Emma Raducanu loves to tinker with her own technique. She sees herself almost as a tennis scientist, running daily experiments in the lab. This is unusual. Where most players look to improve their ...

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, a new tennis serve entered the canon, the first ...

If you’ve ever picked up a tennis racket and attempted to serve against an opponent, you’ll know just how hard a skill it is. It’s one thing to get the ball over the net and yet a whole other thing to ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — In the fog of his 150mph serves, his seemingly limitless athleticism and his frightening forehand, it is sometimes hard to figure out why Ben Shelton doesn’t win just about ...

The sound off the racquet of Ben Shelton’s flat serve is a thwack cranked to eleven. Late Monday morning, out on a small field court at the hushed southern edge of the Billie Jean King National Tennis ...

When it comes to racquet sports, none come closer to tennis and badminton in terms of popularity. Racquet sports require great speed and agility. To play well one needs to have good hand-eye ...