Guillermo Salatino archivos

‘In Brazil, when they see promise, they place high expectations and a lot of pressure on the player, and sometimes they want to speak ill of them’: Joao Fonseca and the double challenge of Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro

Sebastián Fest 9 February, 2026

BUENOS AIRES – How do you deal with double pressure, with the expectations in Buenos Aires and the enormous, overwhelming pressure of playing next week in Rio de Janeiro? Joao Fonseca believes he has the formula: ‘You have to enjoy

Guillermo Salatino, a life devoted to tennis

Sebastián Fest 18 January, 2026

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.

What’s going on with Djokovic, a great loser, is dangerous

Guillermo Salatino 30 April, 2025

Novak Djokovic is going through a dangerous moment. His shots lack sting, he’s slow, and he’s struggling to finish points. It’s as if he’s playing one gear lower than the rest of today’s top players. Sinner, Alcaraz, Zverev… the younger

Abuse, mistreatment, and insults: Rybakina ’s case is not unusual

Guillermo Salatino 2 April, 2025

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

Joao Fonseca, a mini Del Potro – Guillermo Salatino’s op-ed

Guillermo Salatino 16 February, 2025

BUENOS AIRES – When I see Joao Fonseca playing, when I see him become champion in Buenos Aires, winning his first ATP title, the first thing I think about is how good he is. Yes, how good he is! And

“ATP says that Vilas will never be number one” – interview with Guillermo Salatino

Sebastián Varela 23 May, 2024

BUENOS AIRES – If there are those who maintain a glimmer of hope in seeing Guillermo Vilas recognized as world number one, within the ATP they suggest that it is better not to hope for anything so as not to

Don’t ask what’s the best era – Guillermo Salatino’s Op-Ed

Guillermo Salatino 22 August, 2023

Guillermo Salatino’s Op-Ed | Gabriela Sabatini spoke, a few days ago, about the differences between tennis nowadays and during the eighties and nineties, when she was a pro. “Today the tennis dominance (in women tennis) is more changeable. Before there

Guillermo Vilas, a photo that shake his friends and admirers and an open controversy

Sebastián Fest 17 May, 2023

Reality is tough, reality bites. Especially when it remains hidden and then suddenly becomes evident. This is the case of Guillermo Vilas, Argentine tennis legend and one of the most successful tennis players of all time, winner of four Grand

Guillermo Salatino and the end of a fabulous saga that spans 45 years and 147 Grand Slams: “Tennis has fed my good ego”

Sebastián Fest 26 July, 2022

LONDON – It’s not the retirement of a great tennis player, but it is the endpoint for a great tennis star. He is 76 years old and spent the last 45 years travelling the world to cover 147 Grand Slams.

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