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
It wasn’t enough for Rafael Nadal to be the king of France, the king of clay, the king of tennis: now he is also a marquis. The decision was not his, but that of King Felipe VI of Spain, who on Thursday
Singles players who criticise the doubles circuit are players “without impact”, and their disdain “seeks media attention and popularity”, believes Marcelo Arévalo, the best doubles player in the world. Something Roger Federer would never have done, and for which Reilly
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 – 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 – Leaving the defending champion off the centre court on his return to the tournament is unusual, but Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz played down the decisions made by Roland Garros: he is confident of lifting the trophy again and, in
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
HAMBURG – Behind the character Nick Kyrgios plays on TV and social media, there’s a good person. That’s what Alejandro Davidovich Fokina believes. In this interview with CLAY, conducted during the ATP 500 in Hamburg, the Spaniard of Russian descent
Daniel Altmaier does not believe Jannik Sinner had bad intentions or that the Italian tried to cheat the system. However, the German understands why many players are upset following Sinner’s positive doping test: “We all deserve the same treatment. That
