And last season, 22-year-old Dominic Thiem rode his into the Top 10. Granted, 14 of the ATP’s current Top 20 use two-handed backhands, but the one-hander isn’t taking the slow road to ...
His motion is sleekly whip-like, and he went toe-to-toe with Murray’s backhand today ... in long rallies than Thiem, and that goes a long way on a fairly slow hard court like the one in Miami.