NEW YORK – Perhaps Roger Federer thought so when he beat Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon 2019 and advanced to the final that ended in Swiss tragedy. There is no doubt that Nadal himself, aware of the ongoing struggle he carries
NEW YORK – The question for Ben Shelton was also intended to be a joke in allusion to how young he is (and how fast technologies are advancing). “Have you ever used a phone?” The home phones, the ones that
NEW YORK – Carlos Alcaraz reached a new popularity milestone: he is already the active tennis player with the most followers on Instagram after the Big 3. Carlos the Instagrameable? Yes, and the world number one knows very well where
NEW YORK – A stress fracture in one of her vertebrae has been the nightmare of Spain’s Paula Badosa in 2023: the pain forced her to put and end of the season. However, the Spaniard will continue to travel for
NEW YORK – The birth of his second child meant a demanding mental challenge for Nicolás Jarry in the middle of the North American swing, which ended this Thursday with a 6-1, 6-3, 6-2 loss to Australia’s Álex De Miñaur
NEW YORK / SANTIAGO – Serbian Laslo Djere says that the fact that a guy of his own nationality and who plays his own sport is the biggest winner of all time doesn’t add a drop of pressure to his
Rafael Nadal underwent surgery for a psoas iliacus injury with the intention of getting back to his best form, playing in 2024 and saying goodbye to professional tennis. But the story may be different, believes one of his great friends
A shiver runs down the spine of tennis: Roland Garros without Rafael Nadal ? It’s perfectly possible. Absent from Monte Carlo, Barcelona, Madrid, and now Rome, he only has Paris left in the clay-court season. And there’s a serious chance
Retirement leads some elite tennis players to become coaches. Others turn into media commentators. Todd Martin chose the entrepreneurial path, although he had a brief run as a coach on Novak Djokovic’s team. His biggest impression working with the Serbian?
DOHA – Menstruation has arrived at Wimbledon, and Judy Murray thinks it’s a reason to celebrate. That tennis’s most traditional tournament is relaxing its strict rules for the benefit of women is, for an icon of girl power like Andy’s
DOHA – Andy Murray continues with the perfume left over from the Australian Open: he smells of victory after long battles with players much younger than him. In his debut at the ATP 250 in Doha he defeated Italian Lorenzo
MELBOURNE – Understanding the Australian way of speaking is one of the most complex challenges for anyone who’s learning English. Especially the accent and slang of that typical suburban, thin, blond, mustachioed like in the seventies, long-haired character who makes
