PARIS – The pace of a professional tennis player’s life—plane, hotel, match, practice, recovery, and start all over again—doesn’t offer much time to slow down and think about the journey. “I think all of us forget a bit to value
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 not his forehand, his backhand, his serve, or those legs that track down every single ball: what surprises Jim Courier most about Jannik Sinner is his ability to display absolutely no emotion, even under extreme pressure,
Ignacio Buse did not expect to reach such a high level so soon. His first ATP final, achieved this Saturday 23 May in Hamburg, catapulted him inside the top 40. “Things moved a little faster than expected, honestly. I did
PARIS — This Friday, 22 May, was marked as a pivotal day in the ongoing dispute between tennis players and Grand Slam tournaments over prize money. Yet what had been billed as a Media Day boycott at Roland Garros fell
MADRID – Rafael Nadal sought the help of a psychiatrist to escape his darkest period: that 2015–2016 season when anxiety overcame the man who would eventually go on to win 22 Grand Slams. “I was choking on my own saliva,”
MADRID – You can never be too careful when it comes to a wrist injury, believes former ATP world No. 1 Jim Courier when analyzing Carlos Alcaraz’s turbulent present. Rushing makes no sense, adds the American, who points to the
MADRID — Carlos Alcaraz will not be at Wimbledon. The 23-year-old announced on Tuesday that he is also withdrawing from the grass court swing due to a right wrist injury, a decision that raises serious questions about the severity of
ROME – Martín Landaluce doesn’t bat an eyelid when explaining how he spends the little free time afforded by his dual life as a rising professional tennis player and a dedicated university student. ‘I’m reading “The Art of Dying” by
A winter in North America is never easy, but for two brothers who had just moved from Kiryat Motzkin, Israel, to Canada in 1994, one tennis sticker album brought a much-needed ray of warmth. The collection, meant to promote the
South American tennis looks ahead to 2028 with concern and pessimism: “The Masters 1000 that’s going to be played in Saudi Arabia will hurt the swing a lot. We have to accept that Top 50 players won’t come,” Argentina’s Tomás
Jannik Sinner said he doesn’t like press conferences; his compatriot Jasmine Paolini disagrees. For the Italian Open champion, sitting down in front of the microphones and speaking openly about what goes through her mind is a valuable opportunity to discover
