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
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
“Nadal and Djokovic have something in the brain that doesn’t belong to humans” – interview with Magnus Norman
There is something about Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic that is not typical of Homo Sapiens. Magnus Norman believes it, a man who after becoming the world number two and the French Open finalist as a pro player, has studied the
“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
“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
Judy Murray “pleased” that Wimbledon now respects menstruation and calls for more safety for female players – an in-depth interview
DOHA - Menstruation has arrived at Wimbledon, and Judy Murray thinks it's a reason to celebrate. That tennis's most traditional tournament is relaxing its strict rules for the benefit of women is, for an icon of girl power like Andy's mother,
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
Alcaraz is back and the signs are clear: Djokovic and Nadal should be very worried
BUENOS AIRES - "-Yes, yes!". Carlos Alcaraz clenched his fists as his pink T-shirt looked soaked. Happy, he confirmed something: three and a half months may have passed between October 31, 2022 in Paris and February 15, 2023 in Buenos
Juan Carlos Ferrero, the man who “builds” Carlos Alcaraz: “He still has a lot of room for improvement. And his obligation is not to win tournaments”
BUENOS AIRES - Juan Carlos Ferrero is Dorian Grey. Twenty years after reaching the number one tennis ranking, the Spaniard does not seem to show any signs of ageing. At 43, he is practically the same as he was at
“Age doesn’t help, but Nadal never ceases to amaze” – Horacio Zeballos knows what’s the Spaniard like in comebacks
MELBOURNE - Ten years ago, the whole tennis world was talking about Horacio Zeballos. In February 2013, in the coastal city of Viña del Mar, Rafael Nadal came back on tour after seven months of inactivity due to injuries and