Ivan Ronaldson, who has died of a heart attack aged 51, was one of the most accomplished and influential Real Tennis professionals of his generation. He was the eldest son of former world champions ...

ALL OTHERS CAME FROM. LEON SMART NEVER IMAGINED HE’D SPEND A GOOD PART OF HIS PROFESSIONAL LIFE WITH A SEWING NEEDLE IN HAND. IF WE CAN DO. WHAT’S THAT? LIKE FIVE, SIX, SEVEN A DAY, YOU SEE. LEON ...

The first week of the U.S. Open Tennis Championships has brought upsets, a chorus of booing toward an umpire and a newly shaved head. The intense action on the court often gives even the most casual ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When spring arrives, flowering trees in Front Range parks erupt with white and pink blossoms, a gorgeous sight that can offer a semblance of consolation for ...

In 1570, a Frenchman was arrested for smuggling clandestine correspondence between France and England in a basket of cheese. A passing comment in his interrogation document reveals that he also ...

Grass is an enigma in the tennis world. The surface that was originally dictated as the playing field for the game when it was invented as lawn tennis in 19th-century England has fallen to the wayside ...

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, court speed became a hot and divisive topic, the ...

Court tennis, sometimes referred to by its devotees as "real tennis," is the ancient precursor to our modern game. The Boston’s Tennis and Racquet Club on Boylston Street is one of only 10 court ...