Tennis Balls - Choosing The Right Tennis Equipment

To the novice, all tennis balls may look alike (except for their color), but those who’ve been playing the game awhile know that that is simply not so Tennis balls are much more than fuzzy rubber things. Want to learn more? Read on.

Pressurized vs. Pressureless Tennis Balls:
There are two main types of tennis balls: pressurized and pressureless.

Pressurized tennis balls are hollow in the center and are filled with air. Or even nitrogen. Pressurized balls are short lived, only lasting about a month once taken form their sealed can since the pressure of the can is released once the seal is broken. A dead ball is one which has lost its bounce.

Roger Federer Reaches For The Stars

If there’s one tennis player today who exhibits the stuff that legends are made of, it has to be the current men’s world number one player, Roger Federer of Switzerland. Since gaining the top spot in the men’s tennis rankings in February 2004, Federer has been an immovable force and now holds the distinction of staying at number one for the third-longest time behind only Ivan Lendl and Jimmy Connors.

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