By Connor Grossman
Within Arthur Ashe Stadium at the U.S. Open, where the marquee players compete during the season’s final Grand Slam, another world-class group of tennis fanatics work tirelessly at their craft.
They’re far removed from the fans, media members and anyone else who might disturb them. They’re at the pinnacle of their industry and without them, there wouldn’t be any U.S. Open action at all.
We’re talking about the racket stringers.
Eighteen of the world’s top stringers head to the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York each August, working ridiculously long hours—how does 7 a.