Iga Swiatek of Poland plays a forehand return to Eva Lys of Germany during their fourth round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.

Initially, Gauff’s forehand looked to need a grip adjustment, too. Like Swiatek, she basically grips her racket from underneath the handle — a heavy western grip. Changing a forehand grip ...

She banged a return and then watched a Swiatek forehand sail long. She clutched her fists and screamed and let the biggest smile in years stretch across her cheeks. Dumbfounded, she trotted to the ...

Iga Swiatek kicked off her Doha campaign with a straight-sets win over Maria Sakkari, setting her sights on becoming just the second woman this century to capture the same title four years running.

MELBOURNE, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Iga Swiatek hopes the new blue headphones ... break points she faced but was decisive with her heavy forehand at the most perilous moments in both sets.