Rafael Nadal states there are no Hollywood endings in tennis: “There’s no such thing as the perfect farewell.” The former world No. 1 is in Málaga with Spain’s Davis Cup team, aiming to win the competition for the sixth time.
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
We are privileged to witness the rivalry between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner. Who will dominate over the next 10 years? Although both have highly aggressive games, the Spaniard and the Italian have different styles. It’s already a classic, and
Saudi Arabia and tennis meet again. This time, in the most ostentatious way ever. In Riyadh, the Saudis created an exhibition without worrying about expenses. They put together 53 Grand Slam titles with the most desired names on the tour
It was one of the most dramatic images of Rafael Nadal’s late career. On Wimbledon’s Centre Court, Sebastian Nadal was gesturing to his son to get out of there. The face of his sister, Maribel, showed deep anguish. ‘Rafa, please,’
In the more than 30 years that I have been a journalist, I have never followed a story with such closeness, persistence and intensity as that of Rafael Nadal. On the day of his retirement, the introduction to my latest
Roger Federer already knew, and, in his own way, he told it to the whole world on the morning of September 3rd in a television studio in New York: Rafael Nadal would soon announce his retirement. A retirement that the
Zizou Bergs is honest: he admits that being a tennis player’s partner is not easy at all Because of the constant travel, the uncertainty, the financial instability when you are not yet full-time on the main tour and, above all,
If you want to keep a secret, it’s best not to share it with Roger Federer. In a time coincidence as extraordinary as involuntary, Rafael Nadal insisted that he is not a retired tennis player so that, just hours later,
What is it really about: that men’s tennis has learned nothing since the shameful case of Andre Agassi, or that it really had nothing to learn, because it was anything but an accident? The problem then would not be Jannik
What happened in January 2022 with Novak Djokovic in Australia was the most ‘complicated’ experience of his life. Rafael Nadal may well still be playing in 2025. And the current Davis Cup situation ‘hurts’, because the story should not have
PARIS – At 20:48 in Paris, the final whistle blew. Spain’s Rafael Nadal said goodbye forever to the Olympic Games. And to the orange clay that made him one of the greatest and most amazing sportsmen of all time? ‘Rafa,
