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...Backhand. As graceful an artist as he is on the tennis court, no true artist paints with two hands. Federer's fluid, one-handed backhand attracts admirers, but it also offers a small opening for his foes. "You have to hit a heavy serve above his backhand," says Nick Bollettieri, whose famed Florida tennis school has spawned a slew of stars, from Andre Agassi to Maria Sharapova. "No matter how good you are one-handed, that does cause some problems." High shots to the backhand will get Federer reaching, which opens the court a bit for your return. "Hopefully...
...There it is, a recipe to derail the world's best. Easy, right? Ha. Bollettieri offers a more sure-fire tip. "Take him to a restaurant," he says, "and put a little hot tamale in his food...
Morgan Pressel might have been a tennis player. It was in her genes. Her mother was a teaching pro, and her uncle is Aaron Krickstein, the Bollettieri Academy--bred kid who reached No. 6 in the world. But tennis is no longer the only sport affording women a nice living, and Pressel's decision to practice bunker shots over drop shots at age 8 is starting to pay off. She's currently third on the 2007 LPGA money list, with $432,833, after winning the Kraft Nabisco Championship this month, becoming the youngest woman, at 18, to take a golf...
...fact that U.S. tennis is on a downswing. Blame the lack of matchups, the Tiger Woods--inspired golf boom or the rise of extreme sports to occupy kids' time--bottom line, tennis in the U.S. is looking to Roger and Rafa. "We need something," says famed tennis coach Nick Bollettieri, sculptor of greats from Agassi to the Williams sisters to Maria Sharapova. "It's far too dry. And the common ingredient in all rivalries is the contrast, in styles of play or in personalities...
...length hair, garish Capri pants (he will ditch them for the Open, he promises), sleeveless shirts that show off biceps that bulge like the Pyrenees, and hit-and-grunt technique, Nadal is the loudest player on tour. "He's like the bulls running down the street in [Pamplona]," says Bollettieri. "The bulls are going to run over every goddam thing--houses, anything." Another Nadal trademark is the leaping fist-pump; he leaves no emotion in the locker room. "This is who I am," he says. "I do what comes at the moment. It's nothing prepared." Nadal favors the power...