MELBOURNE – A day before Novak Djokovic left Australia without knowing whether he will ever play the tournament again, Margaret Court kissed him for the first time. What’s the significance of that kiss? Court and Djokovic share something no one
MELBOURNE – Tennis journalism will soon be left with only Wimbledon. There, on the surface where it all began, the press remains a valued and respected institution. Elsewhere, partly at the expense of television, the press is increasingly marginalised, increasingly
MELBOURNE – In time, Carlos Alcaraz should look back and understand that Jan. 21, 2025, marked a before and after in his career as a tennis extraordinaire: it was the cool, breezy Tuesday night in Australia when the end of
MELBOURNE – John McEnroe was right: ‘It’s not the first time we’ve seen this routine, don’t be fooled’. And so it was. Novak Djokovic proved for the umpteenth time that being left for dead is about as dangerous as it gets
MELBOURNE – It has been a long time since tennis has seen a controversy with as little substance as the one Novak Djokovic generated on Australia’s Channel 9. Tony Jones, the presenter, was neither funny nor clever, but neither was
Add this to the list of controversies and tense episodes in Novak Djokovic’s career: this time, the Serbian refused to give an on-court interview after his fourth-round win at the Australian Open. “The famous journalist who works for Channel 9
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
You have to look down to find them. There, at waist level with most of the players, are the two youngest ‘journalists’ in tennis, Matías and Camila González, children of the successful Mexican doubles player Santiago González. ‘Matias is 11
Mariana Enriquez is not only a hugely successful novelist and one of the leading figures in horror literature over the past decade; she’s also a passionate tennis fan with sharp opinions: “Tennis fans are very authoritarian, and they get upset
Few stories in tennis in recent decades are as heartbreaking as that of Argentina’s Juan Martin Del Potro: he was destined for number one, for a great career, and today he just wants to play two hours without feeling pain
MADRID – So many times the impossible was possible, Rafael Nadal and those around him ended up believing that things are always like that. You can win Roland Garros 14 times, you can return to world number one after injuries
He knows what it’s like to challenge Roger Federer on the big tennis stages and he reached number 73 in the world ranking, but his life today is different: he is a powerful financial broker who thinks less and less
