The new on-court military style of the ballboys and girls of Wimbledon is very different from the original 1920s version. They now move with the precision of match-stick soldiers. The original boys were chosen from the Shaftesbury and Barnardo homes, institutions that took in homeless children and gave them an education and a trade. This…
History of Babolat The Babolat family has an interesting history that spans from their beginnings in butchery to becoming a prominent name in the world of tennis equipment. The Babolat family started it’s business in 1875 in Lyon, France. Babolat started as a manufacturer of strings for musical instruments, such as violins and guitars. However, their…
Report by Telegraph Sport and Simon Briggs at Roland Garros. After the Big Four, there were the Big Three, and then the Big Two. But now that Novak Djokovic has defeated Casper Ruud in the French Open final, he stands alone as the undisputed emperor of tennis. This victory carried Djokovic into unprecedented territory as…
Marketa Vondrousova, the talented 24-year-old tennis player from the Czech Republic, etched her name in the annals of Wimbledon history by accomplishing an extraordinary feat on the grass courts in the Wimbledon Women’s singles final. On a memorable Saturday, Vondrousova emerged as the first unseeded woman to seize victory at the prestigious Wimbledon tournament. Defying…
The Telegraph Sport comments that Carlos Alcaraz dethroning Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon Men’s Singles final was the moment of rebirth for tennis. Novak Djokovic may have left a dent in the net post, but it was Carlos Alcaraz who stamped his authority on Wimbledon. The 20-year-old pretender came of age in one of the most…
A rain-interrupted first week of Wimbledon has come to an end. Novak Djokovic and Elena Rybakina remain on course to defend their Wimbledon titles. Djokovic has continued his dominance at the All England Club as he bids to equal Roger Federer’s men’s record of eight titles. This will extend his winning run at Wimbledon to 31…
Tennis was designed to be played outdoors and weather conditions are not always favourable. More often than not you will have to adapt your game, if only slightly, to suit the weather conditions of the day. When playing in windy conditions, you will have to judge exactly how the wind will affect play from either…
