How to Use single-hander in a Sentence

single-hander

noun

• Most modern players with a single-hander are underpowered on that wing.
  — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
• Federer was rare though in being able to play so aggressively with the single-hander.
  — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
• Thiem, her fellow Austrian and the last player with a single-hander to win a Slam, possessed a phenomenal backhand.
  — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
• Thiem was unusual in being able to hit the single-hander with an open stance, with his feet parallel to the net, which is an advantage generally held by those playing with the double-hander.
  — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
• Anthony Behar / Sipa USA Thiem, her fellow Austrian and the last player with a single-hander to win a Slam, possessed a phenomenal backhand.
  — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
• Those who do play with a single-hander, like Tsitsipas, Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti or Austria’s Lilli Tagger inspire a kind of fascination as to why anyone would go down a path that has become so unusual and supposedly counterproductive.
  — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026