MELBOURNE – Sebastián Báez, Argentina’s No. 2 singles player, revealed that he was not considered to represent his country in the upcoming Davis Cup tie. Captain Javier Frana did not contact him. “They didn’t call me,” Báez told CLAY in
In one of the countless conversations we shared over more than 30 years, Guillermo Salatino, aka ‘Salata’, told me the following. ‘Last night, Eduardo Puppo and I spent two hours discussing this in bed. Between 11 p.m. and 1 a.m.
If, instead of putting all his efforts into developing missiles, Kim Jong-un had managed to turn North Korea into an economic powerhouse above its southern neighbour, the ATP would soon be proudly announcing the Pyongyang Masters 1000. Anything is possible
SÃO PAULO – There was a time when Roger Federer‘s coach was looking for tennis players to practise with the Swiss player and the response he received was a resounding ‘no’. ‘Peter Lundgren, Federer’s coach, asked us to play with
NEW YORK – They are not Argentina’s great stars. They are not Grand Slam or Davis Cup champions. They do what they can. As Francisco Cerúndolo himself put it, they are players “ranked below twenty” “We’re in a period where
PARIS – Argentine Horacio Zeballos’ recipe for reaching his first doubles final at Roland Garros is to fantasise about the Davis Cup. “I’ll be honest — in the semis, when the crowd was cheering for our opponents and you could
For decades, he has been traveling the tennis tour, first as a player and later as a coach, and Argentine Javier Frana (58) has no doubts: Europeans should reconsider their behavior. And World No. 2 Alexander Zverev should complain less.
SANTIAGO, Chile — Clay or hard courts for the Golden Swing? That is the question. The debate over which surface the tournaments in South America should be played on in February continues, and Argentine Federico Coria laid out the reality
SANTIAGO, Chile — With a season full of firsts ahead, Francisco Comesaña has a clear wish: “I want to play against Djokovic!” Comesaña, 24, is a fresh face on the international circuit: his cheerful personality, even in the toughest moments
BUENOS AIRES – Diego Schwartzman woke up on Wednesday 12th February 2025 and one of the first things he did was order some pills for his stomach pain from a delivery service. The idea that he was starting the last
As the second most prominent tennis player of the Arab World, Egyptian Mayar Sherif shares her feelings about the ongoing war in the Middle East: “The world values money and power more than humanity”. Sherif, world No. 66, criticizes the
Twenty-three years after a doping case in which he was proven innocent, but which ruined part of his career, Argentine Guillermo Coria sees what is happening with Italian Jannik Sinner and regrets: he would have liked to have received the
