That was Lori McNeil. James Blake has a story. It’s around 1990, and he’s trying to play in a regional under-12 tennis tournament in central Connecticut. He doesn’t have a ranking and there ...
Jack Draper was unable to find his US Open form as Britain crashed to defeat against Argentina in the Davis Cup. A week after losing to Jannik Sinner in the semi-finals in New York, Draper led his ...
Tennis requires a huge range of movement: running backward, lunging, sidestepping, and even sliding (if you’re a Francesca Schiavone wannabe), which is why running shoes and other nonspecific ...
Since turning pro in 2003, Novak Djokovic has piled up a record 24 Grand Slam singles titles, staking his claim as tennis’ greatest of all time. But no matter how many titles he won, he never ...
To win a grand slam title is something every tennis player dreams of from the day they start swinging their racquet. Despite the difficulty of winning a grand slam tournament, only a select few ...
The 2024 tennis season has rounded the final bend and it feels like we've arrived at the beginning of the end for the ATP Tour and WTA Tour this term. The fourth and final major of the calendar ...
And to state the obvious: it’s not great for tennis. The fresh revelation that Jannik Sinner, the current men’s world No. 1, ...
Love? Deuce? Advantage? What does it all mean? Tennis has long had the most unique way of keeping score, and the origins of the sport's scoring system are actually fairly ambiguous. So if you're ...
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Playing tennis can lead to stronger bones, greater range of motion, increased cognitive function, and greater longevity than with any other sport. A tennis player serving during a match on a clay ...
To the untrained eye, a tennis court is merely an amalgamation of nine parallel and perpendicular lines, converging to define the limitations of movement for both ball and player. But to American ...
At her U.S. Open press conference on Friday, the 2021 champion Emma Raducanu was asked about the absence of compatriot Andy Murray, who retired from tennis earlier this month and heralded the ...