Mirra Andreeva wants Sharapova to tell her what it feels like to win a Grand Slam at 17
NEW YORK - It is inevitable to think of the figure of Maria Sharapova when a teenager like Russia's Mirra Andreeva comes to the forefront of world tennis, like the s the owner of five Grand Slams did. "I would ask
“In Patagonia I will have a safe place” – interview with Diego Schwartzman
LONDON - Diego Schwartzman says he is "another player" than he was in the first half of 2023, but he is not obsessed with regaining the status he held for more than five years. "I'm at the stage of saying 'let's
Alcaraz’s hips don’t lie and are ready for Djokovic: “It’s not the time to be afraid”
LONDON - "All the attraction, the tension, don't you see (baby), this is perfection?". Shakira sang it in 2006. Carlos Alcaraz could have danced with those lyrics, perhaps, when he was two years old. The phrase from "Hips Don't Lie", one
Playing pranks and leaving conformity behind: Zeballos and Granollers’ road to the Wimbledon final
LONDON - Horacio Zeballos gets goose bumps when he thinks about how few Argentines have ever played in a professional Wimbledon final. Gabriela Sabatini, David Nalbandian, Javier Frana, Paola Suárez and him. This Saturday, Zeballos will play his second doubles
Chris Eubanks, or how to change hate for love thanks to Kim Clijsters and Tennis Channel
LONDON - Christopher Eubanks spoke a while back about a big desire. "To be able to tell people that don't know tennis:'(I played) a quarters of Wimbledon'. That's a different level of respect," he told Frances Tiafoe and Ben Shelton on
No handshake, boos from a “drunk crowd” and the guilty Pimm’s: “It was unfair”
LONDON - The handshake at the net. That gesture that is taught from a young age in tennis schools as a sign of respect for the opponent that cannot be negotiated, whether the match has gone one way or the
“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
Aged in tennis: Djokovic and Wawrinka play at Centre Court 19 years of battles
LONDON - The first time Novak Djokovic and Stan Wawrinka played a professional tennis match, the sport was very different. It was played on a different surface. On one that is now forbidden. That's how old the Swiss rivalry with
Not only rain disrupts tennis: Just Stop Oil arrived to Wimbledon with orange shredded paper
LONDON - It wasn't just rainfall that interrupted tennis at Wimbledon several times on the third day. There was also, another kind of rain: Just Stop Oil 's orange-colored confetti cut the action on Court 18. Twice. Two protesters from the
Wimbledon melts for Roger Federer
LONDON - Roger Federer returned to his second home. Wimbledon welcomed his favorite. For the first time as a retired tennis player, the top male champion of the third Grand Slam of the year visited the All England Club during