The common advice, when a 20-year-old starts hitting the ball through the back fence on tour, is simple: find out what he's playing and buy it.
Kalinskaya is one of the few players near the top of the WTA swinging a Yonex VCORE 98 rather than the EZONE 98 that dominates the brand's tour bag — and that single choice tells you most of what you…
A father sat next to me at a 12-and-under tournament last spring, leaned over, and asked what "thirty-fifteen" meant. His daughter was serving. The scoreboard had just flipped.