“The best thing is watching the players get out on the court and smile while they’re warming up,” Bill Massie says. “They look down, and it’s like they can’t believe the surface they’re playing on.” ...
Want to play the Wimbledon way? Check out one of these grass-court facilities in the United States. Lawn tennis may still be sacred in England, but the grass isn’t so green on this side of the ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tim Newcomb covers tennis gear/business, stadiums and shoe tech. The Horseshoe court at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in ...
The phasing out of line judges at Wimbledon was an “inevitable” development, All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) chief executive Sally Bolton said Thursday. This year’s Wimbledon will be the first in ...
The Wimbledon Championship is one of the most famous sporting events on the globe, but plenty of secrets are lurking around (and indeed beneath) the courts. Here, we serve up some of our favourites.
Though a type of tennis started off as the sport of royalty -- King Henry VIII was a fan -- it wasn't until 1873 that lawn tennis was created by an Englishman. It didn't take too long for it to catch ...