Last Eight Club: lifetime credential and lots of wine to keep Wimbledon’s memories alive
LONDON - Madness takes over the facilities of the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) on its final day of the 2022's edition. Visitors line up to grab the last strawberries and cream of the fortnight, empty the official stores,
Why are there no known gay tennis players on the ATP? “Maybe there are, but they are afraid, this is a macho sport”.
PARIS - There is one thing that separates the WTA from the ATP, one aspect in which they are very different: on the women's tennis tour there are players who are openly lesbian. In the men's tennis tour, no player
“The umpire told me I wouldn’t have been disqualified if the ballkid I hit was a boy” – interview with Miyu Kato
BERLIN - Paris was a roller coaster of emotions for Miyu Kato. Sadness, anger and helplessness thanks to an unfair sanction; calm, consolation and joy for a title won. "My mind was very bad. After the disqualification I seriously thought
Djokovic owns everything
PARIS - Dedicated to those who, in his youth, turned their faces away when they found out he was Serbian. Dedicated to those who in the 1990s decided to bomb Belgrade. Dedicated to the Australian government who in January 2022
“Serbia!”, Djokovic’s final statement in his most glorious hour
PARIS - "Serbia!". When it was all over, when Novak Djokovic had already praised Casper Ruud, thanked Amelie Mauresmo, sweetened Yannick Noah's ears and talked about his family, his team and left advice for the youngsters to build their own path,
Breaking news: Alcaraz is 20 years old
PARIS - Breaking news: he had us all fooled into thinking he had been playing at the top of the tennis game for a decade. But no, Carlos Alcaraz is 20 years old. And until recently he was a "teenager". Those
Djokovic stops Alcaraz, betrayed by his physique and mind
PARIS - It wasn't Novak Djokovic's mind, it was Carlos Alcaraz's physique. And Alcaraz's mind, too, the nerves of a 20-year-old. What was shaping up to be one of the biggest matches of the year abruptly changed course with an
Natsukashii, the responsibility of Djokovic and Alcaraz
PARIS - Natsukashii. That's what Friday's semi-final between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz at the French Open is all about, taking on the "happy nostalgia" that tennis demands of them, a burden it makes no sense to place on the
Haddad Maia shines and begins to shed some of the shadow of Senna, Kuerten and Bueno
PARIS - Brazilian women's tennis is no longer just about Maria Esther Bueno when it comes to major milestones: by reaching the semi-finals at Roland Garros, Beatriz Haddad Maia on Wednesday became the first player from her country in 55
“My reaction was like, what are you doing? I’m not shaking hands” – Svitolina surprised about Sabalenka’s attitude
There was only one certainty about what would happen after the match between Ukraine's Elina Svitolina and Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka. Or rather, it was known what would not happen: there would be no handshake at the net. Sabalenka won, celebrated,