PARIS – He thought he would never be an elite tennis player again; he thought his story was over. And that is why Matteo Berrettini was overcome with joy on Saturday after securing an epic victory over Argentina’s Francisco Comesaña
PARIS – Is Novak Djokovic tired? Now that’s news, but following his earliest exit from Roland Garros in 16 years, the Serbian’s future on the tour is uncertain. “I don’t know,” he replied twice when asked by journalists after the
PARIS – With Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic out of the running, you have to go back to Roland Garros 2004 to find a more unpredictable tournament on the Parisian clay: the French Open, wild, unpredictable and more open than
PARIS – Jannik Sinner leaves ‘fried’ and cramping from the only Grand Slam he has yet to win, Casper Ruud turns into a ‘zombie’, and Novak Djokovic seeks unorthodox solutions that are difficult to implement. Paris is no party; Roland
PARIS — His family speaks, his team speaks, his greatest rivals speak. The portrait of Rafael Nadal in RAFA, the new Netflix docuseries, is an intimate journey through the voices that shaped the career of the 22-time Grand Slam champion.
At Roland Garros, Jannik Sinner’s greatest rival will be the weight of history, not the opponents standing across the net. After opening up a vast gap in level over the past few months, the Italian is beginning to show the
PARIS – When tennis is a dream, your whole life lies ahead of you. When that dream came true and came to an end, there is a whole life to look back on. Swiss player Stanislas Wawrinka knows this all
PARIS — A foot split in half, holes in tendons and intestines, a shattered knee, anti-inflammatory injections, sleepless nights, and visits to doctors halfway across the world: RAFA, the new Netflix docuseries, dives deep into Rafael Nadal’s injury history to
PARIS — When the Roland Garros draw was made on Thursday, Oksana Selekhmeteva’s name had no flag next to it due to the sanctions imposed on Russian athletes following the war in Ukraine. This Sunday, Selekhmeteva made her debut in
PARIS — Rafael Jódar’s life has taken a 180-degree turn. Exactly one year ago, he was ranked 707th in the ATP rankings and playing as a junior wild card at the Little Rock Challenger in Arkansas. Today, his name echoes
PARIS – It is nearly a thousand days without lifting a Grand Slam trophy. It is a single match played—and lost—on the clay-court swing leading up to Roland Garros. It is a shoulder injury that has dragged on for months.
ROME – Massimo turns his head slightly towards his passenger and utters a statement with the forcefulness and poise that perhaps only an Italian can muster. ‘Football is dead in Italy; there’s no football left. Tennis is the number one
