Before its branding birth, the Beast was busy biting the ball in prestigious junior tournaments, building an online following and sending swarms of speculative stringers, players and gear heads into ...

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 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Tennis is such a simple game. There is a racket, a felt-covered ball, a net and a court. Compared to golf, with its ever- changing menu of high-power drivers ...

Sheep intestine launched the technological advancements of tennis strings. But that was 145 years ago and the tech making strings has advanced well beyond the sheep intestine natural gut first ...

More than anyone, Toni Nadal has always understood the subtle weaknesses of his sublimely talented nephew. Which is why several years ago, chatting with Jean-Christophe Verborg, Babolat's ...