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 ...

Professional tennis players call it “the Luxilon shot,” and, apparently, you can hear it coming. The ball crosses the net hissing and spitting like some enraged tropical insect. Its most lethal ...

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, “hybrid” irons, rescue clubs and new-age ...

Head expands its multifilament lineup with a power version of its popular Velocity MLT string. Compared to the standard model, the filaments in the outer wrap are thinner and more plentiful. This ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A University of Colorado Boulder alum created what he says is the world’s first-ever 100% synthetic, biodegradable tennis string through his Boulder-based ...

Three decades in tennis have left Chuck Hakansson's hands covered with "callouses on top of callouses." His rough, working man's hands aren't the result of topspin forehands, drop shots and overhead ...