If you’ve ever picked up a tennis racket and attempted to serve against an opponent, you’ll know just how hard a skill it is.

Grass is more hospitable to servers than any other surface. Winning on it requires being able to get those serves back with ...

On day one of Wimbledon 2025, Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard produced the fastest serve in Wimbledon history. He sent down a ball ...

Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard may have left the Wimbledon field for another year, but his record-breaking 246km/h serve will be remembered – not least by American Taylor Fritz who was on the receiving ...

The coin toss winner in a tennis match gets the choice: to receive or serve first. And the pro players are surprisingly divided on it.

There is a common misconception that Alex de Minaur needs a faster serve. Tracking data has illustrated where the Australian really needs to improve.

Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard's record 153mph serve at Wimbledon highlights modern tennis: power alone doesn't guarantee victory, as skill and strategy prevail.

Alcaraz demolished last Brit standing Cameron Norrie in the last eight for his 23rd victory in a row on Tuesday, providing a ...

Alcaraz, Djokovic and Shelton are among those using the serve-and-volley to great success at Wimbledon. Should more players bring it back?

On Monday, Mpetshi Perricard broke Taylor Dent’s Wimbledon record for fastest serve ever with a 153-mph bomb. Fritz returned the body serve and ended up winning the point. Dent had been reigning since ...

In the latest edition of Second Serve, our new weekly snapshot of the tours, BBC tennis reporter Jonathan Jurejko looks at the key talking points before the European clay-court season. There is no ...

The Italian Open delivered high drama on Friday as French rising star Arthur Fils stunned Stefanos Tsitsipas in a fiery encounter that ended with an animated ...