jean King, who once visited her studio, commented on the strength of Ms. Steir's backhand.
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He planned to hit the practice court on Wednesday to fine-tune that backhand and to further improve his conditioning.
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Benn rushed up the left side of the ice and then finished with a backhand for the eventual game-winner.
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Johnsson scored another unassisted goal at 12:20 as he stole the puck and slipped a backhand between Pickard's pads.
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The Devils pulled even when Henrique scored his 23rd of the season off a backhand 5:153 into the second.
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Shoot some pool, practice your ping pong backhand or challenge your friends to some classic video games on the Wii.
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They made it 21988-289 lead at 14:46, with McDavid setting up Drake Caggiula with a deft backhand pass.
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After dropping the first set, Federer broke Albot while leading 6-5 in the second with a backhand volley winner.
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Jones scored his seventh goal on a short-handed effort with a backhand at 8:34 of the third period.
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At 133:27, Brassard used his backhand to redirect in an Olli Maatta pass for a 3-0 Pittsburgh lead.
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The singer also demonstrated how to do a backhand shot, which the two practiced alongside backhanded compliments before their shootout.
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The Coyotes capitalized early in the third when Nick Cousins lifted a backhand past Howard at the two-minute mark.
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Kane beat Holtby with a backhand shot for his 236th goal and his league-leading 230th point of the season.
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When you want to get better at tennis, it isn't enough to watch Rafael Nadal hit a backhand on YouTube.
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After maneuvering his way to the far post, Perry finished with a backhand for his seventh goal of the season.
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Dimitrov, a Bulgarian, was called Baby Federer early in his career because his forehand, backhand and serve technique mirrored Federer's.
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Toffoli then took a return pass in the slot, deked to the backhand side and flicked the puck past Talbot.
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Apart from that it was a trouble-free victory completed with a backhand rifled beyond his 33-year-old opponent.
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Reprieved, Federer took full advantage and closed out the set when a scrambling Evans missed a desperate backhand passing short.
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He beat Luongo high on the glove side with a backhand shot from the inside edge of the left circle.
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On the next pitch, catcher Cameron Rupp failed to backhand a low throw, and Riddle scored on the passed ball.
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He managed to save a match point but finished the job with a well-struck backhand return that Verdasco netted.
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In the final points of the match, both players were smiling as each hit backhand winners that clipped the baseline.
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Serving to stay in the match, Djokovic was broken to love as Federer sent a dipping backhand to his feet.
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After receiving a backhand pass from Eaves in the neutral zone, Spezza rushed up the right side of the ice.
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Wawrinka kept moving his lanky opponent more and more to his backhand side until the moment was right to strike.
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Okposo collected the puck and placed a quick backhand shot home for his team-best 14th goal of the year.
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Ovechkin cut the lead to 3-2 at 6:49 by one-timing a slick backhand pass from Evgeny Kuznetsov.
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He's got really good touch, good volleys, puts a lot of slice on his slice backhand, quite a spinny forehand.
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With his classic technique and his flowing one-handed backhand, Dimitrov has long been compared to Roger Federer, his idol.
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Habiyambere likes this, an opportunity for an angle when a backhand lands near his service line and hangs waist level.
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Gaborik's backhand shot from the slot deflected off Minnesota's Ryan Suter and past Kuemper with Carter and Doughty drawing assists.
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Essay I hit one backhand after another crosscourt but could not get the ball where it was supposed to go.
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Radulov carried the puck inside the zone to backhand a shot through a maze of players that eluded Peter Budaj.
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And Refsnyder was charged with an error when he could not cleanly backhand Paul Janish's sharp grounder down the line.
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Tsonga was down, 6-2, and serving to stay in the tiebreak, but he netted a backhand to lose it.
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Pella looked weary as a limp backhand gifted the Spaniard a decisive break at the start of the second set.
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Nichuskin flipped the puck toward the net and Dickinson scored on a backhand that deflected in off Tyson Barrie's stick.
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The Dutch actor, star of "The Haunting of Hill House," has a wicked serve but his backhand needs some tweaks.
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At 4-63 a backhand winner got Sharapova to break point, and she converted on a follow-up screaming shot.
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Not surprisingly, Sevastova did it again on the next point, dropping an even better backhand slice just over the net.
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A teacher shows you how to hit a forehand and backhand; a coach teaches you how to use those skills.
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He routinely fires rockets with his one-handed backhand — a rare shot for a North American — while on the run.
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He capped it, appropriately, with a backhand down the line, his 87th winner of the day, 51 more than Murray.
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Rublev has a potent forehand, but a more effective backhand, though both seem to lack a feel for the ball.
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Once the barrage abated, Barty took the initiative, using her slice backhand to dictate points against Kvitova, last year's finalist.
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The 22-year-old breezed into the offensive zone and wired a backhand shot that was sticked aside by Vasilevskiy.
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Seguin added an empty-net goal on his backhand with 27 seconds to go, his ninth goal of the season.
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With plenty of time to prepare his shot, Djokovic hit wide what seemed destined to be a straightforward backhand winner.
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Edmund celebrated his win after another unforced error from Djokovic, who hit his backhand return long from a second serve.
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The 19-year-old wildcard collapsed to the ground in delight after Ruud sent a backhand wide on match point.
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Facing a match point in the doubles tiebreak, he ripped a backhand winner off a serve down a narrow gap.
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After a seven-minute pause, the circus tricks resumed, with Thiem ripping a backhand past Zverev to take his serve.
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The Russian showed exactly why, as 40 winners flowed off his racket - both from the forehand and the backhand side.
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Kucherov opened the scoring 24:230 into the game, putting in a backhand for his first goal in 24 games.
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Then it was up to Lamoureux-Davidson, who pulled the puck from backhand to forehand and slipped it past Szabados.
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McDavid made a quick deke inside to his backhand and had an open net for his 11th goal of the season.
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Federer hung tough to take the game with an angled backhand winner and steamed on to his 20th grand slam title.
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Martin Necas picked up the loose, then set up Dzingel with a backhand pass from the left side of the goal.
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Reinhart skated in from the right side and beat Red Wings goalie Jimmy Howard with a backhand over his right shoulder.
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He finally converted a break point at his eighth attempt to lead 5-3, leveling the match with a backhand winner.
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The puck was jarred loose, and Tyler Ennis sent a backhand pass to Brown, who tapped it into a vacated net.
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There are two general ways to negate that advantage: hit fewer shots to the backhand, or hit those shots more aggressively.
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Tavares scored his 353rd goal of the season on a backhand shot from the slot after a pass from Mitch Marner.
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A delightful backhand winner earned him another break for 4-2 and the Austrian served for the set at 5-3.
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However, Oduya's attempted backhand clearance under duress was intercepted by Getzlaf, who delivered the equalizer despite not striking the puck cleanly.
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Keys lost patience at 3-3 and blazed a forehand long, then a backhand to offer up the break of serve.
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Thiem saved a match point with a blistering backhand down the line and held on to force a deciding fifth set.
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Palat then hit Killorn cutting alone into the slot where he beat Hellebuyck with a backhand shot to the glove side.
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Gauthier notched his third this season on a backhand from the slot at 5:423 on a pass from Jake Gardiner.
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Suarez Navarro slipped trying to retrieve the ball to go match-point down, then mis-hit a backhand to concede defeat.
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Atkinson skated hard to the net and buried a backhand feed from left winger Scott Hartnell from below the goal line.
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Del Potro saved one but a backhand error handed Nadal the set and he never took a backward glance after that.
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When he refuses to answer, Jackson takes a breath, narrows his eyes, and fully backhand slaps the general across the face.
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He dropped to one knee, smothered the ball on a backhand, rose, and whipped a throw to second for the force.
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The deficit narrowed to one goal less than five minutes later when Nash won a footrace and scored on a backhand.
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The winger scored on a rebound, reaching across the top of the crease to backhand the puck past Hutton's right skate.
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Guentzel set up Rust, who moved down the slot and deked forehand to backhand to deposit the puck past Luongo's skate.
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She suffered jitters in the third set, missing a backhand on match point when serving at 20053-1 and dropped serve.
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Rogers won the first point, then was faced with a high, bouncing ball that had drifted well wide to her backhand.
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Barty cleaned up her game in the second set, however, recovering the backhand slice that had deserted her in the opener.
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He completed his hat trick by roofing a backhand on the penalty shot with 50.6 seconds left in the middle frame.
