These four exercises will wire your musceles to hit up on the ball. The key to putting topspin on your serve. 1. HIT THE STRINGS Step up to the baseline as you would on a serve. Place a racquet on the ...

Welcome back to the Monday Tennis Briefing, where The Athletic will explain the stories behind the stories from the past week on court. This week, a new tennis serve entered the canon, the first ...

Every great tennis player has a weakness, especially in their early years. Roger Federer’s single-handed backhand, a work of art, was vulnerable when the ball bounced high. Rafael Nadal exploited that ...

Donna Vekic is competing her way back into the Top 20 after battling knee injuries in 2021. After "knee-rly" calling it quits, Vekic once again counts among the most dangerous threats of any given ...

America's biggest tennis star had a bad summer in 2024. After she double faulted 19 times in an early exit in the U.S. Open, Gauff said she didn't want to lose a match like that again, then brought on ...

The Athletic has live coverage of Day 3 of the 2025 U.S. Open. FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y. — There comes a time in every tennis player’s career when they have to do something that truly scares them, ...