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
“Playing someone I don’t like makes me wanna leave everything on court” – Interview with Jelena Ostapenko
DOHA - Jelena Ostapenko believes in that old concept used in marketing, which says there is no such thing as bad publicity. "If people know you, they will always talk about you. Good or bad, they will still talk. The bad
Grand Slam trophy, number one and fans’ delirium: Djokovic and Tsitsipas play for a huge prize
MELBOURNE - Tommy Paul speaks for Stefanos Tsitsipas to take note: "Novak Djokovic made me play very badly". As rarely heard from a tennis player after a defeat, the North American shared point by point the reasons for his failure against
Mission: Possible – Top tennis players bet on a new Grand Slam champion for 2023
MELBOURNE - Winning a Grand Slam has been one of the toughest challenges in men's sport for the past 20 years. Will it still be that way in 2023? Almost all top tennis players are betting on a new Grand
“I can’t see anyone beating Iga many times” – Barbara Schett’s in-depth analysis of women’s tennis
"Tennis needs personalities, characters like Coco Gauff that vocal enough to come up with statements. Most of the players are afraid to talk about politics", says Barbara Schett -a big fan of Gauff- when is time to analyze the North
Grand Slam title and World number one: Tsitsipas ambition is inspired in Djokovic
RIYADH - Stefanos Tsitsipas wants a Grand Slam and the top of the ranking in 2023. Something like what Carlos Alcaraz achieved in 2022: a major title and number one. His greatest ambitions are expressed in words full of confidence. For
Kyrgios feels hurt by Australia and prefers the money: “I don’t need to play Davis Cup”
Riyadh – Money. Few tennis players dare to talk about money and accept that taking a wad of cash sometimes is their main motivation. The dunes are beautiful in Riyadh, the people are welcoming and the food is fantastic. That's what
Djokovic is already number one… in 2023
Novak Djokovic is, according to the computer, the fifth best tennis player today, but facing 2023 he is the clear favorite to be the best of all. The fact: as early as the Australian Open, the next big event, he could
On court, on the sofa or maybe the unknown: men’s tennis number one in 2022 will be a novelty
The scenario facing men's tennis in the twilight of 2022 is as unusual as the season itself: the number one will be a teenager who can witness his achievement from his armchair at home, or a veteran who was on