PARIS – When Carlos Alcaraz won the 2022 US Open, a new era of tennis was born without the old one having died yet, but with either Alcaraz or Jannik Siner in the final of the French Open on Sunday, the
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
Jannik Sinner will become the world number one: “It’s a special moment for me”. Everyone already knew it, except him. “On Monday, at 22 years of age, you will be the new world number one. The first Italian”, Fabrice Santoro
PARIS – Serbia’s Novak Djokovic announced on Tuesday that he was withdrawing from Roland Garros due to a knee injury, ushering in a new era of tennis with the arrival of Jannik Sinner at world number one, the first Italian
Twelve years ago, in 2012, Ion Tiriac ordered salt to be thrown on the brand new blue clay courts with which the Madrid tournament intended to surprise the world. He did so on the night before the tournament began, appealing
PARIS – A placid sunny Monday in Paris was the setting for a near-earthquake in men’s tennis: Argentina’s Francisco Cerúndolo came close to beating Serbia’s Novak Djokovic and thus confirming Italy’s Jannik Sinner as the new world number one. But
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 – What if we put an end to best-of-five-set matches in tennis and men played, like women, best-of-three sets? ‘Everyone would be happy: the players because they would avoid those marathon matches, women because they could gain much more
PARIS – Like fine wines, Indian Sriram Balaji ‘s tennis career is improving as the years go by: he is in the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in his life, and his idea is
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 – Carlos Alcaraz is grinning from ear to ear after making it into the last 16 at Roland Garros and Mats Wilander asks him a question in the post-match interview. ‘Were you worried about the match with Sebastian
