The advent of table tennis supposedly dates back to the late 1800s, when the wealthy Victorians in England created an indoor version of lawn tennis using items laying around the house to assemble a ...

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Footwork in tennis spans a wide range of movement: running backward, lunging, sidestepping, and even sliding (think Rafael Nadal at the French Open), which is why running shoes and other ...

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The mantle of world No.1 in tennis is something every player aspires for but few ever achieve. When it comes to women's singles, Serena Williams dominated for years, although younger players ...

A full two years ahead of the passage of Title IX in the United States, they envisioned a better future for women's tennis. In September 1970, the birth of women's professional tennis was launched ...

How do tennis world rankings work? Tennis world rankings are calculated by the ATP and WTA, who award points based on a player's performance at particular tournaments. The further a player ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: There is a cafe in the Alcazar Gardens – it’s a delightful spot to grab a snack while the peacocks strut around by your table. The food is overpriced, predictably ...

Fans at the Inalpi Arena are in for a thrilling week of tennis as the top eight players duke it out for year-end honors. Top seed Jannik Sinner, last year’s runner-up, leads Day 1 action from the Ilie ...

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, the Six Kings Slam ended, while tournaments in ...

We've seen it with the Verna, the Venue, the Creta and now, the Alcazar. The Alcazar was always the Creta with a third row.

The ATP is trying to solve the problem. By Stuart Miller Yellow felt and a rubber core. A tennis ball seems so simple. But reality is more complicated, at least on the pro tours where ...