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Serena Williams’ childhood coach Rick Macci believes Roger Federer’s slice backhand is undoubtedly “the best of all time” in men’s tennis. Federer, who captured 20 Grand Slam titles during his iconic tennis career, had an outstanding one-handed backhand and his slice backhand was also a pure masterclass.
Macci, who famously coached Serena and Venus Williams in their childhood, described Federer as “the surgical Swiss surgeon” after someone asked him to name the player with the best slice backhand on the ATP Tour. “Was asked who had the Best Slice Backhand of all time on the ATP TOUR.
Nobody on planet earth could Slice Dice Chop Pop Knife in their Life than the SURGICAL SWISS SURGEON ROGER FEDERER,” Macci wrote on X.
Was asked who had the Best Slice Backhand of all time on the ATP TOUR. Nobody on planet earth could Slice Dice Chop Pop Knife in their Life than the SURGICAL SWISS SURGEON ROGER FEDERER.
— Rick Macci (@RickMacci) December 13, 2023
Federer on his backhand slice
In 2019, Federer made his last US Open appearance. That year, Federer reached the quarterfinal before surprisingly losing to Grigor Dimitrov.
During that year’s US Open,…
