5 Easy Sun Protection Tips for Tennis Players

This is a guest post by Helen Crowley, who has only recently started playing tennis, but has already spent many hours on the court, documenting her discovery of the world of tennis on her blog 40ishlove. Helen is an almost 40 years old Brit that lives in a small town in Italy, enjoying active lifestyle and stylish sports clothing.

Pat Rafter and Anna Kournikova wearing white zinc sunblock.Before taking up tennis earlier this year I had spent the last few summers avoiding the sun as much as I could. The main reason was that my father passed away 5 years ago from skin cancer (malignant melanoma) and not only was I afraid of too much sun exposure (having a similar skin type to him), it also…