Argentina to lose one of its two ATP 250; Chile is threatened
BUENOS AIRES - The ATP is not considering the Cordoba Open in its 2025 calendar, and although the event's organization currently has no plan B in mind, the reality is that they will have to settle for being a Challenger
Netflix confirms the obvious: it came to tennis not to do journalism
When news began to circulate in 2021 that tennis would be portrayed in depth on Netflix, many rubbed their hands together. The precedent of "Drive to Survive", an engaging immersion into the world of Formula 1, allowed for excitement. In
Nadal’s trap and the faint hope of Argentina and Brazil
Rafael Nadal is in a trap that is easy to get out of. But not really, it is actually extremely difficult to do so, because Nadal is a prisoner of a stalemate between three forces that rule his being, his
Rafael Nadal’s legacy and the dinner that Carlos Alcaraz choked on
This is an exclusive preview in English of "Gracias, Rafael Nadal's legacy", the book written by Sebastián Fest (Penguin Random House), which goes on sale this Thursday, November 23rd in Spain. Below is the complete first chapter of the book. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paris,
“I wouldn’t risk my neck for a Nadal comeback” – Interview with Alejandro Ciriza
It is the big question in sport in the run-up to 2024: will Rafael Nadal return to tennis? A question that not even one of the men who knows him best, Alejandro Ciriza, dares to answer. A journalist specialising in tennis
Nadal surprises with his analysis of Djokovic’s ambition and what his intimates already knew: he wants to come back and play beyond 2024
Rafael Nadal hadn't spoken for so long that when he did, he said too many things: that Novak Djokovic is too worried about his place in history and that he dreams of returning to play in 2024
Alcaraz, Djokovic and the only thing that matters: three or 24.
Cincinnati gave tennis the best final in the tournament's history and one of the best matches in 2023. Carlos Alcaraz cried, his brother cried, Novak Djokovic was moved and millions of people all over the world were, quite simply, dumbfounded.
“Federer and Nadal have been more transcendental in tennis than Djokovic” – interview with Toni Nadal
MANACOR (Mallorca, Spain) - Novak Djokovic is better than Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal because he won more titles than them, but the Swiss and the Spaniard are more trascendental in the history of tennis than the Serb. Who says so?
Twelve months, twelve interviews, twelve sentences: CLAY’s global impact on its first anniversary
PARIS - Can we ask you to wish us happy birthday? We've just celebrated our first birthday, and we're very happy. We are doing the journalism and the site that we set out to do when CLAY was just a
“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