Step-by-step: Tennis serves with Jean Baptiste-Badon Jean-Baptiste Badon joins us for the latest edition of the step-by-step series ...

Welcome back to the Monday Tennis Briefing, where The Athletic will explain the stories behind the stories from the past week on court. This week, a new tennis serve entered the canon, the first ...

John Isner and Ivo Karlovic, the two most prolific ace producers in recorded history, both retired recently (cumulative total: 28,198 aces). But while the great smokeshow may be over, the serve once ...

Every great tennis player has a weakness, especially in their early years. Roger Federer’s single-handed backhand, a work of art, was vulnerable when the ball bounced high. Rafael Nadal exploited that ...

If you’ve ever picked up a tennis racket and attempted to serve against an opponent, you’ll know just how hard a skill it is. It’s one thing to get the ball over the net and yet a whole other thing to ...