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San-Francisco-based judge, William Orrick issued the injunction and effectively delivered yet another a legal backhand to the Trump administration.
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Arvidsson jumped the puck between three Sharks and skated up the left side before throwing a backhand past goaltender Martin Jones.
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Wild defenseman Ryan Suter's backhand clearing attempt from behind the net was intercepted by Stars defender Alex Goligoski along the boards.
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Struff chiseled out a tough first set with a backhand winner at 5-5 in the tiebreak before serving an ace.
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The goal featured a great passing sequence between Anthony Duclair, who slipped a backhand pass to Max Domi in the slot.
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Horvat opened the scoring at 9:47 of the first period as he put in a short backhand pass from Roussel.
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The wrist operations most affected his two-handed backhand, forcing him to use a one-handed slice most of the time.
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As it should be clear to all by now, not addressing the issue is a backhand way of addressing the issue.
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Perhaps that was what Williams was doing with all those backhand drop shots Friday: a fitting tribute to her next milestone.
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He appeared uncertain at key moments and hit 30 unforced errors — many off his vaunted backhand — to just 15 by Murray.
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"Got stuck out there, but saw Rady coming off the bench, tried to make a backhand pass to him," Pacioretty said.
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The Devils took a 1-0 lead 2:58 into the game when Taylor Hall whipped a backhand pass to Severson.
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Djokovic clinched the decisive break in an epic seventh game and sealed the win with a sizzling cross-court backhand winner.
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He faked out the goalie -- both times -- going to his backhand to put the puck in the back of the net.
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Johansen deked from forehand to backhand and shoveled a short shot past Allen for the most important goal in franchise history.
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Lehtonen was out of position during a scramble near the goal, and Henrique flipped a backhand into the upper right corner.
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Connor executed a perfect backhand after several fakes on the shootout winner, an appropriate analogy for the back-and-forth affair.
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Clarke handed Federer matchpoint with a double fault and he wrapped up the contest when the Briton sent a backhand wide.
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She saved a set point at 5-6 and then forced a tiebreak which she won with a crisp backhand winner.
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Federer took advantage of a third break point in the first game of the match with a winning backhand passing shot.
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Nadal's high-kicking left-handed forehand can still wear down Federer's one-handed backhand like nothing else on clay or earth.
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But his backhand remains top of mind even if current ATP players gave a slight edge to Gasquet's elastic one-hander.
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He skated in on Lehner, who stopped his backhand try and then smothered the loose puck in front of the net.
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There was also the unusual: chip and charge tactics, serve-and-volley on second serve and no-look flicked backhand overheads.
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Instead, Williams hit a backhand into the net for an unforced error, allowing Osaka to break right back and retake control.
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Although Halep played valiantly amid difficult circumstances, Sharapova demonstrated her intent from the second shot, a screaming backhand winner behind Halep.
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Coleman scored on a backhand at 12:00 and notched his 18th of the season at 15:35 of the third.
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" Kenin, 217, was not projected as a top 15 player, McEnroe said, but is a "brilliant tactician" with a "great backhand.
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He was bold on the first match point, going for an off-balance backhand down the line that struck the net.
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Wawrinka's powerful serve and backhand were moving Zverev around the court, preventing him from gaining purchase in any of the points.
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Alexander Nylander fed a backhand pass to Caggiula, who punched in a one-timer for his second goal of the season.
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But she had a fluid, world-class two-handed backhand and a deep understanding of how to construct a baseline point.
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For Florida, Hoffman stole the puck and was off on a breakaway, hitting the net on a forehand-to-backhand move.
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Calgary's Sean Monahan hit the goal post with the first attempt in the shootout, and Binnington stopped Matthew Tkachuk's backhand try.
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The undercut backhand provided a similar safe space for Barty, who is known as having the best slice among the women.
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Williams saved a match point on her own serve with a backhand winner in the 10th game of the third set.
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He held serve with an acrobatic backhand half-volley drop-shot winner to stop a Federer streak of five consecutive games.
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Couturier scored 24 seconds later as he corralled a loose puck in front and tapped it on the backhand past Schneider.
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He added that his two-handed backhand has improved a lot after the difficulties he had with it following wrist surgery.
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The center skated into the crease before tucking the puck in on the backhand past Anaheim goaltender John Gibson (36 saves).
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Audacious backhand passing shots on the Nadal first serve and delightfully disguised drop shots brought frequent loud gasps from the crowd.
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She saved one with a big backhand winner but netted a forehand on the second and from there things unraveled quickly.
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Dimitrov's one-handed backhand was particularly exposed by Nadal's attacks and counted for the majority of his forced and unforced errors.
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With graceful movement and a one-handed backhand, he was quickly called Baby Federer by observers unafraid of setting lofty expectations.
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"It was very impressive, because bats aren't light, and to catch it backhand on the knob ..." said Mets outfielder Brandon Nimmo.
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Hyman scored his eighth of the season at 8:51 of the third on a backhand after a pass from Matthews.
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MELBOURNE, Australia — A veteran right-hander with an all-court game and a one-handed backhand, the hands-down greatest player of his era, was trying to dodge an upset in a fourth-round match of a Grand Slam tournament against a former junior world No. 1 with long hair, a flowing one-handed backhand and no fear.
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Benn then maneuvered around Flames goaltender Karri Ramo, who stopped 28 of 30 shots, and tucked a backhand inside the near post.
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He skated in on Braden Holtby, went to his backhand and lifted the puck home for his 033th goal of the season.
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Point collected a deflected puck at the top of the crease and lifted a backhand over Bobrovsky 22004 seconds after Jones scored.
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She needed just over two hours to overcome Kontaveit, who by that time had run out of steam, slapping a backhand wide.
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Here Cruickshank gives ground, switching stances as he does so, then lands a flailing backhand off the D-side against Satoru Kitaoka.
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On the backhand wing, she took the ball as early as anyone else on tour, yet always appeared balanced, and never rushed.
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The statistics have little to tell us about whether Mr Federer's improved backhand would withstand the clay-court prowess of Mr Nadal.
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The Spaniard rallied towards the end before a relieved Coric closed it out on his second match point with a backhand winner.
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Price stopped Schlemko's point shot but the loose puck was there in front for Meier to send a backhand into the net.
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A sensational backhand down the line - the shot of the match - gave Janowicz the minibreak he needed in the first set tiebreak.
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Niederreiter received Staal's pass in the low slot before slipping a backhand shot behind Anderson for his 22nd goal of the season.
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Jordan Martinook bounced a backhand pass off the side boards from behind the net, and Murphy one-timed a shot through traffic.
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Zucker took the breakout pass from right winger Chris Stewart, sped up ice and ripped a backhand shot to the glove side.
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The world number one leveled the match at one set apiece on her fourth set point after Kanepi sent a backhand long.
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The Taiwanese saved four break points at 2-2 but dropped serve in the seventh game with a backhand into the tramlines.
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Left alone in front of the net, Smith took his time to make the deke before lifting a backhand into the cage.
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Wawrinka followed up with a clean down-the-line backhand winner from the baseline the next point and soon secured the set.
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It doesn't matter if Mirza's forehand is a perfect complement to Hingis's backhand if the two are never on the same page.
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With Kevin Shattenkirk in the box for holding, Upshall took it the other way and placed a backhand shot through Lehner's legs.
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He outmuscled Pietrangelo to backhand a shot along the ice as Elliott couldn't keep his left pad tight against the near post.
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"On first serve, against Seppi, he actually served more into the body and forehand than out wide to the backhand," he said.
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Boeser created a 1-1 tie at 16:20053 of the second, firing in Sedin's goalmouth backhand pass during a power play.
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Williams had fired a backhand down the line, directly in front of Billie Jean King, who was watching from the front row.
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The 20-year-old broke again on match point when Opelka sent a backhand into the net for his 38th unforced error.
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So if you have a mean backhand and an extra $80K laying around, just send Shkreli a DM and place a bid.
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Beauvillier barely missed extending the lead with 5:57 left, when his backhand shot clanged off the left post and skittered away.
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Rinne stopped Micheal Haley's shot, but a wide-open Wingels put the rebound past Rinne with a backhand shot from the slot.
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He then curled around front and placed a backhand shot high to the far side for his ninth goal of the year.
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She closed out a 33-2, 5-7, 6-4 victory when a Kozlova backhand hit the net cord and sailed out.
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He starts with his right foot ahead of his left foot, closing off the angle of his body to the backhand side.
