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 ...

Walk between No.1 Court and the Aorangi practice courts, and the real work of Wimbledon never stops. Paul Skipp strings as he speaks, and if you mention that he’s inserting a small screwdriver into a ...

When watching the pros at the U.S. Open hit with superhuman pace, it's natural to look for a shortcut to attain that kind of power. Most weekend hackers might focus on the racket, assuming that if ...

The modern U.S. Open tennis player is a master of racquet minutiae. In pursuit of the tiniest advantage, tennis stars tinker with their racquet's weight, balance, string properties and handle size.

In a little-known curtained workspace next to Sobey’s Stadium, behind the scenes of Canada’s biggest pro tennis tournament, a team of stringers work around the clock to ensure players’ racquets are ...

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — You can get everything you want these days with an on-demand subscription: music, movies, food, drinks, clothing. Now you can add freshly strung racquets to the list. Stringbox is ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. When it comes to tennis racquet strings, natural fibres are the duck's guts. Or rather the cow's guts, given that's where many of the ...