With the U.S. Open just days away from its official start, tennis players from around the world are gathering in New York City to practice and compete in qualifiers at the USTA Billie Jean National ...

Many elite No. 1 singles players on high school boys tennis teams have to either travel to practice against other elite netters or spar with club head pros to keep their games sharp between meets each ...

THE SETUP You’re going to play “ghost doubles,” or “jumbie doubles,” as we say in the Caribbean. Two people play at a time, server and receiver. All balls are hit crosscourt, the doubles alleys are ...

A problem I often hear from players is, “I hit the ball so well in drills. Why can’t I hit this way in matches?” You can—if you play your match like a practice. In drills, players swing away because ...

It’s hard to label the sport of tennis with a definitive sound. In baseball, there is the crack of the bat. Football has the sounds of shoulder pads or helmets colliding, and basketball knows the ...

Josh Lichtenstein and Daniel Silberg came because they couldn’t get U.S. Open tickets. Sean Mahoney waited for his son, a ballboy working the matches inside at the Open. Conor McKeon dropped by after ...

When BYU men’s tennis head coach Zack Warren walks across the practice courts just south of South Field, he cuts a common, ...