Kyrgios is a 6’3” Aussie of Greek-Malaysian extraction, and he forswore a promising career in basketball to focus on tennis at age ... kid who wears a racquet and a cross of gold around ...

The R-22 was the first tennis racquet with an isometric head shape, increasing the size of the cross-section and creating a larger sweet spot. In 1984, Navratilova used it to win Roland Garros ...

Big racquets have bigger 'sweet spots' but are harder to control. A 'sweet spot' is the area in the middle of the strings which gives the cleanest hit. A mid-size racquet has a hitting area of about ...

For those old enough to remember watching tennis in the 1980s and 1990s, it was a rare occurrence to see a player smash a racquet during or after a match. In the modern era, it is almost a daily ...