Roger Federer said in a recent chat that coaches and tournament directors can help bring back serve-and-volley. The Swiss thinks that there ought to be both fast and slow courts for greater variety.

Federer said he occasionally employed serve-and-volley while winning the title in Halle a week ago. ''But here the surface is slower again. I have to readjust and see against who does it work and ...

There are many reasons the serve-and-volley game has faded from tennis, and Roger Federer's embrace of attacking, aggressive play is unlikely to reverse the trend.

Federer, who has a sponsorship deal with Credit Suisse, was urged to "wake up" in a Twitter post by Thunberg last week. The 38-year-old, preparing for the Australian Open, issued a statement ...