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What to Wear to Roland-Garros: A Dispatch from the Clay Runway
Roland-Garros isn’t just a tennis tournament—it’s a style summit masquerading as sport.
Racquet’s 2025 Summer Must-Have List
Whether you’re attending the US Open or killing it on your local court, our annual Summer Must-Have list goes beyond the basics. We’ve rounded up the best in fashion, wellness, and accessories to bring your warm-weather play to the next level.
Le French
Upsets, triumphs, sartorial hits and misses—and a bonus little coaches corner. What ELSE can you possibly ask for from this, our first show grappling with Roland Garros (as Charles Barkley refuses to call it). Buckle up, helmets on, let's get into it.
The Greatest Thing I’ve Ever Seen on a Tennis Court
I looked out at the courts, and what did I see but 30 kids, under the age of ten, dressed in tennis gear, sitting in a circle, legs crossed, eyes closed, meditating.
Inside Rome and the Road to Roland Garros
a debate that’s lighting up both locker rooms and living rooms: is it the French Open or Roland Garros, and does anyone outside of France care?
Is Tennis Etiquette… Real?
Welcome to Racquet’s inaugural dispatch of See You In Court, a regular column in which I, Mel Kenny, a famously mediocre lifelong player, heed reader questions about tennis.
Advantage Leo
Photographer Nikolaj Møller was in two of the right places (the Italian Open and St. Peter's Square) at exactly the right time, and described the scenes for Racquet.
The University of Clay
The hum of New York traffic is just a distant soundscape as Rennae Stubbs and Caitlin Thompson huddle over a screen, espresso cups in hand, watching a tense Paolini-Ostapenko showdown unfold.
The Greatest Thing I’ve Ever Seen on a Tennis Court, by Mary Carillo
We ask the eminent and the imminent for their takes on the greatest things they’ve ever seen on a court, and damned if they don’t deliver—each and every one. The first in what will likely become a very long, storied series is by broadcaster, former pro and absolute national treasure Mary Carillo. Hers might just be the greatest of the Greatest.