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 ...

A good serve is heavily reliant on a consistent ball toss. Paul Annacone suggests tossing the ball between the 12:30 and 1:30 clock mark (for righty-handed players). "We want to keep it as simple as ...

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 new year and a new look for the American tennis phenom Coco Gauff. After a series of losses last year, Gauff switched up her technique, and now at the Australian Open, she's putting it to the ...

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A month ago at the Bank of the West Classic, Germany’s Sabine Lisicki hit a serve 131 miles per hour—the fastest ever recorded in women’s tennis. That’s not just fast for a woman. Lisicki’s ...