PARIS – Come Monday, he will be the world’s tenth-ranked tennis player, but the greatest contribution Flavio Cobolli is making to his sport has nothing to do with rankings or results, but rather with his joy and charisma. In a...
PARIS – A dream come true: Alexander Zverev won the Roland Garros title on Sunday, lifting his first Grand Slam trophy – a goal he had pursued for years and which he once thought he would never achieve. But, now...
Mirra Andreeva’s meteoric rise reached its peak. At just 19 years old, the Russian conquered Roland Garros this Saturday and, beyond crediting herself for never stopping believing, she also gave a starring role to her psychologist: “She deserves a lot...
PARIS – What is happening to tennis? Roland Garros leaves us with a disturbing conclusion: that gentleman’s sport is going through a strangely violent phase. And no one seems willing or able to slow down the escalation. The days of...
PARIS – Sunday’s Roland Garros final is preceded by drama and tension: drama, because Italy’s Matteo Arnaldi withdrew from Friday’s semi-finals due to a virus; and tension, because Germany’s Alexander Zverev has the opportunity of a lifetime against another Italian,...
PARIS – Fairytales do exist in tennis: there is perhaps no better way to describe the story of Poland’s Maja Chwalinska, a player who is currently ranked 113th in the world and was deep in depression five years ago, but...
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