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
From tennis’s box of curiosities: the fate of Rafael Nadal’s career now lies in the hands of Carlos Alcaraz. On Tuesday, the 38-year-old might have competed on a tennis court for the last time. He lost 6-4, 6-4 to Botic
NEW YORK – The fourth day of the US Open ended with the biggest surprise of the tournament: Carlos Alcaraz exited in the second round of the last Grand Slam of the year. ‘Mentally I’m not well, I’m not strong.
PARIS – When Hady Habib, 25, ranked 275th in the world, wants to train his powerful serve, his partner is a basket. With no sponsors or rivals of his level in Lebanon, Habib is a tennis player who is alone
PARIS – Rafael Nadal may not play singles at the Olympic Games due to physical problems. According to the Spanish sports website Relevo, the atmosphere in Nadal’s circle “is not exactly optimistic” and plan B is gaining strength: concentrate on
LONDON – On his perfect day, Carlos Alcaraz said (with the Wimbledon trophy in his arms for the second time) that he doesn’t feel like a champion. “A champion is someone who has won 14, 20, 24 Grand Slams. I
LONDON – Alejandro Moro Cañas’ green dream was to get to know the All England Club, at least only as someone who goes with his ticket to watch the matches at Wimbledon. “It’s my favorite tournament; the club where I’ve
Juan Carlos Ferrero has been coaching Carlos Alcaraz for more than six years, and he says that the world number two still amazes him almost every day. It’s those out-of-this-world’s shots that impresses him: “He creates situations out of nowhere”.
NEW YORK – In this interview with Conchita Martinez has a categorical rejection of the option of the women’s tour landing in Saudi Arabia: “Why would we go to Saudi Arabia with the way they see us women there?” The
NEW YORK – What’s happening in Rafael Nadal’s life: is he returning to tennis, is he not returning, is he turning to family life for good? The latest Nadal news gives a clear answer: the former world number one is
NEW YORK – One day, Alexander Davidovich Fokina achieved what any tennis player striving to reach the top dreams of: to be the talk of the world. But it wasn’t a dream. It was a nightmare. It was his decision
MADRID – Not clay, nor grass. Neither hard court. It’s tennis on sand. In Asturias, in northern Spain, where the Cantabrian Sea transforms the landscape of the seaside with its radical tidal changes, a unique tournament is played annually: the
