Martina Navratilova made one of the most important decisions of her life in 1975: defecting from her native Czechoslovakia and starting the process to obtain U.S. citizenship. She was just 18 years old, her career was taking off, and her
Mercedes-Benz has launched one of the most significant sponsorships in international women’s sports by becoming the “Premier Partner” of the WTA Tour. But the company aims for more than logos on nets and vehicle fleets at tournament sites. At the
The current WTA Tour knows neither dynasties nor anything resembling a “Big Three”. Saturday’s Wimbledon final between Czech players Karolina Muchova and Linda Noskova will crown a first-time Grand Slam champion for the 11th time since 2020. It will also
LONDON — Former Australian tennis player Mark Philippoussis analyzed Stefanos Tsitsipas’ current situation following the Greek’s professional “divorce” from his father, Apostolos. “He needs to rediscover not just his confidence, but his game,” Philippoussis said in a conversation with Greek
MADRID – Long before the sporting world was divided between the elegance of Roger Federer, the spirit of Rafael Nadal, or the grit of Novak Djokovic, tennis had already experienced its greatest cultural revolution. It happened in the seventies and
BERLIN – The Berlin sky could not quite decide what it wanted to do. The rain came and went on a last Saturday afternoon, but Coco Gauff never lost her smile. A few days before beginning her campaign at the
PARIS – Come Monday, he will be the world’s tenth-ranked tennis player, but the greatest contribution Flavio Cobolli is making to his sport has nothing to do with rankings or results, but rather with his joy and charisma. In a
PARIS – A dream come true: Alexander Zverev won the Roland Garros title on Sunday, lifting his first Grand Slam trophy – a goal he had pursued for years and which he once thought he would never achieve. But, now
PARIS – What is happening to tennis? Roland Garros leaves us with a disturbing conclusion: that gentleman’s sport is going through a strangely violent phase. And no one seems willing or able to slow down the escalation. The days of
PARIS – When you try something you like, you want to try it again. And again, and again. When someone like Joao Fonseca reaches the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam for the first time, he wants to do it again.
PARIS – “Jódar plays like a tornado. When ‘Sascha’ found out who he was facing, he shuddered a bit,” was Boris Becker’s analysis before the Alexander Zverev-Rafael Jódar clash in the Roland Garros quarterfinals. But the one who shuddered this
PARIS – Just a few weeks ago, Marta Kostyuk captured the biggest title of her career by winning the WTA 1000 event in Madrid. A minor injury forced the Ukrainian to withdraw from Rome, but she has returned in style
