Two forehands, no backhands: meet the US Open’s fascinating ambidextrous experiment
Teo Davidov doesn’t hit backhands.
He serves from both sides.
The 16-year-old from Denver is treating the tennis world to a wildly unorthodox style – and proving it’s more than a parlor trick Teo Davidov always has the upper hands.
An amiable junior prodigy from Denver, the 16-year-old was the oddest sight at this year’s US Open, the only player in the tournament – man, woman or junior – who hits only forehands.
To be clear: it’s not that he doesn’t have a backhand or can’t hit a backhand.
He’s ambidextrous and so he doesn’t bother with them.
It’s nothing personal.
“To be honest, I like the traditional backhand-forehand,” he says.
“I like the classiness of it.
I like hitting backhands myself just to play around, just for fun.” He hits those from both wings, too.
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