The Open Interview: Roman Prokes
While tennis players battle it out under the bright lights of Arthur Ashe Stadium, it's in the underbellies of Louis Armstrong Stadium where their weapons of choice are primed and prepared for the combat that lies ahead.
The stringers room in Louis Armstrong Stadium (formerly housed in Ashe, before 2018) is the transient home to the most important piece of equipment in a tennis players' life: their racquets.
While there, it's only entrusted to the world's most elite, and the man sitting atop the stringing game is the "Racquet Wizard," Roman Prokes.
World-renowned racquet-stringer Prokes has been a stalwart on the professional circuit and at the US Open for over 25 years, stringing for the likes of such US Open champions as John McEnroe, Jim Courier, Andre Agassi, Andy Roddick and Lindsay Davenport.