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Vallverdu praised Dimitrov's footwork as he recovered from the backhand corner; he gave a tip about contact point on the forehand volley.
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She has a somewhat unorthodox two-handed backhand, hit with a loose and whiplike backswing, but it is deceptive, accurate and lethal.
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Jean Bosco Kazura, whose résumé includes the military campaign to end Rwanda's 0003 genocide and a nice kick serve to the backhand.
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Goldobin took a pass from teammate Ben Hutton, then used a toe drag to get around Doughty and score on a backhand.
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On the third break point opportunity for Kohlschreiber, Djokovic inexplicably hit a backhand volley wide to put his opponent 4-2 ahead.
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Buyukakcay chose to take it with her preferred backhand, but it created an awkward angle with the ball coming right at her.
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There were no more break points ahead, and Nadal finally closed out the victory with a backhand volley into an open court.
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He began with a two-handed backhand and switched to a one-hander because he wanted to imitate his idol Roger Federer.
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She was also armed with a rare and deadly two-handed backhand that dispatched older players as she advanced to the semifinals.
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Arthur Ashe won the first U.S. Open, which was played in Forest Hills, Queens, in 1968; he had an impeccable BACKHAND SHOT.
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But Ostapenko, a Latvian, dumped an easy backhand into the net to lose the set, and she appeared to tire after that.
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She's got a slice backhand, she can hit it, she goes to the net, she stays back, she's got a great serve.
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"Roger's backhand has improved a lot, and he caught us by surprise in Australia," Carlos Moyá, Nadal's coach, said before Friday's rematch.
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"Most of the players like conventional rallies: Most players manage to hit their first serve, forehand and backhand very hard," Federer said.
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There's literally a backhand emoji in here, which there can't be a kind use for, as well as facepalm, and shrug emojis.
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"On one side of the court, we didn't have room to hit a backhand or forehand," she said in a telephone interview.
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He can get very low to his backhand, even at 6-foot-6, and generate acute angles and huge straight-line power.
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Elli, a wispy 5-6, hits her backhand with two hands, though she has been working on her one-hander all summer.
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Can del Potro open up the court by managing to drive his still-vulnerable two-handed backhand down the line with authority?
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Sometimes one of the girls has something special to work on, like their backhand or a particular shot they need help with.
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Rust made the score 20-29 just 21 minutes 43 seconds into the game with a nasty backhand flip over Rinne's glove.
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But Severino awkwardly tried to backhand the ball with his glove, letting it squirt away from him, and Altuve reached via error.
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During the second set, Federer stretched to reach a deep ball on his backhand that seemed destined to become a Berdych point.
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O'Reilly slid a backhand pass to Sundqvist as he skated toward the net and beat Grubauer for his 11th of the season.
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The Bruins jumped out to a 1-0 lead when Bjork scored on the backhand at 4:15 of the first period.
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Tennis analysts can see that Mr Federer's whippy forehand and Serena Williams' punchy backhand are unique, somehow, but struggle to explain why.
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He ripped through his backhand returns as well, and Nadal — not quite at his relentless best — was unable to grind him down.
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The Spaniard required 223 hours 212 minutes to beat Federer's stylistic acolyte, Grigor Dimitrov, and his one-handed backhand in the semifinals.
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Eller added an empty-net goal with 205 seconds to go on a backhand shot from the opposite end of the ice.
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Federer's right-handed second serve is hit with topspin, kicking up high into the body on the backhand side of the returner.
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Josi, who extended his career-long point streak to 12 games, flipped a backhand shot that Arvidsson deflected into the open net.
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Even when French Open champion Barty took the initiative with her big forehands and backhand slices Kenin said she still had confidence.
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Adding to the unusual nature of her slice is the fact that she thumps her backhand drive and topspin with two hands.
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One was a leaping overhand backhand winner, the other a ballistic crosscourt winner after Nadal had saved two overhead smashes by Cilic.
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Theodore beat Jacob Markstrom with a backhand over the goalie's glove side as the Golden Knights improved to 4-23 in shootouts.
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He chased down a pass in the offensive zone, streaked toward the net and turned to his backhand for his third goal.
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Griekspoor edged 24-4 in front but a Murray ace at 5-5 gave him match point and Griekspoor netted a backhand.
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Suter streaked down the right side and got a backhand shot off that glanced off Ullmark's mask and high in the air.
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He backpedals to run around his backhand faster than anyone in the game, with the possible exception of Nadal in his prime.
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He lofted a high backhand shot from the blue line that bounced in off Canucks defenseman Ben Hutton's glove and DiPietro's blocker.
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Grigorenko found Johnson near the net to his left and Johnson had an easy backhand tap-in to make it 3-1.
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Rafael Nadal, desperately trying to hold off Roger Federer, went for an old standby: a left-handed serve high to the backhand.
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There is Kyrgios's improved two-handed backhand, a key factor in his ability to hold his own with Djokovic from the baseline.
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Smith roofed a pretty backhand finish over Stolarz to give the Rangers a 2-1 lead they carried into the second intermission.
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Tkachuk beat Sharks goalie Martin Jones with a sweet move to the backhand when left all alone in front at 232:210.
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While rigorous practice lends itself to improved stamina and a better backhand, "tennis being tennis, you learn mostly about yourself," he writes.
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Killorn scored his seventh on a backhand at 19:24 of the second, and Johnson beat the buzzer to notch his 13th.
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With Seppi serving at 1-4, the Italian pushed a slice backhand long and Edmund went on to close out the match.
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Nadal's return of serve came back powerfully, pushing the 214-year-old Tiafoe far to his backhand side for a meager reply.
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He tried staying patient, only to find himself being run across the baseline like a jack rabbit with a one-handed backhand.
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Fabricio exploded during the lunch -- shouting insults and threatened to backhand Ferguson during (what was supposed to be) a routine media event.
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Marleau puts the Maple Leafs back in front 1:09 into the third with a powerful backhand shot for his 513th career goal.
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Kvitova carried that momentum into the second set and closed the match out when Pliskova could only smash a backhand beyond the baseline.
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Watched by a crowd that included Swiss ski champion Lara Gut, Bacsinszky ended the match in style with a cross-court backhand winner.
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And then when he's in the rally, he plays with great spin on the forehand, great sort of control on the backhand side.
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He again came down the right side and took another backhand shot, this time scoring between Gibson's pads for a 2-0 lead.
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Kyle Okposo sent the puck down low and Lee worked a nice forehand-to-backhand move before sliding the puck between Korpisalo's legs.
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In the opening set tie-break, she drew errors from her Czech opponent and then closed it out with a precise backhand pass.
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Fissette knew, from watching previous games, Azarenka tended to hit her backhand shots wide when she had the advantage on a tie break.
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Hagelin made it 3-0 at 15:03 of the second, knocking Nick Bonino's backhand pass to the crease across the goal line.
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New York's best chance came seconds before the two-man advantage ended when Lee's backhand at the doorstep was turned back by Murray.
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Left winger Artemi Panarin pried the puck loose along the boards and slipped a backhand pass to Anisimov in front of the net.
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Lehtonen denied the initial shot from center Oscar Lindberg, but McDonagh's backhand from near the red line deflected in off Lehtonen's left elbow.
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The right wing forced a turnover at the top of the Oilers' zone and switched from backhand to forehand to score past Koskinen.
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The Hungarian bowed out on the second match point when she sailed a backhand long, triggering a huge roar on Arthur Ashe Stadium.
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"Keys could not get the rhythm because Caroline alternated soft and hard — but always reasonably quick and high to her backhand," he said.
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Wozniacki became confident enough to go more often for the lines and struck 24 winners altogether, 11 of them with her renowned backhand.
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But it's not possible to run around your backhand all the time, so you make sure the rest of your game is strong.
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Cilic celebrated the achievement briefly but enthusiastically, slamming a backhand winner down the line on match point, then thrusting and screaming in joy.
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The unseeded Putintseva had the first break opportunity in the seventh game, which she converted when Keys buried a backhand into the net.
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A five-times winner in Madrid, Nadal reached the semi-finals for the 11th time when Wawrinka's attempted backhand return hit the net.
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After center Sam Reinhart spun inside the left circle and fired a no-look, backhand pass, O'Reilly chipped the puck into the net.
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Tanev opened the scoring 21:13 into the game as he skated in from the blue line and beat Stolarz with a backhand.
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Miller dangled past Markov with a nifty toe drag and then beat Condon with a backhand for his 21st goal of the season.
