Reality is tough, reality bites. Especially when it remains hidden and then suddenly becomes evident. This is the case of Guillermo Vilas, Argentine tennis legend and one of the most successful tennis players of all time, winner of four Grand
BUENOS AIRES – Shakira, Bizarrap and the Davis Cup. There is no little that has gone wrong for Gerard Piqué in recent months, although there is no reason to be alarmed about the former Barcelona player’s future: he has many
Having lived nearly two decades of tennis career, Robin Haase is sure of one thing: “Rules need to change.” The 35-year-old Dutchman with a past on the Players’ Council, reflects in this interview with CLAY that the sports needs to give
SANTIAGO, Chile – After losing in the second round of the Argentina Open, Dominic Thiem ‘s training videos were all over social media. It was raining heavily in the Argentine capital, and the Austrian and his coach, Chilean Nicolás Massu,
MELBOURNE – Ten years ago, the whole tennis world was talking about Horacio Zeballos. In February 2013, in the coastal city of Viña del Mar, Rafael Nadal came back on tour after seven months of inactivity due to injuries and
There’s something worse than meeting Rafael Nadal in a Roland Garros final: facing him on a golf course. Casper Ruud, 24 years old, knows this well. The Norwegian has experienced both situations, and has come to the conclusion that with
Rafael Nadal’s words from eleven years ago are evidence of a change. Or perhaps a contradiction. Back then, at the age of 25, the Spaniard complained, day in, day out, that the calendar did not give him enough time to
This is what happened: during the US Open, in an interview of the two CLAY editors with Nadia Podoroska, the Argentine tennis player mentioned her girlfriend. It was a very relaxed and natural conversation. As if we were comfortable in
NEW YORK – The happy hormones are having a visible effect on Nadia Podoroska. The dopamine and endorphins were less present in her body in the last year, because of a series of injuries that kept her out of competition.
What you see on the courts and in the stadiums is never the whole truth. Let the Argentinian Guillermo Pérez Roldán, whose life at the age of 18 was glory in front of the cameras and an ordeal away from
LONDON – It’s not the retirement of a great tennis player, but it is the endpoint for a great tennis star. He is 76 years old and spent the last 45 years travelling the world to cover 147 Grand Slams.
