Tension at the tennis: inside the high-stakes world of racket stringing

There would be no Australian Open were it not for the work undertaken in an unassuming underground room at Melbourne Park ...
Sports Illustrated

A behind the scenes look at the French Open racket stringers

Behind the scenes at the French Open stringing grounds, where a total of 4,467 rackets are strung for the players by 19 stringers from 11 countries on 17 different stringing machines. A behind the ...

Tennis racquet stringer numbers take a hit in Australia while tournaments grow

Behind the scenes of the world's most elite tennis tournaments there is a team of people working on keeping the majors' ...
The New York Times

How a Traveling Tennis Racket Stringer Spends His Sundays

Pierre Reveilles, who carries a 70-pound machine on his bike, can often be found in Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn. By Allie Conti Pierre Reveilles lives a relatively carefree life. “That’s part of who I ...
ESPN

70,000 rackets and counting: Meet Roger Federer's racket-stringing gurus

NEW YORK -- Since 2004, Nate Ferguson's Priority One racket service has been stringing rackets on the road for Roger Federer. Ferguson, along with Ron Yu, travel to the biggest tournaments in the ...
The Globe and Mail

Behind the curtain of a tennis racquet stringing room at the National Bank Open

In a little-known curtained workspace next to Sobey’s Stadium, behind the scenes of Canada’s biggest pro tennis tournament, a team of stringers work around the clock to ensure players’ racquets are ...