The Madrid Open has been accused of sexism for dressing its ‘ball girls’ in revealing and “feminising” outfits, amid further controversy surrounding the unequal treatment of women players at the ...

Here are the little-known rules a ball person must follow at the US Open, between the outfits they must wear and the non-verbal communication they must abide by Rafael Nadal of Spain receives a towel ...

Yulia Putintseva apologized after her behavior towards a ball girl in her US Open third-round match caused outrage. During a tense moment on the court, Putintseva ignored the ball girl positioned to ...

Miyu Kato and Aldila Sutjiadi were disqualified from the French Open after a ball hit in between points by Kato hit a ball girl during their third-round match on Sunday. After the women’s doubles pair ...

They look and feel like tennis balls, but they don’t bounce like them, enabling a happy and newly minted customer to dribble them like a basketball on the way to the court. The Wilson balls have the ...

There’s a riveting sideshow that happens on the courts of the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center during the US Open in Queens each year — and it has nothing to do with the famous players vying ...

Neal Kitson remembered the first time he was involved with the U.S. Open ball crew. It was 2008 and he was an intern helping with tryouts that summer. At the time, Kitson was busy playing goalkeeper ...