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
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
“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,
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
Is it the end? Rafael Nadal says no, that he tries to “look to the future while maintaining the illusion”, but the contradictions in his public message are now undeniable. So much so, that what the Nadal traffic light shows
SANTIAGO, Chile – A new episode of disqualification in tennis occurred this week at the Santiago ATP Challenger, and Renzo Olivo, its protagonist, the day after speaks about the way officials and the ATP handle the situation: “I feel it’s
There are matches you never forget, and that’s what happens to Daniil Medvedev: he is clear about his training method and his goals, he is happy with new technical details he is adding to his game, but more often than
SANTIAGO, Chile – Like the virus and the immune system. This is how Javier Frana compares a tennis rivalry, like that of the two greatest tennis players of men’s tennis in the new era. Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz “hurt”
