Myth: I hear that I need to pronate my arm to get more speed on my serve, but when I try it as suggested, I get pain in my forearm and I’m less consistent. I must be doing something wrong.

NEW YORK—For some in tennis, the serve clock was long awaited. For others, it was long dreaded. Not surprisingly, its introduction during the North American hard-court season this summer has ...

Great servers have realized that power and pace are not the end-all and be-all, and that their killer shots must be backed up with a solid return game.

For every tennis player, the perfect serve is the holy grail ... rhythm and, above all, technique of their service actions to enable it to hold up under even the most severe pressure.

Alcaraz's serve is still not good enough. In recent months, Carlitos' serve had been defined by several insiders and former ...

Fuzz also creates a wake of air behind the ball that increases its backspin or topspin, making it less predictable and ...

He wasn’t wrong, hitting a series of second serves in all three service games that he lost. 'They slow things down in their minds': How tennis players return 130mph serves Through most of the ...

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED SPORTSCASTER: Fans groaning - another missed first serve ... to perfect a technique known as the Continental grip. In tennis, changing your mechanics ...