Forehands

The 29-year-old Pegula particularly struggled against the versatility of Mertens, who ran her ragged with some delightful sliced forehands, drops, lobs and deep shots to breeze through the match in 82 minutes.

The powerful forehands that elicit gasps from the crowd.

Djokovic never hit the hardest forehands, never had the highest spin rate on his top-spin or hit the fastest serves in the game.

Each one of the Australian’s forehands found the furthest corners of the court and Kerber was left chasing her tail.

The 34-year-old saved three set points at 5-4 down in the opening set, then failed to convert two of her own before she held her nerve in the tie-break with some decisive forehands.

And with that, in a move as decisive as one of those forehands, she was done.

At deuce, he missed one forehand to fall down break point, then crushed two point ending forehands in a row to move up game point.

Picture some of his cross-batted strokes — those are more like cross-court forehands.

Although his huge serve came under pressure, Berrettini impressed with ferocious forehands and his ability to mix things up, but was let down by his decision-making when it mattered most.

It’s truly mesmerising to watch her use angles, throw in a slice, whip forehands, and come to the net.

Well, not his forehands - he whacks a 92mph winner past Nadal to make it 40-30.

When discussing forehands and backhands, it is rare to hear the words “asset turnover ratio,” “inflation” or “labor market” mentioned.

Brilliant one-handed winners on the run from Federer and acute-angle volleys at the net; astonishing elasticity while retrieving from the baseline and laser-beam forehands to the corners from Djokovic.

He rips away a couple of forehands for 0-30 and is scowling menacingly.

Instead of forehands and backhands, the clip showed Murray performing handstands, cartwheels and forward rolls, rather as if he planned to enter the Tokyo Olympics as a gymnast instead of a tennis player.

Some big, big aggressive forehands by Cilic had Nishikori very concerned at 0-40.

The 31-year-old took his chances with a couple of crisp forehands in the 12th game to break the Cilic serve and claim the first set after an hour-long battle.

Thiem, mixing heavy topspin and flat groundstrokes and angling balls across the sidelines, saved a break point at 1-2 and two more at 2-3 and there were signs that Nadal was struggling with his timing - over-cooking several forehands.

Many players use a backhand hitting action for returning smashes on both the forehand and backhand sides, because backhands are more effective than forehands at covering smashes directed to the body.

Players such as Monica Seles or France's Fabrice Santoro and Marion Bartoli are also notable players known for their two-handed forehands. citation Backhand main Andy Murray hitting a two-handed backhand.