“Alcaraz is the favorite”: Djokovic appeals to a tactic older than tennis
PARIS - Novak Djokovic knows too many things. He knows, for example, that a couple of properly calibrated sentences can have an impact on an opponent's morale. He knows that taking advantage of the press conference before the start of
An end to orange hate: Rome title for Medvedev and a real chance in Paris
Twenty titles in twenty cities. Daniil Medvedev added his twentieth professional trophy at the Rome Masters 1000. And it won't be the most important one, but it will be an immensely significant one for the Russian's career for winning on
Nadal’s hidden injury and what Djokovic really needs
Tennis has always had four unique venues: Melbourne, Paris, London and New York. That's where the drama and glory is concentrated, and that's where you have to be whenever you can. But this year we have to add a fifth
“My life became such a circus I could’t live with” – interview with Bjorn Borg
interview with Bjorn Borg | Announcing his retirement from professional tennis at the age of 26 after winning five Wimbledon and six Roland Garros titles. A shock for rivals and fans. A relief for Bjorn Borg: "People asking me for
Lorenzo Musetti, marble backhand and a hidden dream: “I wanted to be an actor”
Is there art in sport and tennis? Yes, of course there is. Is there marble in a backhand? Well, that sounds a bit strange, although when you delve into the life of Lorenzo Musetti, the great promise of Italian tennis,
Tsitsipas and the “donkey’s patience”, the weapon to storm Roland Garros
BARCELONA - Stefanos Tsitsipas has found a new weapon to add victories on clay. It combines the teachings of the animal kingdom with a theological virtue, and is summed up with a Greek expression: donkey's patience. Donkey's? Yes, donkey's. It's not
“I should have started psychotherapy many years ago” – an in-depth interview with Dusan Lajovic
From the most succesful moment of his career, to a dark journey inside his head. The story of Dusan Lajovic is finally getting back to a happy zone: "I got into a loop of being mentally in a bad place.
We were happy and didn’t know it: Nadal and the shiver that runs down tennis’ backside
A shiver runs down the spine of tennis: Roland Garros without Rafael Nadal ? It's perfectly possible. Absent from Monte Carlo, Barcelona, Madrid, and now Rome, he only has Paris left in the clay-court season. And there's a serious chance
“Tennis needs to be quicker” – interview with Robin Haase
Having lived nearly two decades of tennis career, Robin Haase is sure of one thing: "Rules need to change." The 35-year-old Dutchman with a past on the Players' Council, reflects in this interview with CLAY that the sports needs to give more
Federer was not an “entertaining” tennis player. Who says so? Marcelo Rios
SANTIAGO, Chile - Not Roger Federer. Instead, Nick Kyrgios. The concept of entertainment in tennis for Marcelo Ríos lies in the personalities of the present that are similiar to the one he showed on the courts in the past: "Federer