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RETURN OF SERVE Be sure to stare at the ball from toss to contact. Success in senior singles requires analysis, buy-in, guts and fitness. "It's almost like the once-biggest hitters are at the biggest disadvantage", says top-ranked 70s player Alec Roberts, of Tarrytown, N.Y. "They're naturally disinclined to drop shot or slice. You can always do what another top 70s player, Laury Hammel of Cambridge, Mass., pulled off. "I was losing to an excellent guy, and couldn't hold serve", says Hammel. [Extracted from the article]

04 most likely to endure a sophomore slump MARIP SAKKARI An optimist would look at Sakkari's season and note just how high her ceiling can be: the Greek star defied expectations to reach two Grand Slam semifinals, and made it within a point of the French Open final in June. A junior French Open champion, the 18-year-old surged up the rankings thanks to a slew of ATP Challenger titles-winning four out of five finals through November. A former Australian Open junior champion, Tauson will make the last of her Grand Slam main-draw debuts in Melbourne in January. PHOTO (COLOR): Tauson and Alcaraz have been favorites of the tennis cognoscenti since they were juniors; now they're realizing their potential as pros. Alcaraz became a star-in-the-making with his fearless performance at the US Open, defeating No. 3 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in a five-setter en route to the quarterfinals. [Extracted from the article]

Inside Tennis WITH Marshall Happer One of the most influential leaders in professionaltennis, Happer is the closest the sport has ever had toa commissioner. "It took a number of years for tennis to mature as aprofessional sport and in lots of ways it is stillmaturing as it competes with all the other sports fortalented athletes and fans", writes Happer (picturedabove at the 1987 French Open) in his preface. Nobody was ready for tennis tobecome a professional sport whenOpen tennis was approved in 1968.Many of them were bitter rivalswith competing agendas and yet,somehow, they were able to lead thedevelopment of our sport through1989, to provide the platform formen's professional tennis to reachfor the next levels of growth beginningin 1990. [Extracted from the article]

Four Har-Tru courts and a hard-top court with views of Rock Mountain are available to resort guests via High Hampton's residential membership club. 1:GIORGIA As it is in the Carolinas, some of the best tennis opportunities in Georgia can be found by the ocean. In the Charleston area, travelers looking to combine court and beach time with city exploration can stay at Wild Dunes Resort, where the Tennis Center has 17 Har-Tru courts. [Extracted from the article]

DIAGRAM: 1 SIMULTANEOUS CROSSCOURT SINGLES POINTS USING HALF THE COURT DIAGRAM: 2 REMAINING BALL IS PLAYED OUT AS A DOUBLES POINT USING THE I I ENTIRE COURT DIAGRAM: TUG • WAR If the team that started on the service line wins this point, they move up to the net to start the next point. Whichever team wins the point moves up to the service line to start the next point. [Extracted from the article]

TENNIS HISTORY LESSON The AUSTRALIAN OPEN wasn't normal 50 yearsago, either THE GOOD NEWS wasthat Australia's playersruled the world. In January 1970, committedto a circuit that wasmore lucrative and player-friendly,Laver, Rosewall,Emerson and Smile skippedthe Australian Open. Just a few months after the 1971 Australian Open, at 19, EvonneGoolagong would win the Roland Garros title. [Extracted from the article]

PHOTO (COLOR): Fritz had been looking for a signature win for the better part of two years in October at Indian Wells BNP Paribas Open he get two; first over mattee Berrettini, and another more important one over Alexander Zverev, to reach the semifinals. Last June, at Roland Garros, you suffered a torn meniscus that would require arthroscopic surgery. Your mother, Kathy May, is a former Top 10 WTA player, and your dad Guy also played professionally. [Extracted from the article]

THE RETURN OF PRO TENNIS The return of the pro game should be celebrated,but as the US OPEN showed, there's still somuch work left to do > The USTA did a magnificent job creating abio-secure environment in which the "double in thebubble", consisting of the Western & Southern Openand the US Open, was played in Flushing Meadows. The lesson: tennis officials andplayers were blindsided by thecounty's move--and while there's noquestion that contact tracing is anabsolute necessity, tennis and healthofficials need to be better preparedfor dealing with the results. [Extracted from the article]

THE RETURN OF PRO TENNIS Now that automated line calling has succeededat a Grand Slam, is there any reason why the sportshouldn't adopt it everywhere? Jeff Ryan, who took overas tournament director atthe ATP's Winston-SalemOpen earlier this year,doesn't think so. Hawk-Eye Live made its professional debut at the 2017 NextGen ATP Finals; sincethen, it's been used at tournaments on hard and grass courts. [Extracted from the article]

