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title: "Tsitsipas laments fall of one-handed backhand as 149-year Grand Slam run ends"
description: "Both outlets led with the end of the 149-year Grand Slam run of players using a one-handed backhand, highlighting Stefanos Tsitsipas’s loss to Ben Shelton and its significance for tennis traditionalists. Coverage was largely uniform, with similar phrasing and emphasis on the historical milestone."
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# Tsitsipas laments fall of one-handed backhand as 149-year Grand Slam run ends

sports · updated 8 Sep 2026, 1:15 PM PKT · 7–8 Sep 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Both outlets led with the end of the 149-year Grand Slam run of players using a one-handed backhand, highlighting Stefanos Tsitsipas’s loss to Ben Shelton and its significance for tennis traditionalists. Coverage was largely uniform, with similar phrasing and emphasis on the historical milestone.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Daily Times** — [Tsitsipas laments fall of one-handed backhand as 149-year Grand Slam run ends](https://dailytimes.com.pk/1549862/tsitsipas-laments-fall-of-one-handed-backhand-as-149-year-grand-slam-run-ends/) · 8 Sep 2026, 1:15 PM PKT
  > Ben Shelton’s run to the US Open quarter-finals dealt a blow to tennis traditionalists on Sunday after his win over Stefanos Tsitsipas left the men’s draw without a one-handed backhand and ended a 149-year Grand Slam streak. The elegant stroke has steadily yielded ground to the two-handed shot in the modern power game and at […]
- **Business Recorder** — [Tsitsipas laments the fall of the one-handed backhand as 149-year Grand Slam run ends](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40438295/tsitsipas-laments-the-fall-of-the-one-handed-backhand-as-149-year-grand-slam-run-ends) · 7 Sep 2026, 12:20 PM PKT · 98% identical wording to the newest filing
  > NEW YORK: Ben Shelton’s run to the US Open quarter-finals dealt a blow to tennis traditionalists on Sunday after his win over Stefanos Tsitsipas left the men’s draw without a one-handed backhand and ended a 149-year Grand Slam streak. The elegant stroke has steadily yielded ground to the two-handed shot in the modern power game and at least one practitioner had reached the men’s singles semi-fi...

2 articles from 2 outlets, 7–8 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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