“We share locker room with people who want us dead”: tension increase between Ukrainians and WTA
LONDON - During a Wimbledon edition with less political discussion than expected, one of the Ukrainian tennis key actors spiced up with a series of allegations: "We share locker rooms with people who want our families dead and our people
“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,
Tension in the stands, tension in the press room: the temperature is rising and rising at Roland Garros.
PARIS - In the middle of the night in Paris, an American tennis player gives the French crowd the silent signal and is dismissed with a thunderous boo. In the middle of the day, a journalist tells a Russian tennis
The war in Ukraine takes centre court at Roland Garros
If you decided overnight to stop watching tennis at Roland Garros and get in a car, you would be at war in just over 18 hours: that's how long it takes to drive from Paris to Lviv, the westernmost city
Forget the birthday cakes, focus on the mute women
As weekend entertainment for tweeters with time to spare, the alleged birthday cake affair may have been attractive, even if its substance and importance were zero: there was nothing to criticise or object to about the Madrid tournament in that
Clay is logical: Rafael Nadal’s return in Miami doesn’t make much sense
DOHA - Rafael Nadal's withdrawal from the Las Vegas exhibition against Carlos Alcaraz in the North American desert indicates that he will not be at Indian Wells, although it has not been made official. He continues to recover from the
Djokovic number 1 celebrates the “10” and that “the fire continues to burn”
MELBOURNE - When Novak Djokovic arrived in Australia, he did so with a nervousness he had not experienced before. He didn't know what the crowd's reaction was going to be like. He had no idea what was going to happen
A “calmer” Sabalenka cries tears of joy in Melbourne after painful New York
MELBOURNE - Aryna Sabalenka did learn some important lessons after her last Grand Slam stumble. Lessons that on Saturday night she surely used to her advantage to win the first Grand Slam of her career. In New York last September, she
“I can’t see anyone beating Iga many times” – Barbara Schett’s in-depth analysis of women’s tennis
"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