There would be no Australian Open were it not for the work undertaken in an unassuming underground room at Melbourne Park ...

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 ...

When it came to technology, William Hester was a pretty relaxed kind of guy. The man known affectionately as Slew was asked in the late 1970s about the changes in the equipment used to play tennis. He ...

With recreational and professional players testing the limits of what’s possible on a tennis court, their equipment needs to be up to the challenge. The last decade saw racquets, strings and shoes all ...

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 ...