LONDON – Roger Federer returned to his second home. Wimbledon welcomed his favorite. For the first time as a retired tennis player, the top male champion of the third Grand Slam of the year visited the All England Club during
LONDON – Before his Wimbledon debut, Pedro Cachin’s phone was blowing up. It was his turn to play Novak Djokovic, and his friends showered him with messages of encouragement. “People were telling me to enjoy it. I told them that
LONDON – For the first time in its 101 years of history, Centre Court will host two Argentinians on Wimbledon’s opening day. Pedro Cachin and Juan Manuel Cerúndolo will be able to say that they experienced that privilege on the
LONDON – Madness takes over the facilities of the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) on its final day of the 2022’s edition. Visitors line up to grab the last strawberries and cream of the fortnight, empty the official stores,
PARIS – There is one thing that separates the WTA from the ATP, one aspect in which they are very different: on the women’s tennis tour there are players who are openly lesbian. In the men’s tennis tour, no player
Emma Raducanu ‘s life is extraordinary in many ways. At the end of August 2021 she won on court 11 at Flushing Meadows her first match of the US Open qualifiers in front of a handful of people. Nine matches
A gentle, clean and seductive voice, with a perfect locution, has a clear goal: to show you the best way to arrive safe and sound at your destination. You start driving and Roger Federer, excitedly says: “You, me and the
PARIS – Dedicated to those who, in his youth, turned their faces away when they found out he was Serbian. Dedicated to those who in the 1990s decided to bomb Belgrade. Dedicated to the Australian government who in January 2022
PARIS – “Serbia!”. When it was all over, when Novak Djokovic had already praised Casper Ruud, thanked Amelie Mauresmo, sweetened Yannick Noah’s ears and talked about his family, his team and left advice for the youngsters to build their own
PARIS – It wasn’t Novak Djokovic’s mind, it was Carlos Alcaraz’s physique. And Alcaraz’s mind, too, the nerves of a 20-year-old. What was shaping up to be one of the biggest matches of the year abruptly changed course with an
PARIS – Natsukashii. That’s what Friday’s semi-final between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz at the French Open is all about, taking on the “happy nostalgia” that tennis demands of them, a burden it makes no sense to place on the
PARIS – Brazilian women’s tennis is no longer just about Maria Esther Bueno when it comes to major milestones: by reaching the semi-finals at Roland Garros, Beatriz Haddad Maia on Wednesday became the first player from her country in 55
