In their first full year on tour, New Zealander Rubin Statham and his twin brother, Oliver, spent $16,000 on racquet stringing. In their second year, they bought their own (supposedly) lightweight ...

Which brings us to the question of differing tensions between the main and cross strings. This is a way for players to hone their racquet’s playability and response. One of the major ...

Over time, she has had some strange requests, some players even want to change the shape of the racquet.  "It happens," she said. "Sometimes they want the grommets that contain the strings in ...