The most quoted number in tennis footwear is 12 ounces. Somewhere around that mark — roughly 340 grams for a men's size 10.5 — the industry draws its line between "lightweight" shoes and "stability"…
Every tennis administrator has said some version of it. A coach raises a problem with league scheduling, a parent questions a junior pathway decision, a club member asks why court fees rose, and the…
In March 2025, the Professional Tennis Players Association filed an antitrust suit against the ATP, WTA, ITF, and the ITIA, calling the sport's governance a "cartel." Three months earlier, the ATP had…
There is a belief that circulates in every stringing room and club-forum thread, and it goes roughly like this: the racquet the pros play is a different, better object than the one on the wall at…
The racquet Roger Federer sold you was never the racquet Roger Federer played. That is not a scandal.
The least glamorous purchase in tennis apparel is also the one where spending less often gets you more.
There's a long-standing suspicion around four-sided strings, and we'll admit we shared it: the square profile bites the ball harder, sure, but it must give something back — durability, feel, or both.
The advice circulates every spring, usually in a forum thread or a group chat before someone's first grass-court club event: just buy the Wimbledon collection.
Every marketing pitch for Yonex racquets eventually lands on the same number: 7%. That's the figure Yonex publishes for how much larger the sweet spot of its Isometric head shape is compared to a…