Adam Hunter's calloused fingers glide the string into the small holes of the tennis racket, which he places in the sleek stringing machine, adjusting the tension just so. Then the weaving begins.
Being an official ATP World Tour stringer certainly has its perks, like traveling the world, spending days at the best tournaments in the world and getting up close to some of the biggest names in the ...
"In Houston, especially because it's clay court, we'll always do more than 350 rackets," Randy Gibson, a professional tennis racket stringer with over 20 years of experience, told ABC13. 30,209 people ...
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Easing tensions: East Timorese refugee and now elite tennis stringer Pin Lay is serving players at his 11th Australian Open. Credit: ...
Trouble behind the scenes at the AEGON Championships, where the Queen’s Club tournament’s longest serving employee has stormed out in a row over the event’s racket stringing arrangements. Henry Bond ...
QUEENS, N.Y. - It's an elite team with international members. You have to be meticulous, consistent and most of all, fast. No, not the tennis players. We're talking about the racket stringers. "It ...
Pierre Reveilles, who carries a 70-pound machine on his bike, can often be found in Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn. By Allie Conti Pierre Reveilles lives a relatively carefree life. “That’s part of who I ...
Head to the practice court area at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, home to the Wimbledon tennis championships, go down an alleyway beyond the warm-up room and the crèche, and you’ll find a small ...
Three decades in tennis have left Chuck Hakansson's hands covered with "callouses on top of callouses." His rough, working man's hands aren't the result of topspin forehands, drop shots and overhead ...
Shivakumar Palani claims he is probably the only man to not miss a single day of the Chennai Open, ever since the event came to the city in 1997. A racquet stringer, Shivakumar started as a player ...
Just before the start of the U.S. Open, Comptroller Scott Stringer served up an audit saying the U.S. Tennis Association underpaid the city at least $311,000 in rent for the tournament venue in ...
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