But she won the last eight points and clinched the match when her third-seeded German opponent hit a backhand long.

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The Russian broke again for 6-5 when her opponent hit a backhand long, but had to hold off a break point before finally clinching the set on her sixth set point.

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The world number one set up match point with a serve-and-volley winner and then earned the victory when Lee hit a powerful backhand long.

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In the 2010 final, Nadal hit 51 first serves to Soderling's backhand versus 21 to the forehand.

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He generally prefers to hit his first serve to his opponent's backhand, but against Djokovic he is serving the majority to the forehand.

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His relatively smooth progress was jolted in the final set when he made a mad dash to retrieve a half-volley and hit the deck just after reaching the ball with a backhand, ending up sprawled on the rubberised hardcourt.

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In summer, they can improve their backhand on the tennis court, ride a horse in the forest and hit the beach for a swim.

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It had the effect of shaking Murray from his early morning slumber and the Scot hit back with successive breaks of his own, angling away a backhand volley for a 4-3 lead.

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One of the problems Federer has on clay is that he has a single-handed backhand, and Nadal can get so much spin -- so Federer is trying to hit single-handed shots up around his shoulder.

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