The New York Times

How tennis stars get the rackets, strings and tensions they need for Wimbledon success

THE ALL ENGLAND CLUB, LONDON — On the first day of Wimbledon, Ed Day, a university student from just outside London, ran 17.5 kilometers across the All England Club. Those kilometers took him from the ...
The New York Times

They String the Rackets at the U.S. Open

Tennis players rarely break strings anymore, but they still want their rackets to be given a fresh set. By Lola Fadulu Good morning. It’s Thursday. Today we’ll look at the people who string rackets at ...
The Guardian

Tension at the tennis: inside the high-stakes world of racket stringing

Australian Open racket stringers work behind the scenes at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne. Photograph: Charlie Kinross/The Guardian There would be no Australian Open were it not for the work undertaken ...
Newsday

U.S. Open: Long Island’s Julien Klein has tennis world on a string

Julien Klein pulls strings at the U.S. Open. No, he’s not in the business of getting prime seats for the finals, or grabbing a vacant suite, or lining up a quick rally with Roger Federer. But he could ...