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
Federer is already a former professional tennis player: “To the game of tennis: I love you and will never leave you”
Roger Federer said goodbye and the succession of broken hearts around the world is overwhelming. The first, that of Carlos Alcaraz, who at 19 confirmed that not all dreams come true: on Sunday he won the US Open to become
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
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
“Federer comes back to come back” – interview with Roger Federer’s biographer René Stauffer
NEW YORK - Is Roger Federer coming back to say goodbye? Or is he coming back to come back, to play the 2023 season to the full and prove to himself that he is the one who will decide when,
Guillermo Salatino and the end of a fabulous saga that spans 45 years and 147 Grand Slams: “Tennis has fed my good ego”
LONDON - It's not the retirement of a great tennis player, but it is the endpoint for a great tennis star. He is 76 years old and spent the last 45 years travelling the world to cover 147 Grand Slams.
Federer, Goethe and the addiction to success
(this is a translated version of CLAY's twice-weekly newsletter in English) If you have had the opportunity to speak to Roger Federer in English and in German, one thing is clear: the Swiss is more precise, more subtle, more profound even
INTERVIEW- Nikolay Davydenko: “Nadal on hard was for me just like another opponent”
These days, Nikolay Davydenko is living a peaceful life coaching kids aged 9-11 years old, a group that includes his daughter Ekaterina. "And some clients, people who can pay money“, Davydenko said laughingly. Relaxed and in great spirits, the 41-year old Russian