THE ALL ENGLAND CLUB, LONDON — On the first day of Wimbledon, Ed Day, a university student from just outside London, ran 17.5 kilometers across the All England Club. Those kilometers took him from the ...
When players win a big title like the BNP Paribas Open, it’s customary for them to thank a litany of supporters. It usually starts with their coaches and family, and moves on to trainers, agents, fans ...
Last Tuesday morning, on the second day of the U.S. Open, Nate Ferguson and Ron Yu were in Yu’s hotel room, on the East Side of Manhattan. Ferguson was seated on the edge of one of two double beds, ...
Tennis players rarely break strings anymore, but they still want their rackets to be given a fresh set. By Lola Fadulu Good morning. It’s Thursday. Today we’ll look at the people who string rackets at ...
24-year-old American tennis player Peyton Stearns is upset with Wimbledon. This is arguably the greatest tournament in the ...
When I was so much younger than today, I played tennis more regularly than I do today. And we amateur players heard of a simple formula that seemed very reasonable. Re-string your tennis racquet, it ...
In their first full year on tour, New Zealander Rubin Statham and his twin brother, Oliver, spent $16,000 on racquet stringing. In their second year, they bought their own (supposedly) lightweight ...