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Federer held in the next game when his backhand located a bump on the baseline, kept low, and Berrettini swished at thin air.
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At 2-2 Halep scooped up a ball she had no right to reach and Williams lurched forward to blaze a backhand long.
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A forehand error on the first delayed her celebrations but she made no mistake on the second when the Ukrainian netted a backhand.
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He saved the first with an ace at 23-7 and the last with a backhand volley winner at 0-40, 24-24.
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Sampras has more in common with Federer stylistically than with Djokovic and his two-handed backhand and ability to turn defense into offense.
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On Tennis PARIS — The precise date escapes Stefanos Tsitsipas, but he remembers the moment he left the two-handed backhand behind for good.
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As del Potro wore down, he had increasing difficulty with his forehand and his backhand, the shot most affected by his wrist injuries.
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He was deft at the net and able to consistently produce clean backhand drives despite maintaining his position very tight to the baseline.
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More worrying signs emerged in his first-round match against Frances Tiafoe, when Federer's famous one-handed backhand looked uncharacteristically weak and ineffective.
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Standing flat-footed, Stephens redirected the ball down the line with an all-arms backhand winner, then bent over and pumped her fist.
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Wawrinka used his sublime one-handed backhand and hammer of a forehand to send Murray scrambling and sliding all over Court Philippe Chatrier.
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On the seventh and last, he came forward again, but his chipped backhand approach shot on the run failed to clear the net.
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Wawrinka used his most important weapon, his devastating one-handed backhand, as bludgeon and scalpel through the three-and-a-half-hour match.
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O'Reilly beat Anderson with a backhand on the breakaway to earn his third goal and sixth point in a four-game scoring streak.
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Federer took a more proactive approach Sunday, driving his backhand for much of the match instead of relying on his more neutral slice.
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His elegant one-handed backhand invites comparison to Stan Wawrinka's, while his tightly angled left-handed serve has caused problems for every opponent.
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MacEachern tracked it and punched in a backhand shot for his fourth goal of the season and his second in as many games.
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Williams broke serve twice early in the second set and closed out the victory on her fifth match point with a backhand winner.
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Lecavalier converted a backhand feed by defenseman Christian Ehrhoff for his first goal of the season and first in a Los Angeles uniform.
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Less than two minutes later, Point turned to his backhand to flip a shot past Ward for his fifth goal in seven contests.
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At 8:56 of the third, Granlund tied it when he knocked a backhand rebound out of the air, his 100th career goal.
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Both play with exquisite one-handed backhands, making Sunday's the first all-one-handed-backhand final since Federer beat James Blake in 2006.
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At 24:26 of the second, Virtanen got behind Letang, moved to his backhand and beat Murray for a 216-26 Canucks lead.
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I sent him on a long scavenger hunt, then decoyed him in for a backhand drop and flicked it crosscourt into open space.
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Federer obliged him on the second break point, hammering at Rubin's weaker backhand and the American buckled with a harried shot into the net.
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Philadelphia didn't wilt and got within 3-2 when Sanheim notched his first goal of the season with a nifty backhand at 12:24.
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Boston got on the board with 6:48 left in the second as Acciari whipped around to whack in a rebound off his backhand.
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Some of that change is also due to Mr Federer's aggressiveness in hitting "inside-out" crosscourt forehands from the backhand side of the court.
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Parenteau then flipped a backhand pass from the left circle into the slot and Severson finished perfectly for his third goal of the season.
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Leipsic created a 3-3 tie just under seven minutes later as he spun around Coyotes defenseman Trevor Murphy and put in a backhand.
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Monfils earned the first break of the match in the 12th game, putting together powerful backhand and forehand passing shots to take the set.
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However, the Swiss battled back to break Albot while leading 6-5 in the second with a backhand volley winner to square the match.
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Sealing the win when a desperate Nadal fired a backhand long, Djokovic kneeled on the blue hardcourt and shook his fists at the sky.
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Arizona's Conor Garland tied the game at 6:27 of the second period with a top-shelf backhand, but Giordano restored his team's lead.
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He skated the puck into the Canucks' end from the neutral zone and fed Hathaway, who put a backhand through Markstrom at 17:08.
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Kopitar scored from the right circle off a backhand pass from Brown to give Los Angeles that lead at 11:14 of the first.
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After early breaks by both players, Del Potro won the ninth game with a backhand return and held serve to clinch the first set.
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Center Zack Smith scored the game-winner at 17:45 of the third period on a backhand that dribbled by Leafs goalie Jonathan Bernier.
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And if there's one thing I know for sure, it's that it's not possible to go top shelf on a backhand with one hand.
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A half dozen onlookers, most in town from Japan, oohed and aahed as Luckey mixed in overhead smashes with a surprisingly accurate backhand return.
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That gives him a bigger angle to hit to the right-hander's backhand, increasing his chances of starting the point with his favored forehand.
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From then on he managed to regain some control and a searing backhand set up an early and decisive break in the fifth set.
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He quickly scooped a backhand shot past Mrazek to make it 21-215 with his team-leading 237th power-play goal of the season.
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He also withdrew from the 2014 United States Open with a right wrist injury, which affected the left-handed-playing Nadal's two-handed backhand.
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Fognini won three games in a row and held off Lajovic to seal the opening set with a stunning backhand winner down the line.
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A running backhand pass gave him a break for 4-2 in the second set and he closed out the win in dominant fashion.
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The Rangers tied it less than a minute later when Skjei's backhand from the left side deflected off Mike Matheson and into the net.
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Parise figured into another close call at 9:29 of the second when he tried to flip a backhand just inside the near post.
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His backhand is more explosive, his use of the drop shot has improved and he is even serving and volleying at times on clay.
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Many of the 1981 rackets were made of wood, including Borg's Donnay model with the extra-long grip to accommodate his two-handed backhand.
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When Bob did get the ball past the opposing net player with his backhand return, he won a significantly higher 44 percent of points.
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Cecchinato, ranked 102nd, could not handle Nishikori's thundering drives off both wings, with the 24-year-old Italian's one-handed backhand proving particularly fragile.
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Fans were disappointed that the veteran Swiss master with the graceful one-handed backhand would be unable to make another run to a final.
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Raonic zoned in on his return and gained three break points, finally converting the third on a backhand passing shot to take the set.
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The seven-times grand slam champion was back to her best for the decider, wrapping it up with an exquisite sliced crosscourt backhand winner.
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Joe Thornton managed a quick backhand pass just before getting checked by Craig Smith that found Pavelski at the edge of the right circle.
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Lee scored with a no-look backhand off the rebound of Travis Hamonic's shot from the point, with Alan Quine drawing the secondary assist.
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Marner, allowed to waltz through the defense, scored on a backhand seven seconds into the first period with assists to Connor Brown and Tavares.
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Greiss stopped Antoine Roussel's in-close backhand shot four minutes into the game and gloved John Klingberg's wrist shot on the first power play.
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She hit a backhand winner from off the court to end a 15-shot rally early in the second set, prompting Williams to applaud.
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The Latvian came back strongly in the second set, however, breaking the Mertens serve three times as she found her groove on the backhand.
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Rinne's best saves may have come consecutively midway through the second period as he denied Benn on consecutive backhand tries from the left post.
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Her powerful first serve allows her to dictate play from the baseline and she spanks winners with her forehand or backhand with equal ease.
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Keys led 5-4 in the third before the Dutch player rallied to force the tiebreak, which she won when Keys netted a backhand.
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Vesey tied it at 5 minutes 5 seconds of the third with a nifty forehand-backhand combination for his fifth goal of the season.
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He then clawed his way back to 24-26 with a beautifully chipped backhand that flew past Monfils as he was rushing the net.
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Twenty-three minutes to break Gasquet again and to secure the opening set in a game that featured two exquisite backhand drop-shot winners.
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So the parents who constantly brag about Templeton's backhand, the ones you can't stand seeing at the potluck, probably aren't moving to Oyster Bay.
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They felt they should have neutralized Carolina goalie Petr Mrazek earlier — Josh Bailey's breakaway, Anders Lee's backhand from in tight — but they didn't, couldn't.
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Until the champions Chris Evert, Bjorn Borg and Jimmy Connors popularized the two-handed backhand in the 1970s, the one-hander was the norm.
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Dimitrov served his way to 40-15 but let another chance drift away before Goffin finally netted a backhand volley to end the match.
