The String Behind Every Modern Rally
The heavy-topspin, high-margin baseline game that defines professional tennis now, the one that lets players swing as hard as they can and still keep the ball in play, traces back to a string change most casual fans never think about. Kuerten's run through Paris in 1997 is remembered as an underdog story. The equipment inside his racket that week is the more durable part of the legacy, because the string he was using became the standard nearly every player on tour has strung with since.
