Beatriz Haddad Maia and the pleasure of being four-all in the third set – An in-depth interview
She is the best South American tennis player of the moment and one of the best Brazilians ever, but people's recognition might not be fair at all: "In Brazil, if you're not Guga (Kuerten) or Ayrton Senna, you're not enough,". Beatriz
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
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
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
“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.
FEATURE – Djokovic imitates Nadal to intimidate the other Djokovic: “My son is in love with tennis.”
LONDON - Djokovic hits a forehand in Aorangi Park, where the practice courts are located. The forehand lands at an angle. Djokovic applauds. The forehand of his opponent, Djokovic, is very good. "Have mercy!" Peter shouts, he’s the only person who
Nadal, superior to Federer and Djokovic: “You can’t compare them” – In-depth interview with Ion Tiriac
Ion Tiriac invites to sit in the entrance to the presidential box at the Philippe Chatrier Stadium at Roland Garros. The journalist shouldn't be there, but with a slight gesture from the Romanian, the waters open up. He is in
FEATURE – For all her love of Rafael Nadal, there is a bit of Roger Federer in Iga Swiatek
When Ash Barty announced her retirement in March, few people were more shocked than Iga Swiatek. The Australian had just won her home Grand Slam, the first woman to do so since 1978, and was riding high at the top of