“The world reacted for Ukraine, but very little for Palestine; that’s racism”- interview with Mayar Sherif
SANTIAGO, Chile - Being the second best tennis player in the Arab world brings with it a responsibility that Mayar Sherif takes it with pleasure. The Egyptian embraces that pressure both on and off the court, and doesn't keep quiet
Girlfriends and doubles partners: Podoroska and Naya say playing together is “very special”
SANTIAGO, Chile - Few people in tennis share the court with their life partner. Nadia Podoroska and Guillermina Naya enjoy that privilege. They have been girlfriends for more than two years, and doubles partners as of November 2023. Being a
“In mixed events women lose prominence; female tennis has to go on a lonely path” – interview with Macarena Miranda
SANTIAGO, Chile - There are things that don't happen very often in tennis. One of them is finding women's professional tournaments in South America. This Monday, a series of four WTA 125 tournaments starts in the region: Chile, Brazil, Argentina
Women’s tennis doesn’t need more storms – Analysis
You don't need a PhD in meteorology to understand that it is not advisable to organize an outdoor women's tennis tournament in the Mexican Caribbean during November. It is enough to google a couple of sentences to understand that the
Mirra Andreeva wants Sharapova to tell her what it feels like to win a Grand Slam at 17
NEW YORK - It is inevitable to think of the figure of Maria Sharapova when a teenager like Russia's Mirra Andreeva comes to the forefront of world tennis, like the s the owner of five Grand Slams did. "I would ask
Sara Sorribes calls on Miyu Kato to take responsibility and stop blaming her rivals
NEW YORK - A ball hitting the neck of a ball girl, a disqualification and a story that keeps haunting Spain's Sara Sorribes from time to time. "It's hard to see how a person who has made a mistake doesn't want
Why are there no known gay tennis players on the ATP? “Maybe there are, but they are afraid, this is a macho sport”.
PARIS - There is one thing that separates the WTA from the ATP, one aspect in which they are very different: on the women's tennis tour there are players who are openly lesbian. In the men's tennis tour, no player
“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
The biggest taboo in tennis? Probably
This is what happened: during the US Open, in an interview of the two CLAY editors with Nadia Podoroska, the Argentine tennis player mentioned her girlfriend. It was a very relaxed and natural conversation. As if we were comfortable in our