The Journal
Gear guides, string talk, and Toronto tennis culture — written for players, not algorithms.
Natural gut, multifilament, synthetic gut, poly, hybrids — what each one is actually for, which gauge and tension to start with, and when to restring. The cheapest meaningful upgrade in tennis, explained properly.
Read the guideThe smallest piece of equipment in tennis does exactly one job — just not the one many players think they bought it for. What dampeners do, what they don't, and what the rulebook says about where they can go.
Read the explainerHundreds of courts, most of them free, and rules nobody explains. Public courts vs. club-permit courts, online booking, the 30-minute rule, and where to play from the Humber to the Rouge.
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