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 – The Roland Garros tournament has stripped Paraguayan Daniel Vallejo of half the prize money he won for reaching the second round, claiming that his comments about female chair umpires, made in an interview with CLAY, are ‘unacceptable’. ‘It
PARIS – Paraguayan Daniel Vallejo is set to face a ‘significant sanction’ from the Roland Garros tournament after claiming in comments to CLAY that certain matches should not be officiated by women. “The French Tennis Federation (FFT) and the organisers
PARIS – Two female umpires came under fire on Thursday at Roland Garros, criticised by Jim Courier in his role as a television pundit and by Paraguayan Daniel Vallejo following his five-set, five-hour defeat to French prodigy Moise Kouame. ‘This
SANTIAGO, Chile — The world of betting places tennis in complicated territory, and low-ranked players in a vulnerable position. Former tennis player Horacio De La Peña steps into the shoes of those players who are tempted with large sums of
Paraguay has returned to the global tennis stage thanks to Daniel Vallejo. The 21-year-old defeated Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov 6–4, 6–4 on Thursday in his debut at the Madrid Masters 1000, becoming only the second player from his country to win
