Natsukashii, the responsibility of Djokovic and Alcaraz
PARIS - Natsukashii. That's what Friday's semi-final between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz at the French Open is all about, taking on the "happy nostalgia" that tennis demands of them, a burden it makes no sense to place on the
Haddad Maia shines and begins to shed some of the shadow of Senna, Kuerten and Bueno
PARIS - Brazilian women's tennis is no longer just about Maria Esther Bueno when it comes to major milestones: by reaching the semi-finals at Roland Garros, Beatriz Haddad Maia on Wednesday became the first player from her country in 55
Nicolás Jarry on fears: “If you hide them, they end up being part of you” – INTERVIEW IN DEPTH
PARIS - Some interviews should be done next to a couch: quite a paradox in the case of Chilean Nicolas Jarry, because he is living the best moment of his career. Or maybe not so much: Jarry's great present exists
“My reaction was like, what are you doing? I’m not shaking hands” – Svitolina surprised about Sabalenka’s attitude
There was only one certainty about what would happen after the match between Ukraine's Elina Svitolina and Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka. Or rather, it was known what would not happen: there would be no handshake at the net. Sabalenka won, celebrated,
Gabriela Sabatini, among her good wishes for Nadal and Muchova and Garcia as favourite players
PARIS - Gabriela Sabatini moves through Roland Garros and leaves a trail of open mouths in her wake: is it her, is it really her, how can she be so well preserved? She is almost in as good shape as when
Nadal hopes to be ready in November to start his farewell tour in 2024: “We are very happy”.
PARIS - Carlos Alcaraz was playing in the central stadium at Roland Garros when a picture of a smiling Rafael Nadal, lying in a hospital bed, reached the mobile phones of journalists in Paris. And Nadal turned 37 years old
Thiago Seyboth Wild, the bombshell tennis doesn’t know how to defuse
PARIS - In the tournament of his life, Thiago Seyboth Wild missed the opportunity of a lifetime. First, because he had dominated the Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka for much of the match on Saturday and had a real chance to move
Varillas, the surprise of Roland Garros who wants to ruin Djokovic’s party: “When you step on the court you are 50-50”.
PARIS - Juan Pablo Varillas has been watching Peru from afar for six years, although he never stops thinking about Peru. This Sunday, when the world No. 94 will step onto the Philippe Chatrier stadium for the most important match
Tension in the stands, tension in the press room: the temperature is rising and rising at Roland Garros.
PARIS - In the middle of the night in Paris, an American tennis player gives the French crowd the silent signal and is dismissed with a thunderous boo. In the middle of the day, a journalist tells a Russian tennis
Alcaraz? Neither Djokovic, nor Nadal, nor Federer: “It’s 100 per cent me, and not a copy of any player’s shots”.
A short video is circulating on social media in which Carlos Alcaraz is asked what his dream is. The Spaniard answers without hesitation that what he aspires to is to be one of the greatest players in the history of