Necessities: Not to state the obvious, but tennis racquets ... Remember that even the smallest of racquet bags are designed to hold the basics. You can also turn old schoolbag, duffle bag or ...

The racquet-head speed necessary to do that was, well, Federer-esque. Oh, there was one other moment worth mentioning. When the rains came for the second time last night, crack Tennis Channel ...

Custom rackets, secret talismans and even unexpected snacks. What a tennis player carries in their bag reveals more about ...

This is the way to hold the racquet for the serve, volley, sliced backhand and smash. It is known as the chopper grip, because it is the way you would hold an axe. It allows you to swing the racket ...

Big racquets have bigger 'sweet spots' but are harder to control. A 'sweet spot' is the area in the middle of the strings which gives the cleanest hit. A mid-size racquet has a hitting area of about ...