The commercial agreement between the US Open and betting company Kalshi puts tennis’ biggest contradiction on the table: why can tournaments receive money from an industry that players are prohibited from doing business with? “Players can’t do anything with a
Adrian Mannarino had just lost to Alexander Bublik in the second round of the US Open when he turned his attention to something that had little to do with the result of the match. The Frenchman spoke about the conditions
NEW YORK – In the club of three-time winners. Aryna Sabalenka shook off her American sorrows, won the US Open and added the third Grand Slam of her career at the age of 26. She also beat the ‘challenges’ that
You don’t need a PhD in meteorology to understand that it is not advisable to organize an outdoor women’s tennis tournament in the Mexican Caribbean during November. It is enough to google a couple of sentences to understand that the
As weekend entertainment for tweeters with time to spare, the alleged birthday cake affair may have been attractive, even if its substance and importance were zero: there was nothing to criticise or object to about the Madrid tournament in that
DOHA – The world number one once again drove the steamroller, and did so by taking away a record held by Chris Evert for more than four decades: “Sorry, Chris”. At the WTA 500 in Doha, Iga Swiatek spent less
DOHA – Jelena Ostapenko believes in that old concept used in marketing, which says there is no such thing as bad publicity. “If people know you, they will always talk about you. Good or bad, they will still talk. The
SYDNEY – The North Americans keep laughing and cracking jokes at the press conference, with the cup glittering in the middle. “The champs are here,” Frances Tiafoe repeats over and over. Jessica Pegula can’t concentrate in front of the reporters
SYDNEY – Freshness, novelty and entertainment is what the United Cup is bringing. The mixed teams tennis competition, which fuses elements of its predecessors, has those who have tried it very happy. They love it. The last great memory of
