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All this time you’ve been holding and hitting tennis balls, and yet you didn’t know about the incredibly complex process behind making them look, act and feel so right. Filmmaker Benedict ...

Are these tennis balls yellow or green? It seems a simple question - the tennis balls are obviously yellow. But some people say they are obviously green. And then there are the people who say they ...

What are tennis balls made of? Modern tennis balls are made of a hollow rubber core, covered in a wool or nylon shell which is known as the nap. Pressurised air inside the rubber core makes the ball ...

An curved arrow pointing right. For tennis ball machines to shoot balls with perfect accuracy and at nearly 100 miles per hour, it takes a series of carefully calibrated parts working together.

Players must adjust to the differences, and that has led to complaints about consistency. The ATP is trying to solve the ...

A robot that can track your position on the court, serve you a range of shots, and simulate actual tennis matches has raised ...

In my last column for Backcourt, I mentioned Hugh Hayden, a furniture designer that makes living room sets using tennis balls. Here’s a more in-depth look at the artist and his work. Hugh Hayden ...

Opponents hit a tennis ball with a racket back and forth over a .914 metre (3ft) net in the middle of the court. The goal is to hit the ball into the opponent’s half of the court without them being ...

Washing your clothes at 20 degrees instead of 40 saves half the amount of energy, experts have revealed, amid energy bills ...

A community near San Jose, Calif., considered banning the sport altogether, not because of tennis, but rather the noise. The ...

Eugenie Bouchard has embraced a fresh chapter in her athletic career—and it’s not on the tennis court! The post Ex-Tennis ...