Welcome back to the Monday Tennis Briefing, where The Athletic will explain the stories behind the stories from the past week on court. This week, the underarm serve ended a match and started some ...

If you’ve ever picked up a tennis racket and attempted to serve against an opponent, you’ll know just how hard a skill it is. It’s one thing to get the ball over the net and yet a whole other thing to ...

When it comes to racquet sports, none come closer to tennis and badminton in terms of popularity. Racquet sports require great speed and agility. To play well one needs to have good hand-eye ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — In the fog of his 150mph serves, his seemingly limitless athleticism and his frightening forehand, it is sometimes hard to figure out why Ben Shelton doesn’t win just about ...

Toss ball, hit ball. That’s the basics of the serve. And when players want to ramp up the mph on their delivery, their focus is often on smacking the ball that much harder. However, if you’re looking ...

Speed meets spin in this epic cross-sport challenge! What happens when a professional baseball player faces off against a blazing tennis serve? With nothing but a bat in hand and split-second reflexes ...