You can't play tennis without tennis balls. Yet an increasingly vocal group of players says that the tennis balls used on tour are behind a major problem: They're causing injuries.

Got tennis balls? Not if you’re in New York City. Everyone’s got tennis fever with the US Open in full swing, but players are causing a racket because of a ball shortage ravaging sports stores.

Around 300 million tennis balls are produced each year — and almost all of them end up in landfills, taking over 400 years to decompose. The US Open, which ended at the weekend, goes through ...

Not All Tennis Balls Are the Same. Players must adjust to the differences, and that has led to complaints about consistency. The ATP is trying to solve the problem.

NEW YORK (AP) — Tennis has a fuzzy yellow problem most players don't think about when they open can after can of fresh balls, or when umpires at US Open matches make their frequent requests for ...