Features

In this feature from our latest Issue No. 24, Paramore's Zac Farro gives us a preview of his upcoming zine, Souvenir: A European Summer.

On this, the first day of Summer, we’re proud to present our official Must Have list for 2024. We used to call this our annual Summer Gear Guide, but tennis these days requires so much more than gear, it requires that one adopt the tennis lifestyle. And if there’s one thing we at Racquet are going to do, it’s scour the Earth for the most important and stylish accessories, experiences and yes, gear, to empower yours.

Thanks to a resurgence in tennis and a return to communal spaces, the tennis club—where the everyday player is the protagonist of their own Slam—is back in business.

It’s a common topic among fans and the media on the men’s tour: What’s wrong with the French? Meaning, how come they’ve never won anything big despite all that talent? And by “they,” people mean Tsonga, Gasquet, Monfils, and Simon. Good question. In this feature from Issue No. 1, published in 2016, one man was tasked to find a solution to the drought of Slam titles since his own victory in 1983: French icon Yannick Noah.

Justine Henin could have been a worthy foil for Serena Williams, if only she had kept playing

When he’s not busy hanging out with Demon Slayer, the Japanese legend is mentoring the next generation of wheelchair athletes