Tennis As Stress Test
By Giri Nathan The test of a high-drama tennis match is whether it can make...
Daniil Medvedev Gets Dirty
By Giri Nathan Daniil Medvedev getting the No. 2 seed at the clay major is...
The Deuce Court
By Giri Nathan With Roland-Garros on the horizon, most tennis fans are scanning for appetizing...
The 2021 French Open Poster Is Gay
By Andrew Eccles In a bold annual tradition dating back to 1980, the French Tennis...
Lorenzo Sonego And The Italian Renaissance
By Giri Nathan Monte Carlo might produce the best postcards, but clay-court tennis looks perfect...
Aryna Sabalenka Finds Her Footing
By Giri Nathan A tennis player goes on a tear. It’s pretty much always a...
Aslan Karatsev’s Fever Dream
By Giri Nathan I have puzzled over Aslan Karatsev long enough that I no longer...
The Ten Most Underrated Tennis Shoes of All Time
By Tim Newcomb Not every tennis shoe is an instantly acknowledged banger, like Andre Agassi’s...
Where’s Nick Kyrgios?
By Giri Nathan The last time we saw Nick Kyrgios he was, appropriately, going out in...
Felix Auger-Aliassime Says “Uncle”
By Giri Nathan If I were designing a tennis news Mad Libs, I’d be elated...
Bianca Andreescu Is Back On The Baseline
By Giri Nathan Isn’t it wonderful to see someone pick up where they left off?...
Vasek Pospisil Is Mad As Hell
By Giri Nathan Most racquet smashes are worth laughing at; some are worth cherishing for...
It’s Starting to Click for Garbiñe Muguruza
By Giri Nathan Garbiñe Muguruza was the only one in Melbourne to go punch-for-punch with...
Roger Federer Clocks Back In
By Giri Nathan Let’s catch up on a historic week in tennis. Novak Djokovic racked...
Kei Nishikori Reanimated
By Giri Nathan Barring something depressing or something miraculous, the most successful active Japanese tennis...
Daria Kasatkina Sheds a Backpack Full of Stones
By Giri Nathan Flashback to 2018, Indian Wells. Two 20-year-old women swept away the rest...
Weekend Plans: Murderous Forehands
By Giri Nathan What I want from tennis this weekend isn’t that deep. It’s pretty...
Night Fever
By Giri Nathan High drama is best consumed half-asleep. These are the truths I annually...
From Feast To Famine In Melbourne
By Giri Nathan Well, that was fun, briefly. The tennis spigot has been off for...
It’s Back—And It Looks A Lot Like Tennis
By Giri Nathan They’re out of quarantine. They’re emerging from their caves! (Well, most of them.)...
Don’t Feed the Mice
By Giri Nathan So the players made it to Australia. Now comes the real test...
Tennys Sandgren Sheds The Virus, Heads Down Under
By Giri Nathan Australia’s pandemic response has been an admirable success, thanks to extensive contact...
What Could/Should Racial Activism Look Like in 2021?
By Van Sias There’s no doubt that everyone involved in professional tennis is trying to...
Sam Querrey’s Great Escape
By Giri Nathan Happy New Year! This auspicious day would ordinarily mark the approach of...
The Palms Bored Me
By Andrea Petkovic For our readers who may be wishing they could escape to a...
The Paire Minimum
By Benoit Paire The following manifesto appears in Racquet No. 15—out now—and is the forward...
Dennis Ralston: A Very Human Story
By Joel Drucker Occasionally there come those sublime moments in the life of a journalist...
adidas x Racquet Public Court Collection: Win Limited Edition Pieces
Today, industry-leading sportswear brand, adidas and cult tennis magazine, Racquet reveal the adidas x Racquet...
Reilly Opelka Lives That Bubble Life
By Giri Nathan Reilly Opelka is one of the most frank conversationalists in tennis. Lately...
Racquet’s Holiday Gift Guide
By Caitlin Thompson Sometime around the sixth month of quarantine, the Instagram advertising algorithm finally...
Daniil Medvedev Eats the Beer
By Giri Nathan A friend’s dad once told me about a trick he’d learned from...
Stefanos Tsitsipas Is Hanging in There
By Giri Nathan Let us be frank: Things could have gotten funky with Stefanos Tsitsipas...
Denis Shapovalov: Are We There Yet?
By Giri Nathan One of the hardest lessons for me to grasp, as a relatively...
The Tiny Wrecking Ball Diego Schwartzman Has Nearly Cleared a Path to London
By Giri Nathan I have always loved to watch Diego Schwartzman. Listed officially at 5...
Olya’s Story
By Ben Rothenberg A Year After Her “Hell,” Olga Sharypova Is Ready to Speak Out....
Paris Masters: Running on Empty
By Giri Nathan Fresh off his 13th French Open, Rafael Nadal has returned to Paris,...
David Grutman Has Prince Creating “Cool” Collaborations
By Tim Newcomb David Grutman wants cool clothes. And he wants his kids, ages 3...
Iga Swiatek Is Blowing Up the French Open
By Giri Nathan There are hot streaks, there are breakout tournaments, and then there is...
The Prickle and Promise of Jelena Ostapenko
By Giri Nathan Root for Jelena Ostapenko, because I really want it to be the...
Ask Giri: Some Advice for Boris
By Giri Nathan The Racquet Newsletter has temporarily morphed into an advice column. Here’s our...
Young Italians Doing It Better
By Giri Nathan Goodbye to summer hard-court. Now this bizarro 2020 season truly begins to...
The Best Version of Vika Azarenka
By Giri Nathan Sometimes the draw just softens up. That could be because Novak Djokovic...
Reports of Andy Murray’s Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
By Giri Nathan I buried Andy Murray too soon. The visible pain, the wrenching press...
Naomi Osaka Bursts the Bubble
By Giri Nathan Tennis is currently in a bubble to seal itself against a pandemic,...
For Bianca Andreescu, Time Will Tell
By Gerald Marzorati No tennis player had the remarkable season in 2019 that Bianca Andreescu...
Up Against the Wall
By Giri Nathan Tennis players are gathering again. The pro tours are humming to life,...
Through the Looking Glass With Alice Marble
By Joel Drucker This September marks the golden anniversary of one of the most incredible...
The Racquet Guide to US Open Prep
By Caitlin Thompson We here at Racquet are thrilled—THRILLED!—that Grand Slam tennis is back later...
Where Are The Women?
By Laura Vallverdu As a coach, I always emphasize effort and commitment from my players,...
The Racquet Podcast: Uzo Aduba
The award-winning actor joins Rennae to talk about her lifelong connection to women's sports—starting as...
