Remember to have your feet shoulder-width apart, knees bent, your front foot not stepping on the baseline and it should be two feet away from the center mark. Continental grip This is the ideal grip which allows you to have maximum wrist action for a powerful stroke. Ball Handling You should hold the ball between your thumb and all four fingers. Save Your Strings String savers are those tiny plastic pieces inserted in the section where the strings touch the racquet s sweet spot. These prevent the strings to rub against one another. It also aims to achieve a long string life. In a tennis match, having string saver are not illegal because the ball does not really touch these. Top sports competitions like the Olympic Tennis Tournament and the Grand Slam Matches Wimbledon, Australian Open, US Open, and the Roland Garros, are among the professional events that ITF engaged itself with. The ITF Futures Circuit and Men s and Women s Satellite are additional tennis sporting events they organized. Famous Female Tennis Players Anna Kournikova. She was born in Moscow, Russia on June 7, 1981. She started playing tennis at a young age and was enrolled at Nick Bolletierri's tennis academy by her parents. At the age of 14, she was the youngest to have won the Fed Cup match. Although she ranked the top 20 players in the world in the singles division, she was more recognized in her doubles ranking. Requirements If you are interested in competing on the WTA Tour, which changed its name to Sony Ericsson WTA Tour in 2005, the first thing you have to do is submit a duly accomplished Mandatory Player Form. This form, which is submitted before every tour year by everyone who wants to join the tour, is available on Sony Ericsson WTA Tour website and must be forwarded to the Tour's office in Florida through fax. It must also be able to support the sides of your feet. You must know that the surfaces of your feet have different needs, and your feet are unique like the creases and prints on your palm requiring something that is also uniquely suited for you. Although you may be easily be swayed by the attractive style and color of the shoes, you must first consider whether those shoes are compatible to your foot type.