Whipping his racquet through the air like a cesta in jai alai, Rafael Nadal produces such tremendous topspin that the ball sometimes seems to catapult off the court, creating a shot as challenging to ...

MASON, OH − During the qualifying rounds of the Cincinnati Open, one WTA player sent her racquets to the stringing room to be re-strung. Simple enough, right? The only problem? It was during her match ...

George and Dee Tompkins met in a tennis/ski shop on a day when neither was supposed to be there. Dee Tompkins should have been at work, but had gone to a job interview instead, and then she planned to ...

With recreational and professional players testing the limits of what’s possible on a tennis court, their equipment needs to be up to the challenge. The last decade saw racquets, strings and shoes all ...

The BBC's Dave Lee looks at developments in tennis technology When it came to technology, William Hester was a pretty relaxed kind of guy. The man known affectionately as Slew was asked in the late ...

Tennis racquets decide your performance on the court. And depending on what sort of play you like or what shorts you like the most, different tennis racquets are available to choose from. Get the ...

When it came to technology, William Hester was a pretty relaxed kind of guy. The man known affectionately as Slew was asked in the late 1970s about the changes in the equipment used to play tennis. He ...