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Williams quickly gained a second break point when Osaka netted a backhand, and this time was able to send back a 23 m.p.h. serve.
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Then, with Stephens serving at 3-4 in the second set, Sevastova concluded an 11-stroke rally with a pinpoint backhand slice drop shot.
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A Grand Slam quarterfinal would once have been as routine for Djokovic as sliding into his two-handed backhand, but not at this stage.
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An usher dealt with overcrowded stands as Mischa Zverev, above left, focused on his backhand during a match against Thai-Son Kwiatkowski on Monday.
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While her two-handed backhand is her best shot, Mertens wins matches with her high tennis IQ, playing the right shot nearly every time.
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Ostapenko set the tone from the first rally on Saturday, winning it with a big backhand down the line that Halep could not handle.
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She looks focused and eager, unburdened in a sense, and she broke Andreescu twice in the third set, with a backhand winner each time.
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Just 33 seconds later, Ryan Donato skated in with a nifty pass from Ryan Hartman and dished a backhand over Stars goaltender Anton Khudobin.
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Tanev answered at 16:58 after settling a rebound and moving the puck from his backhand to his forehand before scoring from the slot.
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He was conservative on the fourth, choosing to play it safe off balls he could have attacked before missing another backhand in the net.
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Serving to stay alive, Gauff saved a match point with a slicing, down-the-line backhand that peeled off the sideline for a winner.
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Maroon nearly tied the game with 8:41 left to play with a backhand rebound conversion, but Binnington denied him with a sprawling save.
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Lamoureux-Davidson then fooled Russian goaltender Valeria Tarakanova by faking a wrist shot and pulling the puck to her backhand and lifting it home.
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On the Capitals' lone power-play, Ovechkin failed to corral with his backhand a one-time pass from John Carlson, and the sequence sputtered.
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Steel sent a backhand pass out front to Jones, who chipped the puck high in the net for his sixth goal of the season.
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At 30-all, she unleashed a backhand return to bring up a fourth break point and then forced Barty to hit her forehand long.
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Acciari, undrafted out of Providence College and known as a grinder, showed skill as he maneuvered the puck to his backhand for the goal.
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A crunching forehand winner at 5-5 in the tiebreak earned him a set point and Nadal then dumped a backhand into the net.
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Panarin rushed the net and sent a backhand pass across the crease that hit Atkinson's skate and went in to make it 2-0.
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Gauff's game is a splendid mix of power and grace, an electric backhand mixed with breezy footwork and movement, and a joy to watch.
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On Nadal's third match point, Dimitrov's final backhand landed long to end a 13-shot rally, and Nadal fell to the ground in relief.
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Right winger Jesper Fast's backhand saucer pass found Staal alone in the slot, and the defenseman buried a quick one-timer at 11:42.
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Oleksiak deftly shuffled from his forehead to backhand before tucking the puck past Rinne for his first goal of the season at 12:18.
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"He's basically been the first guy to tell me, 'Hit the backhand, damnit, don't just hold back and slice all the time,'" Federer said.
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The Rangers regained the lead at 7:59 of the first when Strome tucked in a backhand to take advantage of Engvall's errant pass.
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Another crosscourt got me a game ball at 73–11, and a backhand volley, a perfect nick at the perfect time, closed it out.
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McDavid scored his 21nd goal, on a backhand off a pass from Leon Draisaitl, to give Edmonton its first home win in eight outings.
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On Tennis MELBOURNE, Australia — The first tennis player to capture Novak Djokovic's imagination was a big-serving American with a beautiful one-handed backhand.
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Pavelec stopped Oshie on a backhand in front 20 seconds into the extra period, and Grubauer denied J.T. Miller's wrist shot a minute later.
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She promptly double-faulted after missing a passing shot on her first match point and was broken after dumping a backhand into the net.
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He burst onto the tennis scene in 1986, complete with long, frosted hair, a fierce two-handed backhand, and a cool catchphrase (Image Is Everything).
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Trump wrote that regulation must "restore public accountability," a backhand reference the CFPB, which some Republicans have painted as a rogue regulator that lacks oversight.
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Andrei Markov sent a perfect backhand pass to the winger in the high slot and Gallagher had plenty of time before firing one past Lundqvist.
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Jones could not corral the rebound of a shot from Mirco Mueller and Dea used his backhand to sweep the puck into the vacated net.
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Connor hustled to corral a backhand saucer pass from Copp and elevated the shot past Crawford for his club-leading 27th goal of the season.
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He took a pass from Darren Helm in the neutral zone, raced down the ice and put a backhand shot past Rask after a move.
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With a runner on first, Cano tried to backhand a hard-hit ball off the bat of Crisp, but the ball glanced off his mitt.
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Simmonds netted his sixth goal of the season at 13:02 when he ripped an artistic backhand pass from Brayden Schenn into an open net.
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Joonas Donskoi was ruled to have gloved a high rebound of Pavelski's backhand shot from the slot past Kholdobin 62 seconds after the opening faceoff.
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O'Regan fished the puck out on the end boards from Boston's Rob O'Gara and whipped a backhand pass across the crease to an open Meier.
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Alexander Radulov fed Plekanec to set up a breakaway, and Plekanec's hard deke to his backhand fooled Lehner for Plekanec's 10th goal of the season.
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The 'Dominator' was in full control, dictating the play with deep forehands, and he sealed the set with a cracking backhand winner down the line.
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Pliskova saved a break point at 10-10 but sent a backhand long to concede what had appeared a decisive break in the 23rd game.
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Fittingly she thumped a backhand winner past Halep to seal victory, before tossing her distinctive green headband into the crowd with a look of disbelief.
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Two backhand winners gave Wawrinka a break for 2-1 in the second set and he then had Murray 15-40 down at 1-3.
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The pressure told as a forehand ballooned off the frame of Nadal's racquet and another backhand sailed long to put the match on level terms.
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Fowler penetrated to the net and was in position for a backhand shot after Ryan Getzlaf whiffed on the puck just in front of Smith.
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He saved a set point at 6-5 with a punchy backhand volley down the line and had Federer on the ropes in the tiebreak.
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Stephens held comfortably and bagged the set on her second occasion, Keys hitting a backhand long, her 17th unforced error — compared to Stephens's only two.
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Saad scored his 23rd of the season 1:33 later, switching to his backhand to tuck the puck home on a feed from Dylan Sikura.
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A searing backhand return down the line sealed the deal, booking a fourth quarter-final at Melbourne Park for the no-frills 31-year-old.
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Scenting blood, Nadal did what he does best, hounding Zverev into coughing up another break point that he claimed with a stunning crosscourt backhand volley.
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Begu seemed to calculate that she had won the point, but Rogers pounced on it and hit a backhand around the pole for a winner.
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Domingue kept it a two-goal game when he stopped a Marchand backhand on a breakaway with his left pad late in the second period.
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Vanek gathered the puck in the slot and beat Stars goaltender Antti Niemi, who stopped 23 of 25 shots in the loss, with a backhand.
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The Wild nearly made it 21999-22005 at 22013:39 of the second but a backhand by left winger Zach Parise found the far post.
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Some would argue that Wawrinka's fellow Swiss player Roger Federer has the better one-handed backhand, but he is injured and not in the tournament.
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He ran all the way outside the doubles alley behind the baseline to crush a big forehand return crosscourt, immediately forcing a Tiafoe backhand error.
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In the next game, Williams got ahead, 0-30, with a scorching crosscourt forehand that Kozlova sent wide and a backhand winner down the line.
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If the Bryans changed sides, as they have at times over their careers, the backhand return would not have nearly as many problems to overcome.
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The buzz, however, lasted just 88 seconds before Marchessault collected his second goal of the game with a nifty backhand over Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck.
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She wrapped it up on her first match point when Rybarikova sent a crosscourt backhand into the net on a cold day at Roland Garros.
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But after three operations on his left wrist, he was no longer able to hit his two-handed backhand with the same power or confidence.
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Suárez Navarro, a tenacious Spaniard with a fluid one-handed backhand, was a known quantity for Williams, having won three of their previous seven matches.
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He broke Nadal's serve again on a second break point in the fifth game of the second set when Nadal sailed a backhand crosscourt wide.
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The Leafs appeared to go ahead at 3:04 when Zach Hyman beat Rask with a no-look backhand as he fell to the ice.
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" Nadal continued: "If I am able to play good tennis and play well with my forehand and backhand, I hope to put him in trouble.
