Tennis players are a sensitive bunch, and people like Ron Rocchi are forever trying to soothe them. Rocchi, an equipment manager at Wilson, runs the racket stringing shop at this year’s U.S. Open. Its ...

They restring up to 60 racquets a day—and sometimes in just 10 minutes mid-match. Meet the team keeping the pros match-ready in Dallas.

Tennis Australia says the next generation of tennis stringers is needed as the industry faces a skills shortage. Professional stringers are responsible for the bulk of racquets at tournaments such as ...

Australian Open racket stringers work behind the scenes at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne. Photograph: Charlie Kinross/The Guardian There would be no Australian Open were it not for the work undertaken ...