LONDON – The Carlos Alcaraz era has begun. No more nerves or cramps. No more fear in moments of pressure. There is a Wimbledon title won with class against the most successful tennis player in the world: ‘It’s a dream
LONDON – Christopher Eubanks spoke a while back about a big desire. “To be able to tell people that don’t know tennis:'(I played) a quarters of Wimbledon’. That’s a different level of respect,” he told Frances Tiafoe and Ben Shelton
PARIS – Dedicated to those who, in his youth, turned their faces away when they found out he was Serbian. Dedicated to those who in the 1990s decided to bomb Belgrade. Dedicated to the Australian government who in January 2022
Twenty titles in twenty cities. Daniil Medvedev added his twentieth professional trophy at the Rome Masters 1000. And it won’t be the most important one, but it will be an immensely significant one for the Russian’s career for winning on
Tennis has always had four unique venues: Melbourne, Paris, London and New York. That’s where the drama and glory is concentrated, and that’s where you have to be whenever you can. But this year we have to add a fifth
interview with Bjorn Borg | Announcing his retirement from professional tennis at the age of 26 after winning five Wimbledon and six Roland Garros titles. A shock for rivals and fans. A relief for Bjorn Borg: “People asking me for
When a pregnancy changes your career and injects you the dose of motivation you were missing. “I want to win eight more Grand Slams”. Measured by the most important yardstick, the major titles, Naomi Osaka is the most successful tennis
BUENOS AIRES – Juan Carlos Ferrero is Dorian Grey. Twenty years after reaching the number one tennis ranking, the Spaniard does not seem to show any signs of ageing. At 43, he is practically the same as he was at
MELBOURNE – The scene is heartbreaking, not just for Nadal fans, but for any tennis follower. Rafael Nadal leaves Australia, injured, walking to the locker room through the hall of champions of the Rod Laver Arena as he has rarely
MELBOURNE – Winning a Grand Slam has been one of the toughest challenges in men’s sport for the past 20 years. Will it still be that way in 2023? Almost all top tennis players are betting on a new Grand
RIYADH – Stefanos Tsitsipas wants a Grand Slam and the top of the ranking in 2023. Something like what Carlos Alcaraz achieved in 2022: a major title and number one. His greatest ambitions are expressed in words full of confidence.
Novak Djokovic is, according to the computer, the fifth best tennis player today, but facing 2023 he is the clear favorite to be the best of all. The fact: as early as the Australian Open, the next big event, he
