SYDNEY – The Tennis TV’s graphic next to Paula Badosa ‘s image was unpublished and peculiar: “Before pickle juice / Since pickle juice”. It exhibited a ten kilometers per hour increase in the speed of her forehand topspin. After suffering
“Tennis needs personalities, characters like Coco Gauff that vocal enough to come up with statements. Most of the players are afraid to talk about politics”, says Barbara Schett -a big fan of Gauff- when is time to analyze the North
When Taylor Fritz was a teenager, he only saw four or five players capable of winning a Grand Slam. Today, the North-American sees the picture differently: “Big titles are more winnable than they used to be.” In an in-depth interview
Change the racquet for the “paddle” and leave disappointed: it happened to a Grand Slam champion who, when he took an important position in the world of paddle, realized the organizational disorder and the lack of collaborative spirit of his
RIYADH – Stefanos Tsitsipas wants a Grand Slam and the top of the ranking in 2023. Something like what Carlos Alcaraz achieved in 2022: a major title and number one. His greatest ambitions are expressed in words full of confidence.
RIYADH – The outlook for Russian tennis players ahead of Wimbledon 2023 is not encouraging. For now, they will remain banned from participating in the Grand Slam that starts in early July. The players had a meeting with the directors
Riyadh – Money. Few tennis players dare to talk about money and accept that taking a wad of cash sometimes is their main motivation. The dunes are beautiful in Riyadh, the people are welcoming and the food is fantastic. That’s
RIYADH – “The thing about Djokovic and Nadal is that on their bad days, they still play great tennis”. For the rest, that large group of players with less than 20 Grand Slams, which includes former number one Daniil Medvedev,
Rafael Nadal’s words from eleven years ago are evidence of a change. Or perhaps a contradiction. Back then, at the age of 25, the Spaniard complained, day in, day out, that the calendar did not give him enough time to
The scene goes like this: Rafael Nadal tries to leave the court where he just played the second of his six Latin American exhibitions. He is protected only by two guards, and there is a crowd mad for contact with
Novak Djokovic is, according to the computer, the fifth best tennis player today, but facing 2023 he is the clear favorite to be the best of all. The fact: as early as the Australian Open, the next big event, he
Is Alcaraz the best tennis player of the year? That is debatable. His US Open and the Masters 1000 in Madrid and Miami, in addition to the trophy that the ATP gave him this Wednesday as recognition of the year-end
