One of the first questions every new tennis player asks is: “Which forehand grip should I use?” It’s a great question because your grip has a huge influence on the way you hit the ball. A small adjustment in your hand position can completely change the angle of the racquetContinue Reading
If you’ve started learning tennis, you’ve probably heard coaches or commentators mention grips such as the Continental, Eastern, Semi-Western or Western grip. At first, these names can seem confusing. After all, they all involve holding the same racquet, so why does it matter where you place your hand? The answerContinue Reading
Female tennis players faced more than 12,000 abusive posts and messages on social media throughout 2025, according to the latest annual report from the WTA and World Tennis. The figures, drawn from Signify Group’s Threat Matrix monitoring service, reveal that the overall volume of harassment remained stubbornly similar to theContinue Reading
Having just turned 20 years old a few weeks ago, Rei Sakamoto is already making history in Japanese tennis. The Nagoya native, standing at 6’4″ (193 cm) with a powerful serve and forehand, captured his first ATP Tour victory at the 2026 Miami Open with a trademark “samurai” celebration thatContinue Reading
Seven big ATP Challenger events last week, including two 125 events. Braunschweig is always one of the highlights of the tour, having won the Challenger event of the year award on multiple occasions. This year it was Jan Choinski taking the title, which makes it nine titles from ten finals.Continue Reading
Ekaterine Gorgodze won the biggest ITF title of last week, and in the process, lifted trophy number 20! Gorgodze has never quite managed to crack the top 100 in her career, and currently sits at #217. If the 34-year-old can produce more weeks like this, maybe there’s one more bigContinue Reading
Every tennis player, from a complete beginner to a Grand Slam champion, starts with the same fundamental skill: learning how to hold the racquet correctly. It might seem like a small detail, but your grip influences every shot you hit. The way you hold the racquet affects your control, power,Continue Reading
You’ve probably heard the saying that there’s no ‘I’ in team, yet in doubles tennis, this tactic proves that idea can be bent in your favour. You’ve probably watched doubles for years, but never tried it in your own game. In this article, I’ll walk you through how the ‘I’Continue Reading
Two maiden winners on the Challenger Tour last week. Braden Shick won the Cary 75 event to move to #325 on the rankings, just a single place below his career high. While Germany’s, Marvin Moller won his first title, to go along with the 9 ITF titles he’s accumulated. MollerContinue Reading
A heap of ITF events last week, and if you’ve missed the results because you’ve been caught up watching Wimbledon, here are last week’s winners across the ITF Women and ITF men’s Tour. On the women’s tour, Lucrezia Stefanini took out the W100 in Cary with a comfortable win inContinue Reading
