Sixteen matches, sixteen victories, and three titles: Carlos Alcaraz’s 2026 in ATP 500 events has been one for the history books. A perfect year in the category, with trophies in Doha, Tokyo, and now Vienna, sending a clear message to
Title in Santiago, finals in Buenos Aires and Bastad, a semi-final in Rome, quarter-finals in Canada, the last 16 in New York and his first Davis Cup call-up for Italy. There can no longer be any doubt: Luciano Darderi belongs
MADRID — Arantxa Sánchez Vicario learned to compete against the best when she was still a teenager. Steffi Graf dominated world tennis, Monica Seles burst onto the scene with staggering force, and Gabriela Sabatini represented a different way of understanding
ALMATY – From having just 50 courts in the whole country and no players in the top 200 in 2007 to being one of the strongest federations in the world in 2026, with a world No. 1 and 39 tennis
SANTIAGO, Chile — The return to Chile of the country’s most important tennis trophy was a success. The celebration organised by CLAY for the arrival of the cup that Anita Lizana won in 1937 at Forest Hills, held at the
ALMATY – Two titles and two semi-finals in his last four tournaments. No player heads into the end of the season in better form than Daniil Medvedev. He beat Georgia’s Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-7 (6-8), 6-1, 6-3 in the final of
ALMATY – When Alexander Bublik arrived in Kazakhstan, one of the first things he said was that “the big moment would be becoming the first Kazakh champion here”. A week later, that dream has come to an abrupt end. He
Six months separated the best and worst of Novak Djokovic’s 2026. In Melbourne, he reached yet another Australian Open final, and his adoring public were suddenly thinking that that elusive 25th Grand Slam could yet arrive after all. Then the
SANTIAGO, Chile — Chilean President José Antonio Kast received CLAY and Anita Lizana’s family this Wednesday at the La Moneda Palace to mark the arrival in the country of the historic trophy won by the Chilean tennis player at the
ALMATY – Travel, practice, matches. A tennis player’s life revolves around their career 24/7, and when you add a partner who does the same, things can get complicated. Or at least that is how Stefanos Tsitsipas feels. Without naming Paula
ALMATY – It is a common misconception that the end-of-season indoor swing begins and ends in Europe. Eight tournaments in just six weeks make up a stretch of the calendar that still has one event swimming against the tide: the
ALMATY – The overhaul the ATP has announced for 2028 has its critics and its supporters. Some are wary of a calendar that will make life harder for smaller tournaments, while others believe that prioritising the biggest ones will be
