Advanced string and racket technology enabled the heavy-topspin baseline game that now dominates tennis — and sports medicine researchers are tracking the different physical toll that style takes on players’ bodies.
Read MoreA fresh push to unify tennis’s fragmented governing bodies has gained momentum, though similar reform efforts have repeatedly stalled over which organization gives up authority.
Read MoreA wave of successful teenage players has renewed debate over tennis’s age-eligibility rules, with governing bodies weighing individualized development pathways against the rules that protected the last generation from burnout.
Read MoreA near year-round calendar and frequent surface transitions have fueled chronic player injuries, setting up an unresolved standoff between player health advocates and tournament organizers who depend on a full schedule.
Read MoreElectronic line-calling has replaced human officials at nearly every major tournament, ending a century of disputed calls — along with some of the theater those disputes used to bring to a match.
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