Tennis

In February 1976, Arthur Ashe - three-time Grand Slam singles champion, including the 1970 Australian Open - and some of his contemporaries cheerfully jetted off to Nigeria to participate in the Lagos Tennis Classic. A week later, they…

As Serena Williams stood two wins away from one of the ultimate achievements in her sport, it all seemed to be falling apart. For 10 months between 2002 and 2003, she had established a level of dominance not seen since the greats of the…

This morning, my daughter, Olympia, who turns five this month, and I were on our way to get her a new passport before a trip to Europe. We’re in my car, and she’s holding my phone, using an interactive educational app she likes. This robot…

My body has belonged to tennis for so long. I gripped my first racket at age 3 and played my first pro game at 14. The sport has torn me up: I’ve rolled my ankles, busted my knees, played with a taped-up Achilles heel, and quit midgame…

Sam Jalloh is a tennis coach in the UK who's life went from living in a slum in Sierra Leone to chasing his dream of donning the country's national team's tracksuit, playing the sport he loves so dearly. This is his story. Life was…