The tennis realm is faced with a burning environmental issue: the recycling of tennis balls. Worldwide, approximately 330 million tennis balls are manufactured yearly, most of which end in landfills; they take over 400 years to decompose there. This problem is particularly conspicuous during major tournaments like the U.S. Open, which uses up to 100,000…
This year, the Indian Wells tennis contest, cherished as the “fifth Grand Slam,” is poised for a great facelift thanks to a new surface. After 25 years of using the old Plexicushion surface, the organizers have chosen to lay Laykold, the same surface used for the Miami Open and the US Open. Such a change…
Anticipation builds up for yet another Australian Open as match day seems to be saturating the air for tennis enthusiasts. This time, in the men’s singles semifinal, be ready as superstars Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev will square off in Melbourne. No doubt, a scintillating contest is expected between this Serbian maestro and the German…