Racquet, Issue 16

Racquet is a new quarterly magazine that celebrates the art, ideas, style and culture that surround tennis. We fondly remember the swashbuckling sport of the tennis boom of the 1970s and ’80s, and our goal is to help restore some of that swagger to today’s game. We’ll work with some of the best writers – those experienced in the tennis conversation, and those who’ve never covered the sport – as well as artists and photographers to explore the modern tennis landscape, bringing you something beautiful and meaningful four times a year.

In this issue:

Our cover story features the provocative and vibrant Nick Kyrgios, profiled by Defector’s Giri Nathan and captured at home by Australian photographer Abigail Varney. We have a portfolio from legendary Swiss lens Giasco Bertolion tennis courts in quarantine, as well as a style dispatch from London fashion plate Laura Bailey. On the topic of fashion, Anne White writes about her journey from West Virginia to Wimbledon, and the all-white bodysuit that turned heads at the All England Club, as well as an interrogation of the all new (and very gay) Roland Garros poster by Andrew Eccles. Ben Rothenberg tackles Barbie and Katrina Adams shares an excerpt of her new memoir, Own the Arena.