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
Bjorn Borg? He’s my friend, but I don’t want to be like him
Just like an amateur tennis player's feelings before playing the weekend tournament at the club of a lifetime. Roger Federer loves the run-up to a tennis match: tying his laces, putting on his bandana, looking in the mirror and saying to
Nadal is not Federer: “I hope you don’t think my career is over”
Carlos Alcaraz is the new world number one and Roger Federer says goodbye to tennis, but Rafael Nadal wants no confusion: his career continues, he does not plan to retire. "I hope you do not think that my career is over,
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
Spartan inspiration and a smile on his face: the secrets of the US Open champion.
NEW YORK - When Carlos Alcaraz felt a duty to win, he lost. When he didn't see the court as a playground, he fared the worst of the year. In Montreal, he would speak candidly after losing in his opener
Carlos Alcaraz, the new era that begins without the death of the previous one
"Come on! It's here, it's now," shouted Carlos Alcaraz at his worst moment in the US Open final, when Casper Ruud was threatening to take a clear lead. And he was right, it was there, it was now. It was being
The hinge match, day zero of the new tennis era
There are matches that surpass tournaments. This is the case of the one that Carlos Alcaraz won in the early hours of Thursday, September 8, 2022 against Jannik Sinner. It was the quarterfinals of the US Open. It is also the
Frances Tiafoe, or when the lottery changes your life
NEW YORK - Frances Tiafoe tells it with a full smile. His thick accent and all the colloquial sayings he uses, makes even a native speaker struggle to fully understand him: " I felt like the world stopped. I couldn't
Nadal and Djokovic’s “2022 model” is an inferior version, says Toni Nadal
NEW YORK - Of course he would lose, said Rafael Nadal. "No doubt about it." Would he lose? Who is he? Him? To whom? To Rafael Nadal. Sorry? Let's rewind: the Rafael Nadal 2022 version would lose to the Rafael Nadal of 2013. And
Nadal wins without playing: “He broke the circle of pain”
NEW YORK - Spain's Rafael Nadal has already scored one big success before the US Open starts: he beat the pain. And that matters much more than his Tuesday night opener with 21-year-old, 198th-ranked Australian Rinky Hijikata. "He broke the circle
