It allowed the frame to stand up to a heavy ball better than many competing racquets in its weight class. At times it can be a blunt instrument, perhaps lacking top-end control and touch.

A tennis ball seems so simple. But reality is more complicated, at least on the pro tours where manufacturers can make balls that ... Babolat, Dunlop or another — in use for each swing, Hutchins ...

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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 ...

Q. Can I use a practice or X-Out golf ball? A. If the Committee hasn’t required that you play a ball that is on the List of Conforming Golf Balls, then you may use a practice or X-Out golf ball. When ...

Stan Wawrinka is among the players critical of the current system of changing types of tennis balls ... the way players hit the ball, and the physicality of the way they can retrieve balls is ...

The Selectric was notable for several reasons — you can see an ad for the machine in the video below. The type ball meant you couldn’t jam keys. Since you didn’t have to unjam keys and you ...

Tennis balls ... match on average - and that can be due to a number of factors," according to the ATP's chief tour officer Ross Hutchins. "It's partly that the balls have created longer rallies ...