MADRID — Arantxa Sánchez Vicario learned to compete against the best when she was still a teenager. Steffi Graf dominated world tennis, Monica Seles burst onto the scene with staggering force, and Gabriela Sabatini represented a different way of understanding
MADRID — Rafael Nadal will play his first exhibition tournament this Saturday at his academy since hanging up his racket nearly two years ago. And he is preparing thoroughly for it. “I have no doubt he’s preparing as best as
After experiencing the less glamorous side of tennis for years—the small tournaments where every dollar counts—Daniel Mérida is now beginning to discover the other side of the tour: the big stages and the hefty paychecks that come with them. In
It is September 2026, and Alexander Zverev is the champion of two Grand Slam titles, standing on the threshold of the world number one ranking. If anyone had uttered this sentence a few months ago, they would have surely been
When Ben Shelton and Carlos Alcaraz embrace at the net after four and a half hours, five sets, and a super tie-break, the clock reads 3:34 a.m. in New York. The stands at Arthur Ashe Stadium, the largest tennis arena
The commercial agreement between the US Open and betting company Kalshi puts tennis’ biggest contradiction on the table: why can tournaments receive money from an industry that players are prohibited from doing business with? “Players can’t do anything with a
The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) announced this Friday that Nick Kyrgios is free to play again after accepting a one-month suspension following a positive test for cocaine in June. The decision surprised Omar Jasika, a fellow Australian player who
Adrian Mannarino had just lost to Alexander Bublik in the second round of the US Open when he turned his attention to something that had little to do with the result of the match. The Frenchman spoke about the conditions
The figure skater lands an axel jump, the gymnast executes a somersault, the tennis player hits a one-handed backhand winner. It happens in a split second, but these spellbinding moments in sport, when athleticism and elegance intertwine, create vivid memories
Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for cocaine in an anti-doping test, as announced this Wednesday by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) in a statement. Kyrgios, 31, tested positive during a control on
BARCELONA – Five decades have passed, but Spain’s Manuel Orantes has not forgotten how his relationship with Argentina’s Guillermo Vilas went from a close friendship to total and definitive estrangement. “He started undervaluing me after I had helped him,” Orantes
LONDON – Rafael Nadal does not have many fans in the United States because he does not promote himself the way Federer or Djokovic do. That is the opinion of Zach Heinzerling, director of ‘Rafa’, the Netflix docuseries that delves
