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Nadia Truong.

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Strings ·9 min · June 2026

Tennis String Maintenance: When to Actually Restring, and Why the "3x/Year" Rule Fails Most Players

Good tennis string maintenance is not a date on a calendar — it is a function of how many hours you play, what string is in the racquet, and how attuned you are to the moment your control quietly…

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Tennis Shoes ·4 min · June 2026

Nike Air Zoom Vapor X: A Product Review for Players Who Slide and Stop Hard

There is a version of this shoe that lives in forum threads and pro-shop chatter: the Nike Air Zoom Vapor X is a fast, flimsy speed slipper — great for a teenager who weighs nothing and replaces shoes…

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Serve Speed ·4 min · June 2026

Tennis Serve Speed: The Fastest Serves in ATP History, and What the Numbers Don't Tell You

The number you have seen is 163.7 mph. Sam Groth, an Australian qualifier, hit it at a Challenger event in Busan, South Korea, in May 2012.

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Gear ·6 min · June 2026

Lightweight Tennis Shoes: What Weight and Ventilation Actually Cost You

A shoe that weighs 40 grams less per foot does not, on its own, make you faster. It changes how much energy each stride costs, how hot your foot runs in a third set, and how soon the outsole gives…

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Grand Slams ·5 min · June 2026

The Biggest Tennis Stadiums Are Built Around One Number: 23,771

Arthur Ashe Stadium seats 23,771 people. That is the number stamped on the US Open, repeated in broadcast graphics, and cited every time someone calls it the largest of the world's tennis stadiums.

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Community ·4 min · June 2026

The Tennis Community Is Not Where You Learn the Game — It's Where You Keep Playing It

A tennis community will not make you better at tennis. Not directly. We want to say that plainly before we spend the rest of this piece earning the right to have said it, because almost every…

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Tennis History ·6 min · June 2026

The Longest Tennis Matches Lived in Davis Cup — Until the Format Quietly Killed Them

Most fans, asked to name the longest tennis match ever, reach for one fixture: John Isner versus Nicolas Mahut, Wimbledon 2010, 11 hours and 5 minutes across three days, finishing 70–68 in the fifth.

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Racquets ·6 min · June 2026

Kids Tennis Racquet Sizing: A Fit-Testing Protocol That Removes the Guesswork

Buying a first racquet for a child is one of the few tennis purchases where the right answer is almost entirely measurable. Get the length right and most of the anxiety disappears.

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Tennis Elbow ·6 min · June 2026

Where to Put a Tennis Elbow Brace: The Two Inches That Decide Whether It Works

A tennis elbow brace is the rare piece of gear that can be the correct purchase and a total failure at the same time. The strap is right. The padding is right.