Tennis pro Nick Kyrgios accidentally sent a tennis ball flying into the stands during the Australian Open, but made up for his mistake by giving the young fan he struck a special souvenir Nick Kyrgios ...

A ball boy unwittingly caused chaos when he seemingly took one of Rafael Nadal's rackets. It all went down in the first round of the 2023 Australian Open in Melbourne. As the reigning champion and ...

Daniil Medvedev, ranked fifth in the world in men's tennis, had a tough go against an opponent ranked 418th in the first round of the Australian Open on Tuesday. The Russian—who, like others from ...

Modern rackets have facilitated a change in playing style from one of technique to one characterised by power and spin. The combination of the increased stiffness of modern rackets and the tendency ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tim Newcomb covers tennis gear/business, stadiums and shoe tech. So much is made about the technology of tennis rackets. But don't ...

Aryna Sabalenka narrowly missed a ball boy as she threw her tennis racquet on court at the Wuhan Open on Saturday, 11 October. The world number one was in pursuit of a fourth successive triumph at the ...

Long accepted as an entertaining idiosyncrasy of the sport, the act of hurling one’s racket has led to some close calls, as ball people and chair umpires dodge injury. By Matthew Futterman After ...

There are eight indoor hard courts at the National Tennis Center in Melbourne, Australia. At the very end of the bank sits Court 8, one of only three courts in the world outside of professional ...

The start of the Australian Open, the first tennis grand slam of the year, signals detailed discussions of metrics such as points won, serve speeds and shot placement. While many of these performance ...