HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- As River Oaks Country Club hosts the Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship, top-ranked players and title winners are on full display. Not nearly as visible, ...

Pierre Reveilles, who carries a 70-pound machine on his bike, can often be found in Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn. By Allie Conti Pierre Reveilles lives a relatively carefree life. “That’s part of who I ...

"The 4:30 wakeup to start stringing tennis rackets is not the most pleasurable thing in the world," Yu said. The rackets Yu strings will be used in about six or seven hours, when the strings start to ...

MASON, OH − During the qualifying rounds of the Cincinnati Open, one WTA player sent her racquets to the stringing room to be re-strung. Simple enough, right? The only problem? It was during her match ...

They make up the most minuscule component in tennis, going unnoticed by most average spectators. Except when they break. But Mike Guilbeau can replace them in 15 minutes while watching Diners, ...

Anton Constantino may know a thing or two about tennis rackets, having restrung more than 25,000 of them. Restringing a racket is something that every professional or avid player knows keeps their ...

A good racket is a must-have for any competitive tennis player. And there’s one person at the Hardee’s Pro Classic that all players rely on for equipment. From sun up to sun down, Chuck Hakansson is ...

MASON, Ohio (WKRC) - The professional stringers at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason are keeping the tennis racquets in tip-top shape as the tennis world focuses on the Cincinnati Open. Local ...

In a little-known curtained workspace next to Sobey’s Stadium, behind the scenes of Canada’s biggest pro tennis tournament, a team of stringers work around the clock to ensure players’ racquets are ...

Head to the practice court area at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, home to the Wimbledon tennis championships, go down an alleyway beyond the warm-up room and the crèche, and you’ll find a small ...

— -- NEW YORK -- Dustin Tankersley remembers this clearly. It was 2013 and he was a sleep-deprived US Open racket stringer, standing 18-hour days for nearly three weeks straight. It was late and ...