Professional players are an exacting bunch. Many come to a match with enough freshly-strung racquets that they can switch to a new one at every ball change. Or, they might have frames strung at ...

ROCKFORD — When you play as much tennis as Auburn junior Winston Du does, breaking racquet strings is bound to happen. Last month, Du, a three-time state boys tennis qualifier, broke his strings ...

"The 4:30 wakeup to start stringing tennis rackets is not the most pleasurable thing in the world," Yu said. The rackets Yu strings will be used in about six or seven hours, when the strings start to ...