Stefanos Tsitsipas‘ choice is simple. He can be the Phoenix. Or he can become Sisyphus. If the gods of Olympus forced us to read only one tennis website out of all those available, reading CLAY would be a good choice
ATHENS – Stefanos Tsitsipas does not like dictators; he wants to work with people he feels comfortable with. Thus, at the end (will it be the end?) of a turbulent few months, the Greek player ended his brief relationship with
LONDON — Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner have achieved something remarkable: they captivate their rivals. They inspire them, and they frustrate them. It’s a huge paradox. ‘There were several of us watching the Roland Garros final and we were saying,
LONDON – In the era of Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, very few stand a real chance of winning a Grand Slam. Beating one is already tough; taking down both in best-of-five matches seems nearly impossible—unless your name is Novak
LONDON — On a bench at Wimbledon sits Goran Ivanisevic, the 2001 champion and now a seasoned coach. With Ivaniesevic, an entertaining interview is always guaranteed. He believes, for example, that many tennis players sustain themselves by taking antidepressants. “When
BARCELONA – While expecting the arrival of Goran Ivanisevic, Stefanos Tsitsipas is recovering from the emotional blow of what he called the “second worst loss” of his career after his defeat in Monte Carlo. The Croatian coach will join Tsitsipas’
Tennis is one of the few industries where the employee holds power over the employer, as it is the player who hires the coach, not the other way around. It’s a complex dynamic—Elena Rybakina knows it well. She pays the
Goran Ivanišević shed some light on the dark situation involving Kazakh tennis player Elena Rybakina and her coach Stefano Vukov: “It’s a very sad and strange story.” The 2001 Wimbledon champion had a brief stint as the 25-year-old player’s coach.
NEW YORK – Complaints about balls in tennis have transcended eras; there hasn’t been a season when players haven’t issued some protest against the yellow sphere. “Nowadays everyone complains about everything. The sun,the rain, the court, the balls… the conditions
MELBOURNE – When Novak Djokovic arrived in Australia, he did so with a nervousness he had not experienced before. He didn’t know what the crowd’s reaction was going to be like. He had no idea what was going to happen
