The brand’s “peachy” polyester-elastane blend ... of course). This skirt also features hidden mesh shorts with a handy tennis ball pocket. While I likely won’t use the pocket off the ...

But Kuerten’s Paris story wasn’t just about love; it was also about something much duller, but ultimately more significant to the history of tennis: polyester. Not clothes, but strings.

Given the combination of today’s lighter, larger-head frames combined with polyester strings, how much more extreme can spin become in pro tennis? Cross: Spin is governed by the tangential ...