With the French Open underway in Paris, fans may notice that the world’s greatest players are matching off on clay courts — common throughout Europe yet mostly a perk of private clubs in the ...

The king is dead, long live the king. As tennis moves to clay courts for the next few months, one of the sport’s greatest on the surface will be abscent for the first time in two decades.

A boy arranges freshly made clay drinking pots to dry at a workshop in Gaza City in 2008. (Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images) Review by Maggie Lange Acquiring knowledge is one of the great pleasures of ...