There are matches that surpass tournaments. This is the case of the one that Carlos Alcaraz won in the early hours of Thursday, September 8, 2022 against Jannik Sinner. It was the quarterfinals of the US Open. It is also
NEW YORK – Of course he would lose, said Rafael Nadal. “No doubt about it.” Would he lose? Who is he? Him? To whom? To Rafael Nadal. Sorry? Let’s rewind: the Rafael Nadal 2022 version would lose to the Rafael
NEW YORK – Is Roger Federer coming back to say goodbye? Or is he coming back to come back, to play the 2023 season to the full and prove to himself that he is the one who will decide when,
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.
(this is a translated version of CLAY’s twice-weekly newsletter in English) If you have had the opportunity to speak to Roger Federer in English and in German, one thing is clear: the Swiss is more precise, more subtle, more
These days, Nikolay Davydenko is living a peaceful life coaching kids aged 9-11 years old, a group that includes his daughter Ekaterina. “And some clients, people who can pay money“, Davydenko said laughingly. Relaxed and in great spirits, the 41-year
Ion Tiriac invites to sit in the entrance to the presidential box at the Philippe Chatrier Stadium at Roland Garros. The journalist shouldn’t be there, but with a slight gesture from the Romanian, the waters open up. He is in
At the beginning of January 2022, tennis seemed to surrender to Novak Djokovic: the Serb would add several Grand Slam titles and neither Rafael Nadal nor Roger Federer would be able to stop him. The GOAT (or the most successful,
When Ash Barty announced her retirement in March, few people were more shocked than Iga Swiatek. The Australian had just won her home Grand Slam, the first woman to do so since 1978, and was riding high at the top
