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Grass at Last!
Racquet welcomes a shift to the green stuff, and chats with Matteo Berrettini on injuries, BOSS, and the genetic lottery.
Red Shift: Training on the Terre Battue in LA
A garden in the San Fernando Valley is ground-zero for West Coasters eager to unlock the secret lessons only the slidey stuff can teach.
ACE: Form and Function of Tennis Wear
In her new book, ACE: the times & style of tennis, creative director Sunita Kumar Nair delves into the history of tennis clothing, and what makes the court a de facto runway.
What’s Next for Sloane Stephens is What’s Next for Tennis
Between Patrick Mouratoglou’s Ultimate Tennis Showdown, India’s Tennis Premier League, and INTENNSE, innovators are looking for ways to shorten matches, add pizzazz, and balance inequities in an attempt to draw, and keep, a younger crowd.
Pàdel Shots: a Lexicon
A by-no-means-exhaustive list of the names and neologisms that define a new(ish) sport
The Morte d’Arthur Was Greatly Exaggerated
Frenchman Arthur Fils—the charisma bomb—is back and looking better than ever.
Dispatches from the Desert
Our Managing Editor Wendy Laird is on the grounds and has Dispatches from the Desert coming in on a regular basis: Today the BNP Paribas Open is over. Long live the BNP Paribas Open.
