Welcome back to the Monday Tennis Briefing, where The Athletic will explain the stories behind the stories from the past week on court. This week, a new tennis serve entered the canon, the first ...

Practicing the return of serve is a crucial foundational element in every player’s game. For every game you’re not serving, you’re returning. Of the three, position is the most fluid. There are ...

“It’s a lot faster than I thought. It’s like when you hear that loud pop of a baseball when it hits the mitt. Or in tennis, it’s when you’re returning serve and the ball just goes past you and pops ...