“Guantanamera” was playing. The song by Cuban Joseíto Fernández that has been a worldwide hit since the 1930s and has since been recorded in several languages and styles. And it was playing in Turin, in an Italian version for Novak
SANTIAGO, Chile – There are things that don’t happen very often in tennis. One of them is finding women’s professional tournaments in South America. This Monday, a series of four WTA 125 tournaments starts in the region: Chile, Brazil, Argentina
A tale in world tennis that is simple to understand. Doha, Dallas and Munich, or in other words: Qatar, United States and Germany. Even clearer: Middle East, North America and Europe. Plain and simple: the eternal tradition of tennis mixed
Quitting tennis and not having a life project can be very dangerous, but perhaps not as dangerous as being young, playing tennis and living in the unreal social media world. Says the Argentine Juan Mónaco, a man who methodically prepared
It is possible that one of the biggest legends in the history of the sport was a bad tennis player during his teenage years, as Fernando Gonzalez assured: “Roger Federer was a bad tennis player”. The Chilean, a contemporary of
NEW YORK – An excellent sign for a 17-year-old tennis player who is making the transition to professionalism: that Roger Federer is betting on him. Brazilian Joao Fonseca walks inside the Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York with a smile
The loyalty of the fan is thanked by the superstar so many times with a generalized “thank you all”. With physical distance from the court or from a stage. If the fan is lucky they may get an autograph or
NEW YORK – What more could Novak Djokovic want, if he already has almost everything? The Serb always desires more, and among his wishes for 2024 is one that is out of his hands, but that tennis lovers will most
NEW YORK – Coco Gauff’s run on the world tour makes forget she’s still a teenager. She is nineteen years old, but it seems older. Because the young North American broke into the circuit at 15 when she beat Venus
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
