MELBOURNE – The day came when Coco Gauff considered becoming a better reader: “I’ll be forced to read more books! To be a more productive human being.” Her reflection—shared with laughter—this Sunday in Melbourne didn’t stem from a sudden revelation
MELBOURNE – Looking to make up for lost time, Emma Raducanu will have a great chance against Iga Swiatek in the third round of the Australian Open. ‘It’s going to be a great shot of adrenaline,’ said the British 18-year-old
MELBOURNE – Chilean Nicolás Jarry believes the ATP and tennis anti-doping authorities were unfair to him and did not treat him the same way they did Italian Jannik Sinner. “I would have liked the same support he got when it
MELBOURNE – Novak Djokovic lives a paradox in Melbourne. It’s a city that brings him both great memories and others that are traumatic, humiliating, and painful. The latest of his nightmares to come to light: a claim of food poisoning
MELBOURNE – Setting goals that are too high can be dangerous. A double-edged sword. Just ask Naomi Osaka, who started 2025 with goals as far away as when she returned to tennis. “I want to win eight more Grand Slams,”
The greatest threat to disrupting the duopoly of Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz in the near future is an 18-year-old Brazilian. Joao Fonseca, the new kid on the block, is the most promising teenager in the men’s tennis tour. “I
Jannik Sinner changed the history of the Australian Open by eliminating Novak Djokovic in the semifinals on Friday. Did he change the history of the entire 2024 season as well, if not more? That’s part of the danger of getting
Li Na slapped Zheng Qinwen ‘s left buttock, and the 21-year-old’s face expressed a mixture of surprise and happiness. She was meeting her lifelong referent. They hugged each other in an emotional way. The past and present of Chinese women’s
An exorbitantly expensive garment. The Nicolas Jarry’s shorts in the first round of the Australian Open cost him 40.000 dollars. How? Figuratively, of course, because the shorts were a direct cause of an unexpected defeat in the first Grand Slam
When a pregnancy changes your career and injects you the dose of motivation you were missing. “I want to win eight more Grand Slams”. Measured by the most important yardstick, the major titles, Naomi Osaka is the most successful tennis
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
MELBOURNE – Tommy Paul speaks for Stefanos Tsitsipas to take note: “Novak Djokovic made me play very badly”. As rarely heard from a tennis player after a defeat, the North American shared point by point the reasons for his failure
