This is the way to hold the racquet for the serve, volley, sliced backhand and smash. It is known as the chopper grip, because it is the way you would hold an axe. It allows you to swing the racket ...

To mount your new tennis racket shelf on the wall ... The strings can also hold long, thin items with bulbous heads — they won't fall through. Think paintbrushes in an art studio or toothbrushes ...

Tennishead take history in their hands but do you agree with us on our picks of the best all time tennis rackets?