Professionals only! A day in the life of a professional stringer (2)

The battle before a tournament

Players filling in their stringing card

It isn’t much of an exaggeration to describe a stringer’s day as “stringing from morning till night,” especially in the two days before a tournament starts.
After arriving at the city where the tournament is being held, most players will cut off the existing strings and send their rackets to be re-strung; one reason for this is because of the effect of pressure change at high altitude on string poundage during their flight; and the other is to ensure that the strings are of just the right tightness required and complete when they go on to court.......Full Article