Important moment to understand the life and career of Naomi Osaka. New York, September 8, 2018. At the US Open awards ceremony the boos were loud. They were coming from an angry crowd after Serena Williams lost in one of
Rafael Nadal is in a trap that is easy to get out of. But not really, it is actually extremely difficult to do so, because Nadal is a prisoner of a stalemate between three forces that rule his being, his
Wimbledon, 13 July 2019. Serena Williams’ drive crashed into the net. Simona Halep fell to her knees on the ground. Her arms in the air. Her gaze in disbelief. The second Grand Slam in two years. The tennis world at
Returning to tennis by winning the title in Brisbane would have been ideal, no doubt, but Rafael Nadal can draw many positive conclusions from his three matches in Australia. The main one? Something he already knows: the problem is never
When Rafael Nadal, racket in hand, appears walking through the Brisbane tournament holding Rafael Nadal’s hand, racket in hand, the same question that has been asked so many times comes up again. How is this possible? Brisbane is the first
SANTIAGO, Chile – Forty-five minutes past noon on that November 26th, 2016 in Chile’s capital. At the Club de Tenis El Alba, where the streets of eastern Santiago are steepest, the dry heat, typical of a late spring day was
Nick Kyrgios says he doesn’t remember watching Boris Becker on Netflix. And he’s right. The German is a failure, because not being part of the cast of Break Point, the best thing that can happen to you in tennis, is
The way of celebrating victory by shutting up the haters might soon reach new limits in tennis. On the inside of her left index finger, Jessica Bouzas, WTA’s most promising Spaniard, has the onomatopoeia “SHH” tattooed. She says that when
It is the year 2024, Rafael Nadal returns to tennis. It sounds like a new story, and it is, although it is also an old one: the Spaniard has done it many, many times before, being out of the tour
SANTIAGO, Chile – Being the second best tennis player in the Arab world brings with it a responsibility that Mayar Sherif takes it with pleasure. The Egyptian embraces that pressure both on and off the court, and doesn’t keep quiet
They fought for the number one ranking in 1998. Marcelo Rios cut off Pete Sampras’ longest streak at the top of the world rankings: 102 consecutive weeks, one of the longest in history. And they fought fiercely in the locker
This is an exclusive preview in English of “Gracias, Rafael Nadal’s legacy”, the book written by Sebastián Fest (Penguin Random House), which goes on sale this Thursday, November 23rd in Spain. Below is the complete first chapter of the book.