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But Nadal gained a third break point by passing Federer at net, and Federer netted a backhand on the next point to lose the game.
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Zverev did it once in the first set and three times in the second, completing the victory with a spectacular backhand winner up the line.
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Karlovic first serve Honorable mention: Djokovic backhand and Raonic serve A clear top three among the players with del Potro's thunderclap forehand taking the prize.
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But Federer's ability to come over his backhand more frequently and his renewed late-career commitment to the attack have — for now — made the difference.
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Federer went 5-0 against Nadal in 2017, a resurgent season for both men, after upgrading his ability to attack with his single-handed backhand.
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Pat Maroon sent a backhand pass from behind the net out to Bozak in the slot, and Bozak's quick shot went by Winnipeg's Connor Hellebuyck.
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She was broken immediately and then, after a wide backhand to start the second game, she violently introduced her racket to the hard court — twice.
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Fans breathe deeply and transport themselves to that green and pleasant land of good manners and pitty-pat applause for a lovely swooping backhand return.
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She also was able to play down the line boldly and effectively with her two-handed backhand, which she can also slice with one hand.
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But the Greek, who has a one-handed backhand, seemed mostly unbothered when play resumed but was unable to slow down an in-form Rublev.
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He brought up the first break point in the sixth game, only for Goffin to produce a stunning cross-court backhand winner and save it.
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Del Potro, the rangy 28-year-old from Argentina, remained steadfast in the face of Federer's assaults on his backhand and numerous shifts in momentum.
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The center was wide open in front of the net when he took a backhand pass from Beauvillier and beat Markstrom with 3:15 remaining.
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Jabeur sealed victory when Konta's defensive backhand sailed over the baseline and she now faces either Madison Brengle or Caroline Garcia in the next round.
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The best chance for Avalanche came when Mikko Rantanen had an open net but his backhand with 6:07 left went wide of the net.
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She had a lead throughout the tiebreaker until Venus scooted in front, 5-4, thanks to a backhand blunder from the youngest but burliest Williams.
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He swept in from the right side and, as he eluded defenseman Marcus Pettersson and crossed the top of the crease, transitioned from his backhand.
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He put home a backhand after taking a pass from Sorensen and going in all alone as Minnesota was caught on a bad line change.
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Gallagher made it 5-3 four minutes later with a backhand shot through Binnington's pads and Domi sealed the win with an empty-net goal.
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A cross-court backhand passing shot that Nishioka couldn't handle ended the set and sent Opelka, sprinting to his chair, smacking his chest in celebration.
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Letang responded that he was on his backhand from high in the right circle, so he thought lifting the puck would produce the best results.
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The technology backed Nadal but his backhand failed him on the final point, planting the ball into a net that seemed against him all night.
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Svitolina wrapped up the victory in 67 minutes on her second match point, leaping into the air in celebration as Halep tamely netted a backhand.
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A netted backhand might have ended Safwat's French Open odyssey but that did nothing to stop him from celebrating the standout moment in his career.
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Sock came away victorious after Fognini double-faulted at 3-5 before the Italian made a backhand error to give Team World their first point.
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Giroux handled the puck in front of the net and turned to his backhand to beat Corey Crawford for his seventh goal of the season.
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At 63-26, Li rocketed a forehand passing shot to get the game to deuce, and she eventually won the game with a blistering backhand.
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Travis Graham, of Gloucester Township, admitted he struck Charlette Dawkins with a backhand blow at the top of the stairs of her home in March 2017.
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C John Tavares switched from a backhand to a forehand while eluding defenseman Nate Schmidt and poking the puck between the legs of goalie Braden Holtby.
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O'Reilly's marker came at 16:47, and Pietrangelo put one over the shoulder of Rask on the backhand with eight seconds left in the opening period.
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The Stars took a 21-123 lead into the first intermission when Spezza scored his 212th goal of the season off a backhand at 22007:211.
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Serena pounced in the seventh game, firing a searing backhand return to break and served out to love to come within a game of the title.
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Krajinovic, who benefited from world number one Rafa Nadal's withdrawal in the quarter-finals, held serve throughout and relied on his quick backhand to unsettle Isner.
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Jason Zucker's backhand shot with 2:20 remaining in the third period gave the Wild their first lead and extended their winning streak to four games.
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Going to my backhand I just brought back to my forehand, I knew when that went in that Maddie was going to stop the next one.
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Drouin scored at 12:34 on a breakaway from the Toronto blue line, shifting from his forehand to his backhand before stuffing the puck behind Hutchinson.
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Despite the home support overwhelmingly in favor of Thiem, it was Schwartzman who set the early tempo, attacking the Austrian's backhand to break him three times.
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However, his poor form returned in a 23-minute fourth set when his serve and the accuracy of his trusty one-handed backhand completely deserted him.
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He took a long stretch pass from Jonathan Marchessault along the right boards and then broke in and beat Gibson with backhand shot through his pads.
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Nadal ended the 2009 champion's ordeal with a splendid backhand passing shot on his first match point, four years after his last title at Flushing Meadows.
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On set point Djokovic pounded three consecutive forehands deep in into Chung's backhand, each one returned at full stretch, before Djokovic cracked and netted a forehand.
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Wilson retrieved the puck in the left corner and passed to Johansen, who flipped a backhand under the crossbar for his first point since Game One.
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Ryan made the only shot of OT count, taking a pass from defenseman Chris Wideman and deking Elliott before lighting the red lamp with a backhand.
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A fortunate bounce as a backhand clipped the tape and dribbled over gave him the crucial advantage at 5-3 and helped force a deciding set.
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New Jersey&aposs leading goal scorer broke in on Domingue and faked a shot before using a forehand-backhand move to slide the puck under Domingue.
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Golden Knights 193, Ducks 219 (SO) Alex Tuch scored on a backhand for the only goal in the shootout to give Vegas a victory over Anaheim.
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Off a Kinkaid rebound, Foligno gathered the puck, spun and fired off his backhand across the slot to Dubinsky, who buried it into an empty net.
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The 25-year-old kept swinging for the fences to the finish and saved a second match point by ripping a backhand winner down the line.
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With his back to the Sabres net, the Hurricanes center lifted a backhand shot past Johnson for his 16th goal of the year at 9:01.
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Thirty seconds later, van Riemsdyk picked up a Marner feed and beat Luongo between the legs with a backhand deke for his fourth of the season.
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In the second period, defenseman Justin Faulk streaked off the point, picked up the puck, deked, had Talbot at his mercy, and sent a backhand wide.
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While the Coyotes were buzzing around the net, Domi pounced on a loose puck in the low slot and lifted a top-shelf backhand over Campbell.
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This time there would be no way back for Pliskova as Wozniacki sent a backhand crosscourt winner past her stranded opponent to storm into the final.
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Radulov, who now has a five-game point streak, gained possession in the Dallas zone and beat Lehtonen with a backhand to make it 2-2.
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The rebound was loose at the top of the crease, and Coyle was able to battle past the goalie and backhand a shot into the net.
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In the end Halep's insatiable desire for a maiden grand slam title proved the greater force as an exhausted Kerber struck a backhand over the baseline.
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It took Djokovic nearly an hour to prevail in the first set but he closed out a one-sided tiebreak with a deft backhand passing shot.
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Federer had the set almost wrapped up but decided to gift Djokovic a break when he hit another error, a backhand slice right into the net.
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The Senators tied the game after pulling Anderson as Gaborik made a backhand pass to Brassard, whose shot from the right circle went over Lehner's pads.
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De Minaur, 20, went the entire tournament without facing a break point, and the Australian fittingly clinched victory with a deft serve-and-volley backhand winner.
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Drouin gave Montreal the lead at 14:30 of the first period, tucking a backhand through the five-hole for his 10th goal of the season.
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Horvat used his speed to slice between a pair of Coyote defensemen and score on a backhand for his team-leading 143th goal of the season.
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Tsitsipas dropped his racket, smiled and then screamed in front of a frenzied crowd after world number six Anderson sent a backhand long on match point.
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On the sixth shot of the point, Murray struck a solid backhand down the line just as a loud gong-like sound boomed throughout the stadium.
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Williams hit back-to-back backhand winners — one crosscourt and a blistering return down the line — to break Shvedova for the third time in the set.
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After three operations on his left wrist, del Potro no longer has the pop on his backhand that he did on that day three years ago.
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Wawrinka's one-handed backhand has been among the game's best, but he had 21 unforced errors and only seven winners from that side in the match.
