Leylah Fernandez describes the 2021 US Open as “an incredible few weeks,” but after her explosive rise to the top of tennis that took her to that final, the Canadian has struggled to consistently show her best level. “Accepting that
Few stories in tennis in recent decades are as heartbreaking as that of Argentina’s Juan Martin Del Potro: he was destined for number one, for a great career, and today he just wants to play two hours without feeling pain
Zizou Bergs is honest: he admits that being a tennis player’s partner is not easy at all Because of the constant travel, the uncertainty, the financial instability when you are not yet full-time on the main tour and, above all,
NEW YORK – Jannik Sinner feels the reaction from his colleagues after his Clostebol doping case came to light was ‘quite positive’. He said this with the US Open trophy glinting at his side, when asked what he thinks this
NEW YORK – Jannik Sinner silenced Arthur Ashe Stadium by becoming the champion in the US Open, his first title in New York and his second Grand Slam after the Australian Open 2024. It was a battle from the baseline,
NEW YORK – In the club of three-time winners. Aryna Sabalenka shook off her American sorrows, won the US Open and added the third Grand Slam of her career at the age of 26. She also beat the ‘challenges’ that
NEW YORK – Taylor Fritz ‘s voice cracked as he tried to put into words at Arthur Ashe Stadium what he was feeling: ‘It’s a dream come true, I’m in the final of the US Open’. His colleague and compatriot
NEW YORK – They were days of emotional contrasts for Beatriz Haddad Maia in New York: sporting success and grief over a loss. The Brazilian achieved one of the best results of her career at the US Open 2024 by
NEW YORK – The phrase of tennis legend Rod Laver explains what Paula Badosa experienced at midday on Tuesday at the US Open. “The time your game is most vulnerable is when you’re ahead.’ The statistic is telling in 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 – One of the ‘worst’ matches of his life, with ‘the worst’ serve he has ever shown by far. Novak Djokovic was knocked out in the third round of the US Open. You have to go back to
NEW YORK – Chris Evert made a comment with hints of the era in which she played, and in 2024 had to pay for it: Ons Jabeur accused her of creating ‘gender-based stereotypes’. ‘She plays like a man. She wants
