“Ashe’s backhand is one of the touchstones of modern tennis,” John McPhee wrote in his 1969 book Levels of the Game. “He can underspin it, roll it, hit it flat. He can cradle the ball on his racquet, ...

Stefan Edberg says Roger Federer is playing at a high level again this season but still picks his own backhand as the better of the two. "A lot of the other strokes I think he does a lot better than I ...

To check out the previous installment of the series, "In the Zone with Rafael Nadal," by Clarabella Bevis, please click here. Stefan Bengt Edberg is, by almost any measure, a true tennis legend. The ...

In one of my previous posts, I discussed about the rivalry between Boris Becker and Stefan Edberg at the lawns of Wimbledon. It was a fascinating spectacle between two players with a similarity in the ...

EDITOR’S NOTE — Tennis history is filled with wonderful rivalries, and so many are remembered because of matchups in Wimbledon finals. The Associated Press is republishing stories about a handful of ...

WIMBLEDON, England — The best of two generations of men’s tennis will collide Sunday when Roger Federer plays Novak Djokovic for the Wimbledon title with Stefan Edberg and Boris Becker looking on as ...

EDITOR’S NOTE — Tennis history is filled with wonderful rivalries, and so many are remembered because of matchups in Wimbledon finals. The Associated Press is republishing stories about a handful of ...