RÍO DE JANEIRO – Under the tropical heat, with Christ the Redeemer embracing everyone from the top of Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro is further proof of the passion that tennis awakens in Latin America. Does the ATP know or understand
RIO DE JANEIRO – Gustavo Kuerten grabs his arm and says: “I’ve got goose bumps”. He is talking about Joao Fonseca. And Kuerten opens his eyes, smiles and says without hesitation: he would have been incapable of winning Roland Garros
RIO DE JANEIRO – Alexander Zverev abandons his serious expression for a moment, flashes a German smile and blurts out three words: ‘Best of five’. His interlocutor bursts out laughing. It is Monday in Rio de Janeiro, the city is
RÍO DE JANEIRO – It’s not normal to play for three hours and 15 minutes, reach the third set tiebreak at 6-6 and cross the net with a huge smile, serving for match point (for or against) without losing
RIO DE JANEIRO – The children crowd against the glass, open their eyes wide and ask enthusiastically, vociferously: ‘How’s Fonseca doing, how’s the game going?’. It is Sunday 16th February 2025 in Rio de Janeiro, those children, dozens and dozens
RIO DE JANEIRO – Alexander Zverev is not satisfied with the decision of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in the “Sinner case”. “For me, it’s either you have to decide was it his fault or was it not his fault”,’ Zverev told CLAY in Rio
MELBOURNE – It wasn’t Brad Gilbert’s ‘winning ugly’ that he needed, because he wouldn’t know how to do it, but Joao Fonseca came up just short of passing a test of maturity in Australia on Thursday: winning by playing badly.
BUENOS AIRES – Juan Carlos Ferrero limps slightly to the interview. He injured a cartilage in his right knee in January 2023 playing padel, underwent surgery a few weeks ago and therefore missed the Australian Open, which he followed
