You may have noticed there are still a few tournaments that end in the term cup, like the Rogers Cup, although most tennis tournaments end with the term open. Furthermore, tennis is not the only sport that uses the phrase open. It’s also utilized for golf, and the rationale behind the term is the same. …
Suppose you are an avid tennis fan and have noticed how tennis players make a slight gesture acknowledging when a ball hits the net and wonder why that is the case. The reason for this gesture is not limited to just tennis. The same happens in sports like table tennis and even volleyball. So, why …
If you watch tennis, you should notice that none of the players wear gloves. While in other ‘bat’ or ‘racquet’ sports like golf, baseball, and even football, the players wear gloves. There is no association law against this, so why don’t tennis players wear gloves? Tennis players don’t wear gloves because it reduces the feel …
Tennis is an amazing sport to both watch and play. The other side is that for the one hundred and twenty players of each sex, who don’t make it to the quarter-finals, it is a brutal sport that “takes no enemies.” There are seven rounds in the major tennis tournaments for the singles players of …
It does not get any better than a Grand Slam tournament in the sport of tennis. Every tennis player dreams of playing at one of the four Grand Slam tournaments while growing up. But the road is tough, and qualifying for any Grand Slam tournament is harder than most people think. Tennis players qualify for …
Tennis players are not known for being muscular athletes. Though tennis players compete in a sport where the goal is to smash a ball with lots of power, many people might not think of tennis players as athletes if they randomly see them on the street. However, there are several good reasons tennis players do …
Tennis shoes are known to be one of the most versatile options out there. In fact, tennis shoes became so versatile that people started calling any gym shoe a tennis shoe. When looking at tennis-specific shoes for modern players, they are indeed very flexible as far as what sports they work for. Being able to …
It is most apparent when two tennis players are wearing the same outfit while playing each other – this happens more often than you might think. The reason is not down to a happy accident or the fact that tennis players have no unique sense of style. It is because of the obligation they have …
Professional tennis players often wear luxurious watches on and off the court. One might think it is inconvenient to wear this kind of watch during a tennis match, yet some players choose to always wear one while playing. Other players opt to only wear the expensive wrist jewelry off the court. Tennis players are paid …
A lot of unique words make up the tennis vernacular. Perhaps at the top of the list is the word “love.” Hearing it said constantly, people start to gather that it means zero. However, is there a reason why love is another way to say zero? Zero is called love thanks to the French word …