Cliff Richey had done just about everything a tennis player could do. Unlike Richey, a baby boomer born in 1946, Rubin, a Millennial born in 1996, is already wellversed in the subjects of anxiety and depression. Women and men, Top 10 players and Challenger players, active pros and retired pros, 40-somethings and teenagers, fans and announcers: Rubin tries to offer a space where everyone can open up. [Extracted from the article]

COVID-19 & TENNIS The impact of the CORONAVIRUS is being feltdeepest outside of sports. The Canadian's reality, along withthe rest of his ATP and WTA colleagues, would soon beturned upside down. A day after the French TennisFederation made headlines by moving Roland Garros's startdate to September 20, the ATP and WTA tours jointlyannounced that the entire European clay-court swing wouldnot be held this spring. [Extracted from the article]

ROGER AND RAFA RECENTLY SET A WORLD RECORD FOR THELARGEST ATTENDED TENNIS MATCH. And the relationshipbetween Roger and Rafa hasevolved to the extent where thosetwo are really, really close. On February 7, with 51,954 in attendance,Federer and Nadal squared off insideSouth Africa's Cape Town Stadium.The Swiss won the match, but the result wassecondary to the setting, and the financialsupport the two superstars helped raise. [Extracted from the article]

Unliketheir solo existence on thetennis court, most playersare not managing their variousoff-court opportunitiesunassisted. "People think this mustbe taking away from mytennis", Rubin says, "and Itell them, 'Actually, it'sbeneficial for my tennis."'. [Extracted from the article]

On his journey, where Knowles first saw himself in Borg and later McEnroe, he maintained his identity as a Bahamian first, athlete second. PHOTO (COLOR): When doubles legends collide: Bob Bryan joined Knowles in The Bahamas to help after Hurricane Dorian, along with a 15-year-old that created her own headlines in 2019. "They have a wonderful tennis facility and they've put a lot into it", Knowles says of Baha Mar. WhDe unfortunate weather affected some of the event, it raised more than $100,000 for the relief effort. [Extracted from the article]

How Novak Djokovic's strategy guru is bringing the sports analytics revolution to tennis According to O'Shannessy, you only have to look at last year's Australian Open men's final, between Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, to see the power of analytics. And while Djokovic's two-handed backhand is celebrated, O'Shannessy's data shows that his forehand is the more effective shot, and one he should be hitting more often. PHOTO (COLOR): Last year's Australian Open final between Djokovic and Nadal was unexpectedly one-sided -- a shock to many, but not necessarily to O'Shannessy. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses that according to Craig O'Shannessy, a tennis strategy analyst who's worked with Djokovic and Kevin Anderson, that technology is going to be fully embraced by the tennis community and will be a key weapon for players.

The article focuses on Bianca Andreescu, also 18, somehow managed to top Auger-Aliassime when she beat four Top 20 opponents to win one of the WTA's most prestigious titles in Indian Wells and she vaulted herself from No. 178 to No. 23, and showed off a canny, wide-ranging game.

The article discusses tennis players switching racquets including the reportedly successful professional players such as Novak Djokovic who switched his racquet from Wilson to Head brand of racquets, the mental makeup required to make the switch, and the time required to adjust to a new racquet.

The article discusses the performance of the players in men's tennis like Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer getting better with time

HOME COURT ADVANTAGES: Coronavirus has confined tennis as we knew it. Ryan Harry, the head pro at the Hall of Fame Tennis Club in Newport, R.I., launched a video series with a touch volley drill using crumpled up paper towels as a ball. Former coach Brad Gilbert, meanwhile, launched an easy-to-follow video series of quarantine tennis tips -- a.k.a. Q-Tips -- in hopes of helping the tennis community think outside the box, inside the house. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports on professional tennis management programs and how it can help turn the sport into a career.

The article reports on several historical events that took place in tennis in past.

The article offers information on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings.

Mike, aformer college player that Bob occasionally hits with,strikes every ball with authority, crisp and clean. Tennis Channel Academy LIFESTYLE Why playing better players is badfor your tennis health Bob is a 4.0 player with a good forehand, a mildly wickedslice serve, and improving skills at the net. Bob's thinking wasthat while Harry loweredhis game, Mike raised it. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on how the outlook of 63-year-old teaching professional, Jake Agna, on tennis and life has helped refugees in Vermont, and revived the sport in Cuba.

The article offers information on how college has helped shape the lives and careers of former and existing tennis players including Jennifer Brady, Lisa Raymond, and Jamie Loeb.

The article offers step-by-step instructions for playing tennis with tennis racquet.