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Foligno skated past Oilers defenseman Oscar Klefbom, fed Gionta a backhand pass and the Sabres captain chipped it home for his sixth goal of the season.
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With 11:56 gone in the first period, Trocheck took an in-close backhand pass from Evgenii Dadonov, scoring just his sixth goal of the season.
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A backhand volley down the line put him two points from victory and he fired a serve into the corner to earn another four match points.
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The two began their one-hour lesson, as usual, with a few minutes of long warm-up rallies, first to the forehand, then to the backhand.
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But a sensational forehand pass by Thiem gave him a fourth set point which he converted when his dipping backhand forced a volley error from Djokovic.
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Eberle skated across the front and sent a backhand in at 7 minutes 54 second of the third period to put the Islanders ahead, 2-23.
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She had a smoothly sliced backhand, arched her back deeply before striking a serve, and made frequent forays to her happiest hunting ground at the net.
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Williams hit a backhand return winner to earn a fourth break point, and after Osaka missed her first serve, Williams pounced on a soft 79 m.p.h.
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After finishing off the match with a backhand winner down the line, she thrust both arms into the air, looked skyward and roared for several seconds.
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The exuberant 23-year-old made a fine start before losing focus on Court One, sending a backhand long on the unseeded Shapovalov's first match point.
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He teed off on the return of a second serve with a deep backhand cross-court, which Federer returned at full extension in the doubles alley.
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He took a pass from Max Pacioretty while crossing in front of the crease and then beat Hutton with a backhand shot on his blocker side.
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Hayes scored his second goal of the game with a nifty backhand as the puck became loose in front at 3:43 of the third period.
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He skated into the Ottawa zone along the left side, split defenders, then went from his backhand to his forehand to slip the puck past Hogberg.
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"I'm not that strong on my backhand, so I thought just by floating it, it gives him a better chance to beat the goalie," Letang said.
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The frustration mounted as Thiem saved two set points then raced away in the tiebreak, converting it with a sumptuous backhand winner from an absurd angle.
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Medvedev is a frustrating opponent who capitalizes on unpredictability with a variety of shots, mixing speeds, spins and drop shots along with a hard, flat backhand.
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With Nadal serving at 4-5, Medvedev sealed the 52-minute set with a return winner, snapping a backhand down the line past an approaching Nadal.
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Faksa scored his 10th goal of the season at 24 seconds of the second period, finishing off a breakaway with a backhand through the five-hole.
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Winnipeg forged a tie early in the second period on Wheeler's third goal of the season off a backhand pass from behind the net by Scheifele.
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There, Granlund was crashing to the crease, and was able to flip a backhand shot into the yawning net, with Lehner still covering the right post.
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Toffoli was awarded the try as a result of being fouled from behind by Senators defenseman Erik Karlsson, but his backhand attempt was poke-checked away.
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At 9:49 of the third period, Hickey joined the rush and took a pass in the slot from Martin, then put a backhand past Ortio.
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The Flyers moved ahead 4-1 just 27 seconds into the third when Hayes picked up a loose puck and sent a backhand into the net.
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In the tiebreak, he took a mini-break for 3-2 when Nadal inexplicably netted a routine backhand and then sealed it with an unreturnable serve.
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When I landed, the airport stank of chicory coffee and beer-soaked tourists, and the unflagging humidity greeted me like a backhand when I walked outside.
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As a nice backhand reference to the type of riches you'll likely make once you enter the magical world of mimicry, Mime Academy is apparently free.
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It went the distance, and Federer prevailed, driving his one-handed backhand with new assurance and coming back from 1-3 down in the fifth set.
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She can also hit her backhand with two hands or chip it crisply with one, and has excellent volleys, as her success in doubles makes clear.
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Known for consistency rather than raw power, Svitolina hit more freely on her forehand, using it as a weapon to complement her superb two-handed backhand.
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Barty, a former junior Wimbledon champion, dropped serve early on but her deep, skidding sliced backhand began to work its magic as the Vekic errors mounted.
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He also let four match points go at 5-43 but he would not be denied as Thiem went long with a backhand on the fifth.
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Schmaltz scored on a backhand to give Chicago an early lead with his 10th goal of the season, tying his point total from last season with 28.
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After the first-set dramas it was routine with Federer breaking decisively for 5-3 with an easy backhand winner after Berdych's half volley sat up begging.
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The Kings regained their two-goal edge late in the first period when Kopitar scored his 212nd goal on a backhand 21:2200 before the first intermission.
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Lindblom started the onslaught at the 11:24 mark of the first period, sliding a backhand past Fleury at the end on a two-on-one rush.
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Noesen took a backhand pass from Pavel Zacha and batted a bouncing puck over Murray's blocker to make it 2-33 at 14:02 of the first.
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She broke to grab the second set when Stephens sailed a backhand wide, all part of a seven-game run that made it 5-0 in third.
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Sabres captain Brian Gionta found Larsson wide open with his back to the Calgary net and the winger lifted a backhand into the top of the net.
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Pavel Buchnevich skated up the right wing and into the offensive zone before setting up Brendan Lemieux, whose backhand shot was denied by Kuemper on the doorstep.
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He fanned on his forehand attempt then wheeled around and banked a backhand shot off Anderson for his 11th goal of the season in his 15th game.
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The puck went to the front of the net, where Wilson fought off defenseman Christian Folin to backhand it into the net and make it 1-0.
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Mr Djokovic alters the calculus with his powerful two-handed backhand, and particularly with his preternatural balance, which allows him to send the shot in any direction.
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He finally broke into a smile when Struff's challenge to a backhand service return that was called wide was overruled by Hawkeye to give Raonic the match.
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Subban lost control of the puck just inside the blue line, Scheifele picked it up, went in alone on Condon and put a backhand shot by him.
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Rust grabbed Kuhnhackl's backhand pass, skated across the crease, then turned and beat Holtby inside the far post at 8:23 for his fourth of the season.
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Reveling in the full-blooded contest, Nadal returned fire and earned three break points with a searing backhand passing shot that clipped the net and bounced in.
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Carrying the puck down the right side, Raffl beat Ekholm with a power move and swept the puck by Saros with a backhand for his fifth goal.
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The opener looked to be heading for a tiebreak before Del Potro dispatched a backhand volley to earn himself two more break points in the 10th game.
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Mrazek stopped Alexei Emelin's shot from the high slot but Byron was in front to backhand the rebound past the netminder for his 113th of the season.
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Vanek made a backhand pass and it appeared to surprise Wennberg, who hesitated before releasing a wrist shot from the slot that went over Lundqvist's glove side.
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There was brief resistance in a 10-minute sixth game but Goffin held serve and claimed victory on his second match point with a searing backhand winner.
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Davenport is now Keys's coach and she was seen crying in the stands after her protege hit a backhand winner down the line to seal the victory.
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This gives the Trump camp substantial cover against any accurate news that puts the president in an unfavorable light, and allows them to backhand away true stories.
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McDavid slipped a backhand pass to Draisaitl, and the German got the puck past Elliott before the goalie could get his pad across to stop the shot.
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Andreas Athanasiou put the visitors on the board 113 seconds later when Robby Fabbri fed him at the offensive blue line, and he converted a backhand deke.
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After securing a break in the fifth game of the second set, Stephens sent Muguruza packing with a backhand on the line on her second match point.
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Beginning to ooze confidence, he pounced in the fifth game of the decider, earning a break point with an angled backhand and converting with a thunderous forehand.
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She was down, 21-24, in the first set to a searing Svetlana Kuznetsova, and was at 21-30 in the fifth game after muffing a backhand.
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Stan Wawrinka, a Swiss who features a stylish one-handed backhand every bit as elegant as Federer's, earned a place on one of tennis's biggest stages Friday.
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The New York Times wrote about the unlikely tutelage in March, detailing how Ms. Wu has helped the comedian with his serve, forehand, backhand and playing strategy.
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Despite that setback, he dug in to ensure he did not have to stay on court longer than necessary, wrapping up the win with a backhand winner.
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In the second set, Cilic lost his serve to love at 1-1, when Sock converted break point with a stunning backhand return winner down the line.
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Sabres rookie Dan Catenacci had a clear-cut chance in the slot, but his backhand shot was thwarted by Luongo's stick and sailed high over the net.
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Colborne sent a wrist shot top shelf to the far post after center Jiri Hudler fed him perfectly with a backhand pass from behind the Dallas goal.
