NEW YORK – Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the best player on tour yet to win an ATP title, is convinced his wait will end. “I know I’m doing things right. The title will come, I think people know that. Maybe it
NEW YORK – Matt Van Tuinen and Sebastián Varela Nahmías received two of the awards presented in New York by the International Tennis Writers’ Association (ITWA), which also honoured Carlos Alcaraz and Coco Gauff, both absent from the ceremony. The
NEW YORK – Is Daniil Medvedev nuts? The Russian looks to have hit rock bottom: “You can tell he’s not enjoying himself on court.” Medvedev’s madness reached its peak in Queens: tantrums, shouting, obscene gestures, sparring with the crowd, arguing
NEW YORK – Jannik Sinner silenced Arthur Ashe Stadium by becoming the champion in the US Open, his first title in New York and his second Grand Slam after the Australian Open 2024. It was a battle from the baseline,
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
NEW YORK – They were days of emotional contrasts for Beatriz Haddad Maia in New York: sporting success and grief over a loss. The Brazilian achieved one of the best results of her career at the US Open 2024 by
NEW YORK – The phrase of tennis legend Rod Laver explains what Paula Badosa experienced at midday on Tuesday at the US Open. “The time your game is most vulnerable is when you’re ahead.’ The statistic is telling in a
NEW YORK – Paula Badosa one day dreamt she won the Australian Open in the same year as Stefanos Tsitsipas. Like Jimmy Connors and Chris Evert, who in 1974 triumphed individually at Wimbledon when they were together; or similar to
NEW YORK – Confidence is the cornerstone of Paula Badosa ‘s game: “When you’re confident or with a positive dynamic, without wanting to, you’re winning”. A year ago, she had to withdraw from the US Open, injured in the vertebrae
NEW YORK – The US Open kicked off amid a tense atmosphere over Jannik Sinner ‘s positive doping case, with some players expressing annoyance at the way the matter involving the world number one was resolved. One of the most
Gabriela Sabatini joins an ever-lively debate in tennis: are matches way too long? ‘It’s an interesting topic and I think it might be good to shorten five-set matches,” she told CLAY in this interview that took place during Wimbledon 2024.
Germany’s Alexander Zverev is definitely the new taboo in tennis. Simply by reading the following answers from four top players. Stefanos Tsitsipas: “I won’t talk about it. I am completely unfamiliar with the situation. I have nothing to comment. Grigor
