It is the year 2024, Rafael Nadal returns to tennis. It sounds like a new story, and it is, although it is also an old one: the Spaniard has done it many, many times before, being out of the tour
This is an exclusive preview in English of “Gracias, Rafael Nadal’s legacy”, the book written by Sebastián Fest (Penguin Random House), which goes on sale this Thursday, November 23rd in Spain. Below is the complete first chapter of the book.
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 the big question in sport in the run-up to 2024: will Rafael Nadal return to tennis? A question that not even one of the men who knows him best, Alejandro Ciriza, dares to answer. A journalist specialising in
Rafael Nadal hadn’t spoken for so long that when he did, he said too many things: that Novak Djokovic is too worried about his place in history and that he dreams of returning to play in 2024… and a few
Rafael Nadal could come back and win five more Grand Slam titles. He could even regain the number one ranking, but nothing would matter when it comes to one certainty: his era is over, the tennis he created with Roger
NEW YORK – What’s happening in Rafael Nadal’s life: is he returning to tennis, is he not returning, is he turning to family life for good? The latest Nadal news gives a clear answer: the former world number one is
NEW YORK – Sebastián Yatra walks smiling through the bowels of Arthur Ashe Stadium. No wonder, his friend has just won and he has just had an unexpected night off in Manhattan. Carlos Alcaraz, who made his US Open debut
NEW YORK – One day, Alexander Davidovich Fokina achieved what any tennis player striving to reach the top dreams of: to be the talk of the world. But it wasn’t a dream. It was a nightmare. It was his decision
NEW YORK – Life is faster today than it was 20 years ago, but Carlos Alcaraz’s 20’s are also faster than Rafael Nadal’s. The world number one is embracing his fame and his growing status as a “fashion icon” in
Cincinnati gave tennis the best final in the tournament’s history and one of the best matches in 2023. Carlos Alcaraz cried, his brother cried, Novak Djokovic was moved and millions of people all over the world were, quite simply,
How to dislike Roger Federer? Andy Murray asked himself that question, many years ago. And he tried, he tried to dislike the Swiss, he tried to dislike him. And he failed. There are more stories. We have seen Toni Nadal