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Along with fellow one-handed backhanders Grigor Dimitrov, Tommy Haas, and Novak Djokovic, Federer has recorded the first single for the new boy band, the Backhand Boys.
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Zhang's double-handed backhand, so deadly in the opening games, began to pepper the tramlines as the inconsistency indicated by her poor Grand Slam record became evident.
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"I have a natural backhand like Federer," said O'Donnell, who was wearing a turquoise RF tracksuit and seemed to know the names of all the campground stewards.
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She can punch and counterpunch with her forehand or two-handed backhand and, most surprisingly, can serve at speeds generally reserved for players with more evident leverage.
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"Despite the improvement this year on the backhand, he can't beat Rafa with that shot," said Mark Petchey, a former British player who is now an analyst.
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Wawrinka, who is known for the grace and power of his one-handed backhand, was pushed wide of the doubles alley by a Tsitsipas inside-out forehand.
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Before the early 1970s, the one-handed backhand — preferred by an overwhelming majority of players — could rarely apply enough speed, precision or spin to trouble a volleyer.
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Federer had changed the equation by being more aggressive and upgrading the punch and consistency of his backhand drive with the help of a larger-headed racket.
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"If he is taken out wide on the backhand, he uses a lot of right arm to be able to muscle that ball into play," Cahill said.
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At 211-25 in the tiebreaker, she cracked a backhand winner down the line, clenching her first with a "Come on!" that would have made Serena proud.
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But Federer could not capitalize as he normally would, and del Potro won the set on a mini service break when Federer hit a backhand volley long.
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A. While it's amusing to imagine the jazz legend singing "What a Wonderful World" while casually returning a backhand, Satchmo was not known for his tennis prowess.
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He struggled repeatedly with the timing on his one-handed backhand as he tried to counter Nadal's whipping topspin by hitting the ball right after the bounce.
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"I hit a forehand crosscourt deep to her backhand, and she tried to float it but it slid wide," Horvath said of the 21983-3 third set.
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Andreescu changed the pace, which has become one of her trademarks, but her looping forehand landed short, and Osaka pummeled a leaping backhand winner down the line.
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Stepan, off a backhand feed from Hjalmarsson, swept the puck over Jarry's left pad at 11:28 of the third to give the Coyotes their first lead.
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But in his quarterfinal victory, Thiem was able to change tack, successfully incorporating a knifed slice backhand that could slow down points or bring Nadal into net.
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Bonino lost his footing in front of the crease, but he turned to his backhand and slipped a shot past Lehner as he fell to the ice.
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Swissmint confirmed that 55,000 of the coins, featuring Federer delivering a backhand, will be produced and will be available for pre-order from Tuesday until Dec. 19.
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He roared back after a nearly six-month break to play some of his finest tennis: hitting through his one-handed backhand with new power and conviction.
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The backhand down the line may be the most exhilarating shot in tennis but few players have the courage or control to use it on clutch points.
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Barty, a 23-year-old Australian who plays 18th-seed Wang Qiang in the fourth round on Sunday, hits the backhand slice even more often than Federer.
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That's not only far and away more action on the ball than players like Rosewall imparted, it's roughly twice the revolutions Federer creates with his topspin backhand.
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Stationed to the right of Montreal goalie Carey Price, Rick Nash received the puck on his forehand and in one fluid move transferred it to his backhand.
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Gaudreau opened the scoring when he pounced on an errant Rangers pass that went to the neutral zone and buried a backhand at the 4:15 mark.
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Wang reprieved Williams twice on match point but the American could not make her pay and bowed out somewhat meekly with a backhand fired into the net.
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She took the second set when her 77th-ranked opponent drove a halfcourt backhand into the net, and did enough to stay on top in the third.
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When Auger-Aliassime hooked a backhand wide on match point Bautista Agut was hugged by Brugera before being embraced by his team mates on the Spanish bench.
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She was made to replay the point, and after re-starting with a second serve, she gave up a backhand unforced error to concede two break points.
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Kucherov skated behind Blackhawks defenseman Brent Seabrook and lifted a backhand shot past Ward for his second goal of the season and the 205th of his career.
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With a backhand winner down the line, he earned the crucial break in the next game to go up by 5-4 and serve for the match.
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Where once Federer might have chipped the return and embarked on a rally, he stuck with his new game plan instead: ripping a backhand return full force.
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Vatrano finally managed to beat Markstrom with a backhand at 5:29 of the final frame — one second after a hooking penalty to Vancouver's Nikolay Goldobin expired.
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Tuch deked Arizona's Darcy Kuemper with a backhand fake and then fired a forehand shot over the goaltender's left pad to give Vegas its second straight victory.
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"I think (Millman has) got a great backhand... When you attack there in the wrong way, he will punish you every time for it," said the Swiss.
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"The way he hit his backhand against Thiem tells me he's still working at his game, developing another way of playing," the Swede, working for Eurosport, said.
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Entering the Washington zone 2-on-1, Cullen attempted a backhand pass across to Eric Fehr down low, but the puck deflected off defenseman Matt Niskanen past Holtby.
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McDavid then picked up the puck at his own blue line and sped down the ice before beating Robin Lehner with a backhand shot between the goalie's legs.
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Bashing consecutive aces with her first two serves, Sharapova roared through without dropping a game, closing out the match when her 183rd-ranked opponent swiped a backhand long.
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The American's seventh title at Melbourne Park was won with an aggressive charge to the net and a desperate defensive backhand from Venus that floated into the tramlines.
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But the American's hopes of forcing a fifth set were shortlived as Thiem broke back to seal the match when Fritz sent a backhand long on match point.
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Bellemare notched his fourth goal of the season with a backhand under the glove of Andersen off a pass from Alex Tuch just 2:24 into the game.
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Anisimova, ranked 87, might have a strong first serve and forehand, but it will be her double-fisted backhand that, should she fulfil her obvious potential, stood out.
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Greenway opened the scoring with his third of the season, converting a backhand pass through the crease by Joel Eriksson Ek with a blast past Anderson's glove side.
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I had to change a couple of things after the first set because I was playing on his backhand too much and he was waiting for me there.
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The wrister was a variance of his self-described "signature" shootout move, which comprises a forehand -to-backhand deke and has been successful at times in previous seasons.
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But Djokovic moved 40-0 up with an ace and sealed the match with an imperious backhand down the line, booking his 27th successive grand slam quarter-final.
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When the 29-year-old Murray served for the match for the second time he made no mistake, wrapping up victory when Melzer sent a backhand return wide.
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From then on the quirky left-hander's unorthodox shots kept 17-times major champion Federer guessing at times, especially his grass-hugging backhand slices and cheeky drop volleys.
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Andersen's stunts are very similar to the casual backhand throwing stunts from YouTubers like Hi Josh, but he told Mashable his version isn't an imitation of the trend.
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Schwartzman cracked a blazing forehand down the line to lead 2-0, then outpointed the Spaniard with a backhand volley to move within two points of the set.
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Barty, who played professional cricket before returning to tennis in 2016, tried to take the sting out of the game early on by sending backhand slices to Sharapova.
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Jonathan Drouin made a backhand pass that banked off the boards, and Hedman scored on a one-timer from the right circle to make the score 3-0.
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As of April 2016, India had 17.05 million subscribers of wired broadband connections, giving us a backhand estimate of how many PCs are being used in the country.
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Reliever Matt Grace got JT Riddle to hit a grounder, but second baseman Daniel Murphy was charged with a fielding error off his backhand, allowing Realmuto to score.
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From there the South African pushed a backhand volley wide and then mishit a second serve that handed the win to Carreno Busta after two hours, 42 minutes.
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The Flames captain tossed a backhand shot, looking to rim the puck behind the net, but Backstrom was alert to glove the puck before it got by him.
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Part of what made Henin so difficult for Williams was her energy, her feisty and picturesque one-handed backhand and, perhaps more than anything, her desire to win.
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During a Dallas power play at 363:236 of the third period, an excellent backhand pass from Roope Hintz found Gurianov for his second goal of the game.
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Kerber's clever ball-placement kept extending the rallies and the rustiness in the Williams game was apparent as she smacked the net with a backhand on set point.
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Zibanejad made it 3-2 on the power play at 14:34, making no mistake with a beautiful blind backhand pass across the goal mouth by Chris Kreider.
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Nylander took advantage of a Kings turnover, worked a give-and-go with Matthews and scored his fourth goal of the season on the backhand at 13:06.
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