In the ever-evolving world of professional tennis, national allegiances can sometimes shift as swiftly as a rally’s pace.

If they agree, a handshake introduction follows. "I thought it was good," said Mary Kay Long of our handshake. "It was good, pretty firm," Holland Atkinson said of the one we shared.

When the pandemic ended handshakes and kissing on the cheek last year, people around the world tried alternatives such as fist bumps or elbow bumps to greet each other. But not everyone liked that ...

There is a reason behind no handshake.” Bolton, however, said there won’t be any instruction to Wimbledon umpires to make announcements about handshakes.