The one-handed backhand takes another step towards extinction: “Everything goes against this style”
BUENOS AIRES - When the ATP ranking became official, on August 23rd, 1973, nine of the ten best tennis players in the world had one-handed backhands. Jimmy Connors, the tenth best player in the world according to that first official
Marcelo Ríos and a fight that almost came to blows with Sampras: “He’s stupid… it would have been nice to hit him”
They fought for the number one ranking in 1998. Marcelo Rios cut off Pete Sampras' longest streak at the top of the world rankings: 102 consecutive weeks, one of the longest in history. And they fought fiercely in the locker
Don’t ask what’s the best era – Guillermo Salatino’s Op-Ed
Guillermo Salatino's Op-Ed | Gabriela Sabatini spoke, a few days ago, about the differences between tennis nowadays and during the eighties and nineties, when she was a pro. "Today the tennis dominance (in women tennis) is more changeable. Before there was
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
“Djokovic will sustain excellence longer than Nadal” – an in depth interview with Todd Martin
Retirement leads some elite tennis players to become coaches. Others turn into media commentators. Todd Martin chose the entrepreneurial path, although he had a brief run as a coach on Novak Djokovic's team. His biggest impression working with the Serbian? "I
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
No Sampras: Federer needs to add showmanship to his farewell
When it's time to say goodbye, Roger Federer is clear that he must avoid what happened to Pete Sampras. Naomi Klein already said it: No Logo. In this case it is "No Sampras". When the American won the US Open in