SANTIAGO, Chile – Dusan Lajovic endured a bitter day in Chile. The Serb crashed into a glass panel on his way to the locker rooms, suffering a cranial contusion, a cut to the oral mucosa and possible loosening of teeth.
MELBOURNE – Serbia will travel to Chile without its strongest team for the Davis Cup, and that worries Novak Djokovic. “When you get that call-up, it should be sacred. What we ask from the younger players is to have pride
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
MELBOURNE – Román Burruchaga made an unusual decision in Argentine tennis: he turned down his Davis Cup debut. The country’s ninth-highest-ranked player declined a call-up that would have marked a milestone in his career, choosing instead to prioritise his sporting
MADRID – ‘But who are these guys sitting on the bench now?’ Manel Serras, one of the best tennis journalists Spain has ever had, began a column in February 2000 with these words, just after the Spanish team defeated Italy
Davis Cup 2016. Semifinals between Great Britain and Argentina. Juan Martín del Potro was coming off what was perhaps the most important win in his country’s history after defeating Andy Murray in the opening match. Yet the Argentine couldn’t stop
MADRID – In an era dominated by Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, and with the ATP set to further cut small tournaments, Jaume Munar raises his voice for the ‘middle class’ of the circuit. “We work as hard than the
Tennis is told to be afraid, but everything indicates that tennis has no reason to be afraid. This was clear in the epic final of the Roland Garros tournament between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, with a dramatic victory for
HAMBURG – Gerard Piqué’s vision for changing the Davis Cup ‘wasn’t bad,’ says the man who was in charge of the 2023 and 2024 editions of the century-old tournament. “Piqué‘s vision wasn’t bad. The old Davis Cup format wasn’t working”,
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.
Why in football are penalties kicked from 11 metres away? Why not kick them from five metres from the goal? There would be more goals, more enthusiasm, more children playing football and more business! Why not allow in football, when
The Davis Cup Qualifiers series between Belgium and Chile ended in controversy. During a changeover, Zizou Bergs collided with Cristián Garin, hitting his face with his shoulder. The Chilean refused to return to the court. It all happened after Bergs
