A shift in the past 15 years has, arguably, transformed the two-hander into the most important live stroke in tennis.

Explore a step-by-step demonstration of the one-handed backhand in tennis, shown without any spoken commentary. The video ...

His height obviously makes bending for low balls difficult, and reaching out to hit balls tailing way from him even tougher. And like a lot of two-handed power baseliners, del Potro feeds on pace.

The 32-year-old, in an episode of the ‘More Than A Name’ podcast, named his top five players with one-handed backhands.