Dave Bobb of Allentown uses a roller to smooth the red clay on a tennis court Wednesday, March, 19, 2025, at Oakmont Tennis Club in Allentown. Founded in 1919, the tennis club has the only clay tennis ...
This is the time of year when things can get a little awkward for American tennis players, especially the men. There’s no way to sugarcoat it. With a handful of exceptions, clay just isn’t really ...
ROLAND GARROS, PARIS — After six days of tennis in the French capital, a new tournament started at Roland Garros. The players and the venue are the same. It’s still the French Open. But as the rain ...
The king is dead, long live the king. As tennis moves to clay courts for the next few months, one of the sport’s greatest on the surface will be abscent for the first time in two decades. A clay-court ...
Following Jannik Sinner’s Australian Open win and the commencement of his three-month suspension, 13 ATP Tour events have been won by 13 different players. At Indian Wells, 14th-ranked Jack Draper ...
Players tell heroic and even hair-raising tales about having to face the kind of partisan crowd that assembles at Roland Garros whenever a match involving a homegrown talent is in the offing. But for ...
Argentine former tennis champion Guillermo Coria has offered an interesting perspective on Rafael Nadal ‘s clay court dominance. Nadal, a former World No. 1, has excelled on clay in the ATP tour for ...
With the French Open underway in Paris, fans may notice that the world’s greatest players are matching off on clay courts — common throughout Europe yet mostly a perk of private clubs in the United ...
MINNEAPOLIS — A nonprofit organization is leading the way to help put down clay tennis courts across Minneapolis. "They're the best courts in the Twin Cities," said Charles Weed, president of ...
PARIS — It's the dirty little secret of tennis players who compete on the kind of red clay being used at the Paris Olympics: Keeping clothes — especially white socks — and footwear clean while running ...
With the French Open underway in Paris, fans may notice that the world’s greatest players are matching off on clay courts — common throughout Europe yet mostly a perk of private clubs in the United ...