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The French Open, which starts today, is expected to go through 100,000 tennis balls. What happens when those balls don’t bounce anymore?
Learn more about it. Sure, all fuzzy yellow tennis balls may look the same at a glance, but you may be surprised at how much a ball’s composition can affect your gameplay. You need the right ...
The ATP is trying to solve the problem. By Stuart Miller Yellow felt and a rubber core. A tennis ball seems so simple. But reality is more complicated, at least on the pro tours where ...
Tennis fans might sometimes wonder what pros are doing when they stop to inspect a new ball before putting it into play. Are they stalling to contemplate strategy? Checking the manufacturer?
Around 55,000 balls are used during Wimbledon each year including qualifying and practice 'New balls, please' will be said countless times when Wimbledon begins on Monday - but could we soon see a ...
At least that is the hope of Belgian eco-designer Mathilde Wittock, who fashions bespoke furniture from discarded tennis balls. Wittock’s sleek, modernist chaise longues are entirely cushionless ...
Now, while the tournament is steeped in history and tradition, if you look around the compound you will find that everything is new, even the tennis balls with which the players play. The grass is ...
You’d never guess his sad origin story last week if you saw him bound eagerly into an enclosure where a tub of tennis balls awaited. The story of how those tennis balls arrived at the shelter started ...
more sustainable ball used in tennis? Tennis' world governing body is exploring a concept that could radically change the design of tennis balls and the materials used to make them. The ...