The Octopus in the Catbird Seat
By Giri Nathan Sometimes your match gets rained out. Sometimes you pull a hamstring. Sometimes...
Bummer Vibes at the Happy Slam
By Ben Rothenberg Taking viewers on an antipodean adventure, the Australian Open prides itself on...
AMUSE Lands in Brooklyn
By Khal Davenport The bombastic work of world-renowned graffiti artist AMUSE 126 landed on a...
The Kafkaesque Saga of Novak D.
By Giri Nathan Listen: I find it as sad as you do that tennis has...
Racquet’s 2021 Holiday Gift Guide
By Caitlin Thompson We’re proud to present our second annual Racquet Holiday Gift Guide, with...
Leaving China
By Gerald Marzorati It’s Time to Move On From Tennis’ Big Bet on China. In...
Even Anett Kontaveit Is Puzzled By Her Dominance
By Giri Nathan “I have no idea what’s going on,” said Anett Kontaveit, not long...
Big ‘Foe Beats His Biggest-Ever Foe
By Giri Nathan Often, if not always, it goes this way: Frances Tiafoe sees a...
Kids in America
By Giri Nathan This edition of Indian Wells gave the world a glimpse of the...
Grigor’s Week To Shine
By Giri Nathan It should be impossible to have a game as gorgeous as Grigor...
Andy Murray’s Sneakers, And Marriage, Are Safe
By Giri Nathan Andy Murray has made a mistake even direr than the handlebar mustache...
Kim Goes For The Win
By Giri Nathan As forcefully as this past US Open nudged the WTA into the...
Blue Hawaii
By Racquet Aloha. As autumn finally sets in here at Racquet HQ—we had to warm...
Emma, Inc.
By Giri Nathan If you took a random teenager who’d watched too many movies and...
Championships Are for Kids
By Giri Nathan I’m still in disbelief that they both did it. Either one of...
Taking An Interest
By Joel Drucker The assignment called for a review of All In, the legendary Billie...
The Players’ Lounge
By Racquet On the eve of the 2021 US Open, Racquet brought together four of...
Tennis in Sun and Shadow
Photos by Jean Paul Saint Fleur & Phalonne Pierre Louis Like many, Haiti has been on...
A Letter From Naomi Osaka
By Naomi Osaka This issue isn’t all about me, it’s about my world. I feel...
The Paire Maximum
By Giri Nathan Was there a more profoundly checked-out player in tennis over the past...
For Casey Yoneyama, It All Comes Down To Pride
By Caitlin Thompson It isn’t always easy joining the family business—especially when your family is...
Rafa’s Dog Days of Summer
By Giri Nathan “I’m not comfortable with animals, not even with dogs. I doubt their...
Marketa Vondrousova’s Olympic Villainy
By Giri Nathan So many seeds in the women’s draw fell early that the week...
Lagos Lawn Tennis Club
By Yusuf Sanni As you may know by now, Naomi Osaka has guest edited our...
Stan Smith Is A Shoe—And Now A Watch
By Tim Newcomb Stan Smith’s signature has adorned one of the world’s most famous sneakers...
A Thin Field At The Olympics
By Giri Nathan The remaining question is not whether Novak Djokovic will win, but where...
Ash Barty Mows the Field
By Giri Nathan Ashleigh Barty had just won a title on the hard court at...
Mood Swings
By Laura Bailey Photo by Mark Arrigo Illustrations by Anneka Lange In our current issue...
We Are Here For Andy Murray’s Melodrama
By Giri Nathan Each Slam, and each show court, is a chance for the home...
Racquet’s Summer Gear Guide
By Caitlin Thompson If you’ve found yourself wandering into the tennis section of a sporting...
Greener Grass
By Caitlin Thompson There’s something hard to explain about a grass tennis court. Sure, it...
Big Nick Energy
By Giri Nathan Photographs by Abigail Varney Nick Kyrgios’ Year of Rest, Relaxation, and Reason....
The Grand Slam Scent of Summer
By Horacio Silva As former champions, from Björn Borg to Boris Becker and Andy Murray,...
Treat your tennis socks the way they deserve
By Jolie Kerr John Jannuzzi, who wrote the literal book on socks, has a practical...
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...
