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.
It is the big question in sport in the run-up to 2024: will Rafael Nadal return to tennis? A question that not even one of the men who knows him best, Alejandro Ciriza, dares to answer. A journalist specialising in
Rafael Nadal hadn’t spoken for so long that when he did, he said too many things: that Novak Djokovic is too worried about his place in history and that he dreams of returning to play in 2024… and a few
Cincinnati gave tennis the best final in the tournament’s history and one of the best matches in 2023. Carlos Alcaraz cried, his brother cried, Novak Djokovic was moved and millions of people all over the world were, quite simply,
MANACOR (Mallorca, Spain) – Novak Djokovic is better than Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal because he won more titles than them, but the Swiss and the Spaniard are more trascendental in the history of tennis than the Serb. Who says so?
PARIS – Can we ask you to wish us happy birthday? We’ve just celebrated our first birthday, and we’re very happy. We are doing the journalism and the site that we set out to do when CLAY was just a
Having lived nearly two decades of tennis career, Robin Haase is sure of one thing: “Rules need to change.” The 35-year-old Dutchman with a past on the Players’ Council, reflects in this interview with CLAY that the sports needs to give
The scenario facing men’s tennis in the twilight of 2022 is as unusual as the season itself: the number one will be a teenager who can witness his achievement from his armchair at home, or a veteran who was on
NEW YORK – Of course he would lose, said Rafael Nadal. “No doubt about it.” Would he lose? Who is he? Him? To whom? To Rafael Nadal. Sorry? Let’s rewind: the Rafael Nadal 2022 version would lose to the Rafael
It seems like a year, but it’s barely a month: in just over four weeks, CLAY has made a strong impact on the global tennis community to establish itself as a benchmark for tennis fans. We were born on 20
