The advent of table tennis supposedly dates back to the late 1800s, when the wealthy Victorians in England created an indoor version of lawn tennis using items laying around the house to assemble a ...

India's table tennis star Manika Batra produced a dominant performance to defeat America's Lily Zhang 3-0 to advance into the women's singles pre-quarterfinals of the WTT Champions.

Footwork in tennis spans a wide range of movement: running backward, lunging, sidestepping, and even sliding (think Rafael Nadal at the French Open), which is why running shoes and other ...

In less than 24 hours, three tennis players subjected three umpires to three tirades of different flavors in Shanghai. Tuesday night in that Chinese city, world No. 17 and U.S. Open semifinalist ...

MADRID — Rafael Nadal announced Thursday he will retire from tennis at age 38 following next ... for that high-bouncing bullwhip of a lefty forehand — made him one of the greats of the game ...

Roger Federer was the tennis politician ... Sometimes it was one of those eyebrows, arched with the curve of his forehand, or the sarcastic grin that barely held back his disbelief.

Japan's Miwa Harimoto celebrates during her match against China's Sun Yingsha in the women's team final at the Asian Table Tennis Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Oct. 9, 2024. Harimoto ...

How do tennis rankings work? Tennis world rankings are calculated by the ATP, who award points based on a player's performance at particular tournaments. The further a player progresses in a ...

Instead, I am imagining a Marvel-style battle for the existence of our planet, based on a single tennis match against ... ‘Fraulein Forehand’ won the golden slam (all four majors plus the ...

Rohan Bopanna picked the greatest in tennis history, ending the GOAT debate between Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal.

The mantle of world No.1 in tennis is something every player aspires for but few ever achieve. When it comes to women's singles, Serena Williams dominated for years but younger players have ...