LONDON — Martina Navratilova could not hold back the tears. The devastating news of cancer’s return in her close friend Chris Evert hit her hard. “I don’t pray, but I am going to pray for Chris,” said the former world
LONDON — The English love talking about the weather, and in these sweltering days in the south of England, the conversation has intensified across television channels, radio and everyday exchanges. The red alert, issued rarely by the UK Met Office,
LONDON — The first thing Erika Andreeva does when asked about her younger sister’s recent success is break into a wide smile. Her eyes light up at the thought of the title Mirra won at Roland Garros last May. Soon,
LONDON — Emma Raducanu has cast doubt over her participation at Wimbledon after she was spotted at the All England Club wearing an orthopaedic boot. On Wednesday at around six in the evening, the British star left Aorangi Park —
LONDON — It is unusual for a tennis player to talk politics. Even less so with the conviction of Colombia’s Nicolás Mejía. “Colombia needs a firm hand. There is no respect for the law. When I go to the United
LONDON — British player Dan Evans dreams of saying goodbye to tennis at the All England Club. To make that happen, he needs to win two more matches in the Wimbledon qualifying rounds and retire on his own terms. Evans,
LONDON — A new broom sweeps clean. Just look at Argentina’s Francisco Cerúndolo, champion at the Queen’s Club ATP 500, with Nicolás Massú having been at the helm of his team for only seven days. “Nico, what a week! But
PARIS — Cristian Garin is sad. He loves tennis, he is aware of the journey he has made and everything that still lies ahead, but in the year his father Sergio died, everything feels like an uphill battle for the
PARIS — A foot split in half, holes in tendons and intestines, a shattered knee, anti-inflammatory injections, sleepless nights, and visits to doctors halfway across the world: RAFA, the new Netflix docuseries, dives deep into Rafael Nadal’s injury history to
PARIS – It is nearly a thousand days without lifting a Grand Slam trophy. It is a single match played—and lost—on the clay-court swing leading up to Roland Garros. It is a shoulder injury that has dragged on for months.
PARIS — This Friday, 22 May, was marked as a pivotal day in the ongoing dispute between tennis players and Grand Slam tournaments over prize money. Yet what had been billed as a Media Day boycott at Roland Garros fell
MADRID – Rafael Nadal sought the help of a psychiatrist to escape his darkest period: that 2015–2016 season when anxiety overcame the man who would eventually go on to win 22 Grand Slams. “I was choking on my own saliva,”