The article focuses on increasing demand of racquets, strings and shoes in tennis, as manufacturers look for ways to improve equipment and bolster performance; including information on innovations such as Babolat Play, which help to increase level of performance data points to players.

THE PANDEMIC MADE TENNIS EVEN MORE MENTAL FOR THIS GLOBETROTTER, BUT IT LED TO A MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH With COVID restrictions easing, does it feel like things are more normal on tour? What did it mean for you to come out of lockdown and make your first Grand Slam singles quarterfinal at Wimbledon?. [Extracted from the article]

For that reason, the preseason may not have been as long as I wanted it to be, but I really needed that extra time to rest up. How did your later-than-usual finish to the season, by reaching the WTA Finals in Guadalajara, impact how you approached or constructed your off-season? Last year was pretty long and I was playing a lot of tournaments, so it took my body a while to recover. [Extracted from the article]

The article recalls the how the American Tennis Association (ATA) has changed the face of tennis in the U.S. as it celebrates 100th anniversary, the role of ATA's new site in Florida in preserving the heritage of African- American tennis and the efforts tennis players including Don Budge.

The article features the tennis art exhibit displays at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met) in New York City.

The article discusses professional tennis photography along with the challenges, rewards and occasional pitfalls.

The article discusses several tennis formations to ensure versatility and victory in a doubles match which include the two-up, the one-up and one back and the two back formations.

Hitting the approachcrosscourt is advisablewhen you're in the middleof the court, or if theprevious shot has pulledthe opponent as far wideas the doubles alley. Tennis Channel Academy INSTRUCTION Executing a quality approach shot requiresreading the situation, and your opponent Some players view theapproach shot as amid-court putaway indisguise. For example,if you're contactingthe ball in the deucehalf of the court, you hitthe shot down the line toyour opponent's ad side. [Extracted from the article]

THE RULEBREAKER Andy B. Hoerer, from Ventura, Calif.,and Mark Milne, from Arboath, Scotland,want to speed things up--Andyby a smidge, Mark by a lot. Andy thinks enough is enough withback-and-forth scoring games, buthe's not willing to go straight to No-Adscoring because "it's over too quickly,"and "a whole match can be decided ona crazy mishit or even a bad call." Inside Tennis THE RULE Rule 5.a, Score in a Game (Standardgame), is either the defender of tennisas it was played since its inceptionnearly 150 years ago, or the enablerof a contest that literally could haveno end. [Extracted from the article]

"I think I have about 4,000 trophies to gobefore I can even enter Martina's stratosphereof accomplishments", Mattek-Sands said earlierthis season at Roland Garros, despite amassing27 doubles titles of her own. Whether it's doubles partners or viewers athome, Mattek-Sands has made helping otheruncover their passion for the sport she loves alife mission. THE CELEBRATION ISSUE 30 -- love 15 In the mid-2000s, the best thing anup-and-coming athlete could do for theirgame was to answer the call when veteranMartina Navratilova asked to play doubles. [Extracted from the article]

THE CELEBRATION ISSUE 30 -- love 17 Over the last two years, tennis participationhas leaped significantly in the UnitedStates. Enter the community tennis organizer--notsimply a ball-feeder, but an athletic evangelist,a pied piper always eager to createopportunities that connect players of al!. [Extracted from the article]

September 1:Tsitsipas gets booedat the US Openfor taking anotherextended bathroombreak at a crucialjuncture of hissecond-round match. Inside Tennis There was a lot to love this summer, onand off the court July 13:Eugenie Bouchardinvites her Instagramfollowers to a spontaneousmeetup for pizza inNew York City. September 11:From qualifier to queen:Emma Raducanuwins 10 consecutivematches-all in straightsets-to become thefirst qualifier to win amajor in the Open Era. [Extracted from the article]

Starting the year outside the Top 300, Brooksby crackedthe Top 150 after a torrid four-tournament stretch on the ATPChallenger Tour, reaching the final at each event andwinning three. Inside Tennis BILLY JOEL MAY BE A NEW YORK CITY ICON, BUTTHE FANS IN QUEENS SHOULD START GETTINGTO KNOW THIS PIANO MAN Brooksby redshirted while injured at Baylor, but henever appeared in a match for the Bears. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers brief information on the tennis courts at the Frederick Johnson Playground in New York City that enriches community through tennis game.

The article offers brief information on the wooden tennis racquet that were used for playing tennis in 1980s.

A personal narrative is presented which explores author's experience of playing tennis in an indoor clinic at the Armonk Tennis Club in suburban New York.

The article offers information on the initiative of head coach Mark Booras to rebuild the Tulane men's tennis program and continue its proud legacy after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.

The article offers information on the ballperson who connects the fans to their heroes in tennis.