Tennis doesn’t come without a price. If Jimmy Connors, Guillermo Vilas, Björn Borg or John McEnroe had put their joints and ligaments under the same strain as players like Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic or Carlos Alcaraz do, their careers would
BARCELONA – The same setting, the same time of year, the same problem. Carlos Alcaraz has picked up an injury at the Barcelona tournament. The phrase applies to 2025, but also to 2026. A year ago it was his leg,
It’s impossible to forget Gerard Piqué warning of the collapse of tennis before he himself, with the invaluable collaboration of the International Tennis Federation (ITF), destroyed the Davis Cup. Impossible to forget him, yes, because the former Spanish footballer has
How much more money do you need when you’re a multimillionaire? How much sense does it make to keep accumulating wealth? These questions apply to Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas, but also to a few other players. And to the ATP. The
The image of Tomás Martín Etcheverry jumping on the Gustavo Kuerten centre court at the Rio Open while the Brazilian ball boys and ball girls chanted ‘Etche, Etche!’ in celebration of the Argentine confirms one thing: South America’s biggest tournament
BUENOS AIRES – The ATP wants to maintain and boost the South American tennis tour. At least, that is what Martín Jaite, director of the Argentine Open, claims Andrea Gaudenzi, head of the ATP, told him during his visit to
BUENOS AIRES – When Andrea Gaudenzi sits down in the official box at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club this Saturday, someone may ask him: is it fair to ask Joao Fonseca to be the saviour of South American tennis?
BUENOS AIRES – Roger Federer was right, he is right: Joao Fonseca may have the sky as his limit, as the Swiss said, but that will only come when the Brazilian finds balance in his game and in his matches.
BUENOS AIRES – There is one word that comes up again and again in every public appearance by Joao Fonseca: pressure. And it makes sense: he was not even 18 years old and already people were talking about him as
BUENOS AIRES – How do you deal with double pressure, with the expectations in Buenos Aires and the enormous, overwhelming pressure of playing next week in Rio de Janeiro? Joao Fonseca believes he has the formula: ‘You have to enjoy
The pain caused by the abrupt end of his partnership with Carlos Alcaraz is beginning to ease, says Juan Carlos Ferrero, who is looking ahead and ruling nothing out: he could one day coach Jannik Sinner. Or he could work
In one of the countless conversations we shared over more than 30 years, Guillermo Salatino, aka ‘Salata’, told me the following. ‘Last night, Eduardo Puppo and I spent two hours discussing this in bed. Between 11 p.m. and 1 a.m.
