PARIS – It’s not hard to understand why Roger Federer prefers the warm waters of Southeast Asia to six consecutive days of cold and rain in Paris, but the truth is that, beyond being retired from tennis and enjoying the
PARIS – The eternal battle between ‘wild’ tennis and ‘good manners’ tennis had a new chapter this week in Paris. The winner, after a few days of turbulence and doubt, seems to be clear: Good manners 1, Wild 0. No
“Rafa, what are your plans this summer with the boat, where do you plan to sail to? Rafael Nadal looked at looked at the person who had just asked him the question and, with some anger, a little offended, replied: “But
Alejandro Tabilo had a deal with his parents at the time when the Toronto-born tennis player lived in North America. When he got into the top 400, he could represent Chile. The prize came earlier when in a Future tournament
At first glance, only a specialist in hieroglyphics, Sanskrit, Aramaic and, why not, the Higgs Boson, would be able to understand the Rafael Nadal of these weeks, capable of deciphering the meaning of what he says. That constant “no, but
MADRID – In 2007, the four major tennis tournaments greeted with wonder and trepidation an audacious idea from Ion Tiriac: to create a fifth Grand Slam tournament based in Madrid. “One must have the possibility to compete. In prizes, in
Although Facundo Diaz Acosta loves the life of a professional tennis player, a part of him would like to taste a bit of the “normal” life of a 23-year-old. “I would like to be able to go to university and
“It was a joke, next year I’ll be back, man,” says Rafael Nadal as the Caja Mágica chants his name. He confirmed later, it was his last time competing in Madrid. So, according to him, the last time playing on
BARCELONA – Fatherhood and the pandemic have changed Marco Trungelliti, who was at the center of the scandal some time ago when he denounced the manipulation of matches. At 34 years old, the Argentinean lives tennis in a different way,
BUENOS AIRES – Sometimes the best solution is to see, to witness what they tell you and you don’t quite believe: this is the proposal of Argentine Federico Coria to the Chairman of the ATP, Andrea Gaudenzi, to change his
What better place than the Rafael Nadal in Barcelona for Rafael Nadal to return to his favorite surface after almost two years: “To be able to compete means a lot to me”. On the center court of the Conde de
Haruspices no longer exist, but they would be very useful in the case of Rafael Nadal. The Spaniard has been basically out of the tennis tour for almost a year and a half, but in the midst of a discourse
