PARIS – When your name is Rafael Nadal and you are one of the greatest sportsmen ever seen, you attend the draw for a tournament in person, which rarely happens, and the result is the very serious possibility of a
PARIS – Rafael Nadal is happy in Paris, and that should not be news, after all he is the owner of 14 titles at Roland Garros. But behind the smiles, the jokes and the ironies that he displayed on Tuesday
LONDON – “Winning ugly” was, at the time, an outburst of sincerity: tennis is not necessarily beauty, said Brad Gilbert, who today, from his position as a commentator on ESPN, sees Andy Murray and Daniil Medvedev as other “winning by
LONDON – Anyone can have a day of rage, but Novak Djokovic is no ordinary person. The Serb’s was on July 8, 2024 in London, when in a handful of hours he got into a fight with part of the
There is something very clear, indisputable, when it comes to Novak Djokovic: never believe he is lost when he seems lost. Roger Federer can say a lot about that, for example, after that 2011 US Open semi-final and, above all,
It’s very simple: it’s about money, more money. If possible, a lot more money. Tennis is convinced that it needs more millions in its coffers and more financial muscle to survive in the increasingly competitive global sports scene. Its rabbit
Roger Federer keeps a very special framed photo of himself and Rafael Nadal in a room in his house. And, when he looks back in time, the Swiss believes there was something about Novak Djokovic that facilitated his relationship with
PARIS – Carlos Alcaraz had it well in mind on his night of glory at Roland Garros: there were 40 days to go before returning to the Bois de Boulogne to pursue another dream, the Olympics, and this time hand
PARIS – On Friday night, after a hard-fought victory over Italian Jannik Sinner in the semi-finals, Carlos Alcaraz heard a little criticism over dinner with his family and team. “Carlos, you didn’t laugh until the fifth set! Not a smile
PARIS – Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz made history in a big way by winning Roland Garros on Sunday as he became the youngest player in the professional era to lift three Grand Slam titles on three different surfaces. Alcaraz, 21, beat
PARIS – No one can deny that Carlos Alcaraz is a confident young man, and he does nothing to hide it either. In that sense, the Spaniard is much more like Serbia’s Novak Djokovic than his compatriot Rafael Nadal. ‘There
PARIS – Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz will go for the Roland Garros title on Sunday after a 1-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 win over Italy’s Jannik Sinner, the new world number one on Monday. It will be the third Grand Slam
