Whipping his racquet through the air like a cesta in jai alai, Rafael Nadal produces such tremendous topspin that the ball sometimes seems to catapult off the court, creating a shot as challenging to ...

The advent of polyester strings, by far the most popular variety, has reduced the daily breakage rate to about five a day from about 50 back when Dalton first started stringing at Wimbledon 13 years ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tim Newcomb covers tennis gear/business, stadiums and shoe tech. So much is made about the technology of tennis rackets. But don't ...

Sheep intestine launched the technological advancements of tennis strings. But that was 145 years ago and the tech making strings has advanced well beyond the sheep intestine natural gut first ...