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Racket One
Tennis Industry Magazine
Vilnius, Lithuania
© 2024-2025

Marina Oglobla

Covering business, infrastructure, and innovation in tennis at Racket One. Contact the author via email.
Categories Courts & Clubs

Wimbledon starts renovation: why the tennis courts lose their grass every year

Posted on 6 August 202514 August 2025by Marina Oglobla
Wimbledon’s Centre Court undergoing full renovation
Just one day after the final, Wimbledon has started its annual large-scale renovation of the courts – as seen in a recent Instagram post, Centre Court now appears stripped of its …
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Categories Game Insights

Corentin Moutet: street-school tennis with a French rap edge

Posted on 31 July 20256 August 2025by Marina Oglobla
Corentin Moutet at the Australian Open 2020
In an era when tennis is becoming increasingly standardized and players’ behavior meticulously polished, Corentin Moutet’s run to the semifinals of the ATP 500 tournament in Washi…
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Categories Industry Trends

What a modest tournament in Croatia did to keep fans engaged from the stands

Posted on 25 July 20255 August 2025by Marina Oglobla
Croatia, Umag. Tennis stadium
Organizers of an ATP 250 tournament in Croatia teamed up with a local tech giant to let fans engage with the match in a more direct, personal way — using just their phones. Pla…
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Categories Industry Trends

Technology vs. instinct: why AI line judges are drawing player backlash

Posted on 11 July 202516 July 2025by Marina Oglobla
In 2025, Wimbledon made a historic move: for the first time, the tennis tournament replaced all human line judges with a fully automated AI officiating system. But as the first…
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Categories Courts & Clubs

Historic tennis club AELTC installs solar thermal system at Wimbledon pavilion

Posted on 7 July 20258 July 2025by Marina Oglobla
The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, the organization behind the Wimbledon Championships, has taken a practical step in sustainability — and one that club owners worldwid…
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Categories Courts & Clubs

From sketch to structure. How coach Aistis Slajus built a tennis arena in Lithuania

Posted on 30 May 20252 June 2025by Marina Oglobla
After 15 years of coaching in Ireland and Lithuania, he took a bold step — to build his own tennis center. That’s how the Seven Six project (now known as Widen Arena) was born, an…
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Categories Industry Trends

ATP attracts young viewers by partnering with Overtime — why it has potential

Posted on 11 March 202511 March 2025by Marina Oglobla
At the end of February, ATP announced a partnership with Overtime, a company that creates content for young audiences. The goal of this collaboration is to promote tennis among Ge…
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Categories Game Insights

The limits of serve bots: can one tennis skill make a champion?

Posted on 2 March 202515 March 2025by Marina Oglobla
A serve in tennis is more than just the first shot of a rally. For some players, it becomes a true weapon, allowing them to control a match right from the start. But despite its i…
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Categories Industry Trends

What makes Acapulco one of the most vibrant tennis tournaments

Posted on 24 February 202528 February 2025by Marina Oglobla
On February 24, the Abierto Mexicano Telcel 2025 kicks off — a tournament that, over three decades, has evolved from clay courts in Mexico City to hard courts in Acapulco. It …
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Categories Courts & Clubs

How the ITF Recognition Program benefits training centers

Posted on 20 February 20258 June 2025by Marina Oglobla
French National Tennis Center in Paris
National training centers (NTCs), established by national federations, serve as a tuning fork that sets the right tone for tennis development in each country. They often form t…
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