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 ...

MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 10, 2024-- Yonex Co., Ltd., the leading sports equipment company from Japan, is proud to announce that it will serve as the Official Stringer for the 9th ...

Surface tension is the tightness of the string on the racquet. While higher tension makes the string bed firm and offers more control, lower tension makes it softer and gives it more power. Here’s ...

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 ...

Head to the practice court area at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, home to the Wimbledon tennis championships, go down an alleyway beyond the warm-up room and the crèche, and you’ll find a small ...

In their first full year on tour, New Zealander Rubin Statham and his twin brother, Oliver, spent $16,000 on racquet stringing. In their second year, they bought their own (supposedly) lightweight ...

Last Tuesday morning, on the second day of the U.S. Open, Nate Ferguson and Ron Yu were in Yu’s hotel room, on the East Side of Manhattan. Ferguson was seated on the edge of one of two double beds, ...

The modern U.S. Open tennis player is a master of racquet minutiae. In pursuit of the tiniest advantage, tennis stars tinker with their racquet's weight, balance, string properties and handle size.

Behind the scenes with the people who make sure the players' racquets are are just they way they like them Professional racquet stringers face plenty of pressure serving the world's elite players ...