Rafael Nadal’s life was, in that respect, rather dull and disappointing. Shanghai, London and Torino. The Masters, which is his name even though every now and then the ATP insists on renaming it, was neither kind nor generous to the
The sum of “Pakistan” and “sport” is almost as obvious as a 1+1: cricket. There is, however, one man who has been challenging the country’s sporting mathematics for almost a quarter of a century, Aisam ul-Haq Qureshi. A source of
This is what happened: during the US Open, in an interview of the two CLAY editors with Nadia Podoroska, the Argentine tennis player mentioned her girlfriend. It was a very relaxed and natural conversation. As if we were comfortable in
NEW YORK – With apologies to Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, Alexandr Bublik is one of the men of the moment. With an almost completely melted ice cream that he devoured in the first few minutes of the interview, the
Smiling, amused, complicit, excited, embraced, united. Bathed in the same tears. What was seen between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal on the final day of the Swiss’s career was the perfect ending to a rivalry that began with distance and
Carlos Alcaraz is the new world number one and Roger Federer says goodbye to tennis, but Rafael Nadal wants no confusion: his career continues, he does not plan to retire. “I hope you do not think that my career is
When it’s time to say goodbye, Roger Federer is clear that he must avoid what happened to Pete Sampras. Naomi Klein already said it: No Logo. In this case it is “No Sampras”. When the American won the US Open
Roger Federer said goodbye and the succession of broken hearts around the world is overwhelming. The first, that of Carlos Alcaraz, who at 19 confirmed that not all dreams come true: on Sunday he won the US Open to become
“Come on! It’s here, it’s now,” shouted Carlos Alcaraz at his worst moment in the US Open final, when Casper Ruud was threatening to take a clear lead. And he was right, it was there, it was now. It was
There are matches that surpass tournaments. This is the case of the one that Carlos Alcaraz won in the early hours of Thursday, September 8, 2022 against Jannik Sinner. It was the quarterfinals of the US Open. It is also
NEW YORK – Of course he would lose, said Rafael Nadal. “No doubt about it.” Would he lose? Who is he? Him? To whom? To Rafael Nadal. Sorry? Let’s rewind: the Rafael Nadal 2022 version would lose to the Rafael
NEW YORK – Serena Williams also means Bill Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, Billie Jean King, Beyonce… and how many other people and things? As the star that she is, all of those other stars accompanied her on a Monday night that
