You’d never guess his sad origin story last week if you saw him bound eagerly into an enclosure where a tub of tennis balls awaited. Ava and Emily Samay collect ... Not only that, it takes 400 years ...

In the 1800s, tennis balls were covered in flannel . Today, manufacturing techniques can vary. Wilson, one of the biggest names in tennis, uses a felt covering made of two-thirds wool and one ...

In the professional game, players are afforded many luxuries that you and I aren’t lucky enough to enjoy.From ball girls and boys to towels that are readily on hand for sweat, to water, Gatorade ...

Around 300 million tennis balls are produced each year — and almost all of them end up in landfills, taking over 400 years to decompose. The US Open, which ended at the weekend, goes through ...