LONDON – In the era of Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, very few stand a real chance of winning a Grand Slam. Beating one is already tough; taking down both in best-of-five matches seems nearly impossible—unless your name is Novak
LONDON — On a bench at Wimbledon sits Goran Ivanisevic, the 2001 champion and now a seasoned coach. With Ivaniesevic, an entertaining interview is always guaranteed. He believes, for example, that many tennis players sustain themselves by taking antidepressants. “When
LONDON – One of the biggest mysteries on the tennis tour right now: Jannik Sinner’s decision to part ways with two key members of his team just days before the most prestigious tournament of the year. The Italian let go
PARIS – Gilles Simon was often labeled a “boring” player, but one thing he has never been is a boring interviewee. “People only started to like Rafa when Novak arrived”, the French, former World Number 6, said during a recent
Everything was “vibrating” according to Novak Djokovic when the Serbian had to face his two greatest rivals on “their” courts: Roger Federer, the most successful player on grass, at Wimbledon’s Centre Court; and Rafael Nadal, king of clay, at Roland
PARIS — The good relationship and mutual respect that Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz share are part of the legacy of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Michael Chang believes this, having witnessed up close the intense rivalries of the 1980s
PARIS – What’s at stake for Carlos Alcaraz on Sunday? “A tennis match.” The 22-year-old Spaniard answers with ease and simplicity a question that could invite complex analysis. Because this Sunday, 8 June 2025, in Paris, Alcaraz will walk onto
PARIS – Alexander Zverev was right. Novak Djokovic can play tennis. The Serbian is into his 51st Grand Slam semifinal, just two wins away from his 25th major title, playing old-school tennis—how it used to be done on slow courts.
PARIS – Everything indicates that there will be tennis after tennis for Rafael Nadal. That is what one of the people who knows him best, his uncle and former coach, believes. Toni Nadal sees the 14-time Roland Garros champion playing
PARIS – Novak Djokovic’s words carry special meaning for Federico Gómez at the sweetest moment of his tennis career. “As Djokovic said: ‘There’s always light at the end of the tunnel,’” he recalled during a press conference in Paris that
PARIS – The idea sounds crazy, but on the same day that Rafael Nadal said goodbye to Roland Garros and tennis for good, the Spaniard himself raised the possibility of a new Rafael Nadal on the tour. “If my son
PARIS – His rivals over the past two decades would have been well advised to take note: Rafael Nadal‘s kryptonite on the orange clay of Paris was not to be found in his racket, but in his heart. Dressed in
