The ready position is fundamental to tennis. It gets your body set up to return serve, play groundstrokes and make volleys. It allows you to push off to the ball with maximum acceleration in as short ...

2) The key to the sliding forehand is to plant your outside foot before you reach the ball and slide into the ideal position for contact. Start by turning your shoulders and make sure to keep your ...

And if you want to succeed in the pro game, you need a forehand that can do some damage. Alicia Molik, one of the finest athletes in women’s tennis, has such a stroke. It starts with an open ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — There’s a young woman who looks a lot like Coco Gauff at Melbourne Park for the Australian Open. She has the same fiery, competitive eyes, the same tendency to break out ...

In tennis, France’s new star Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard is 98kg, 2.03m, served at 232kmh and sent a forehand humming at 180kmh. Change is in full flight and Stefanos Tsitsipas, who lost early ...