THE ALL ENGLAND CLUB, LONDON — On the first day of Wimbledon, Ed Day, a university student from just outside London, ran 17.5 kilometers across the All England Club. Those kilometers took him from the ...
TENNIS is a captivating sport that combines athleticism, strategy and finesse on the court with players unleashing shots of raw power with every move. A tennis ball can go up to 190kmh, and it takes a ...
On Tuesday, I went to the US Open, the premier US tennis tournament and, along with Wimbledon and the Australian and French Opens, one of the four ‘Grand Slams’ of the tennis world. I’m also a player ...
Tennis players rarely break strings anymore, but they still want their rackets to be given a fresh set. By Lola Fadulu Good morning. It’s Thursday. Today we’ll look at the people who string rackets at ...
For two weeks of the year, Darren Powell, co-owner of Wimbledon Park Sports in Wimbledon, south-west London, sells towels. Towel upon towel upon towel. Around 2,500 of them, by his estimation. In late ...
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- As River Oaks Country Club hosts the Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship, top-ranked players and title winners are on full display. Not nearly as visible, ...