Photo Study of Amelie Mauresmo's One-Handed Backhand

Every player should know how to hit a one-handed slice backhand. Whether you're a one-hander or a two-hander, it's your best choice on very wide and/or low balls like this one. In addition to providing more reach and better balance when stretching for a ball, a slice completely changes the ball's behavior in the air and on the bounce, giving you all kinds of defensive and offensive possibilities and giving your opponent much more variety with which to contend.