Stefanos Tsitsipas survived the harshness of bullying thanks to tennis. His mother, former Greek-Russian tennis player Julia Salnikova, revealed in an interview on Greek television that the former world number three was subjected to physical violence at school by a
NEW YORK – Paula Badosa one day dreamt she won the Australian Open in the same year as Stefanos Tsitsipas. Like Jimmy Connors and Chris Evert, who in 1974 triumphed individually at Wimbledon when they were together; or similar to
NEW YORK – Confidence is the cornerstone of Paula Badosa ‘s game: “When you’re confident or with a positive dynamic, without wanting to, you’re winning”. A year ago, she had to withdraw from the US Open, injured in the vertebrae
Stefanos Tsitsipas grew tired of Apostolos Tstsipas’ dual role and decided to remove him from his coaching staff: “It is with a heavy heart that I inform you that my collaboration with my father as a coach has come to
PARIS – There is one thing Serbian patriot Novak Djokovic has never clearly explained: why, on the day he could have won a medal for his country, he decided not to contest it and went home. Djokovic is still winning,
LONDON – The dose of strength Paula Badosa needs at Wimbledon comes from the memory of her most frustrating days. “It gives me strength to think about the most difficult moments, like when in February I couldn’t play and I
LONDON – Stefanos Tsitsipas defended himself against the criticism he received from his former fitness trainer and assured that his career is on the right track. “I work hard every day and when I hear someone saying that I don’t
PARIS – Stefanos Tsitsipas probably doesn’t know who Ronald Agenor was, the greatest Haitian tennis player in history, a talent from the 1980s who rose to No. 22 in the world. But the Greek is well informed about what ‘voodoo’
PARIS – Carlos Alcaraz is through to the Roland Garros semi-finals thanks to a tense win over Stefanos Tsitisipas, who wrote a new chapter in his own Greek tennis tragedy. Alcaraz prevailed 6-3, 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 on the first truly
PARIS – What would Carlos Alcaraz do if he had a tennis girlfriend? Would he play mixed doubles with her, as his next opponent, Stefanos Tsitsipas, does with Paula Badosa? And if he had to split a tennis doubles, football
PARIS – In recent years in tennis you will have heard a lot of talk about ‘resilience’ and ‘mental health’. And always, always, about dollars. But surely you have rarely come across another word that is as simple as it
PARIS – It’s not hard to understand why Roger Federer prefers the warm waters of Southeast Asia to six consecutive days of cold and rain in Paris, but the truth is that, beyond being retired from tennis and enjoying the
