NEW YORK – Carlos Alcaraz is one of the stars who suffers from a very North American habit: air conditioning on full blast. ‘It’s so cold in here,’ says the 2022 US Open champion. The freezing conference room, which even
NEW YORK – Diego Schwartzman got a treat he didn’t expect. He played his last Grand Slam match in an iconic stadium like the US Open Grandstand, and received a tribute from the organisers. Now, the Argentine is looking to
NEW YORK – Confidence is the cornerstone of Paula Badosa ‘s game: “When you’re confident or with a positive dynamic, without wanting to, you’re winning”. A year ago, she had to withdraw from the US Open, injured in the vertebrae
NEW YORK – The US Open kicked off amid a tense atmosphere over Jannik Sinner ‘s positive doping case, with some players expressing annoyance at the way the matter involving the world number one was resolved. One of the most
NEW YORK – When Carlos Alcaraz responds in English about Jannik Sinner ’s positive doping case, he nervously smiles and acknowledges that explaining it in a language that isn’t his native tongue will be a complex task: “I know this
Gabriela Sabatini joins an ever-lively debate in tennis: are matches way too long? ‘It’s an interesting topic and I think it might be good to shorten five-set matches,” she told CLAY in this interview that took place during Wimbledon 2024.
Bernard Tomic added yet another episode to his list of scandals. This week at the Santo Domingo Challenger, he insulted his rival Andres Andrade on the court and in the locker room, and then went as a spectator to the
For Guillermo Vilas it was an obsession. To be Roland Garros champion was more than a goal, it was an obligation of destiny and a requirement to ‘be good’. The moment that was imagined many times in his mind: ‘I
Versus, the documentary about the life of Chilean tennis player Nicolás Jarry, will premiere in Chile during Santiago International Film Festival (SANFIC). This was confirmed to CLAY by its director Raúl Cuesta. On Wednesday, August 21st, at 8pm in Santiago
Missing his brother, a long-time tennis partner who was suddenly suspended from the tour, made Elias Ymer stronger: “I grew a lot as a person during this though time”. Mikael Ymer failed three doping tests in 2021 and therefore had
Stefanos Tsitsipas grew tired of Apostolos Tstsipas’ dual role and decided to remove him from his coaching staff: “It is with a heavy heart that I inform you that my collaboration with my father as a coach has come to
PARIS – Novak Djokovic has done it. He has nothing left to win. In his fifth Olympic Games, he finally owns the medal. “I’m in shock. I put my heart, my soul, my body, my family… I put everything on
