Everything Pakistan tennis owes to Aisam ul-haq Qureshi: “I beat Roger Federer”
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 pride
The biggest taboo in tennis? Probably
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 our
Tattoos and a bodybuilders’ lifestyle: Marcelo Ríos has nothing to do with the player of the 90’s
"Man, look at you! You're huge, you look like a bodybuilder." Chilean TV host Martín Cárcamo was very surprised when he met Marcelo Ríos again after a while, in a gym in Sarasota. The interviewer of the show "De Tú a
Federer and Nadal, friends forever: the perfect closure to a rivalry born with distance
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
Bjorn Borg? He’s my friend, but I don’t want to be like him
Just like an amateur tennis player's feelings before playing the weekend tournament at the club of a lifetime. Roger Federer loves the run-up to a tennis match: tying his laces, putting on his bandana, looking in the mirror and saying to
Spartan inspiration and a smile on his face: the secrets of the US Open champion.
NEW YORK - When Carlos Alcaraz felt a duty to win, he lost. When he didn't see the court as a playground, he fared the worst of the year. In Montreal, he would speak candidly after losing in his opener
Carlos Alcaraz, the new era that begins without the death of the previous one
"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 being
Frances Tiafoe, or when the lottery changes your life
NEW YORK - Frances Tiafoe tells it with a full smile. His thick accent and all the colloquial sayings he uses, makes even a native speaker struggle to fully understand him: " I felt like the world stopped. I couldn't
From the court to the catwalk: Serena Williams elevated tennis and fashion like no one else.
"A love that started a movement. The movement of loving exactly who you are. Of being so in love with your identity that your true essence cannot be contained." Beyoncé's voiceover in the Gatorade commercial that pays homage to Serena Williams
Nadal and Djokovic’s “2022 model” is an inferior version, says Toni Nadal
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 Nadal of 2013. And