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 ...

Every great tennis player has a weakness, especially in their early years. Roger Federer’s single-handed backhand, a work of art, was vulnerable when the ball bounced high. Rafael Nadal exploited that ...

These four exercises will wire your musceles to hit up on the ball. The key to putting topspin on your serve. 1. HIT THE STRINGS Step up to the baseline as you would on a serve. Place a racquet on the ...

Toss ball, hit ball. That’s the basics of the serve. And when players want to ramp up the mph on their delivery, their focus is often on smacking the ball that much harder. However, if you’re looking ...

Players are increasingly turning to at-home tennis training, using space-efficient setups and adaptable drills to improve skills without court access. Wall drills, rebound trainers, and ...

Getting creative with serve practice today by adapting drills indoors and off-court due to wet conditions. #Tennis #Serve ...

Every sport has its own little quirks and oddities (I’m still not clear on why a football field is technically called a “gridiron”), but tennis might rank among the strangest. From the illogical ...