BERLIN – The Berlin sky could not quite decide what it wanted to do. The rain came and went on a last Saturday afternoon, but Coco Gauff never lost her smile. A few days before beginning her campaign at the
Singles or doubles? A return to become a champion again, or simply to have fun? The highly publicised comeback of Serena Williams, one of the greatest players in tennis history, has no clear direction. “I don’t need to win. I’ve
MADRID – This weekend marks a milestone for Carlos Alcaraz that is as symbolic as it is unsettling: 60 days will have passed since the last time he hit a ball with his racket—a two-month absence from the tour that
PARIS – Come Monday, he will be the world’s tenth-ranked tennis player, but the greatest contribution Flavio Cobolli is making to his sport has nothing to do with rankings or results, but rather with his joy and charisma. In a
PARIS – A dream come true: Alexander Zverev won the Roland Garros title on Sunday, lifting his first Grand Slam trophy – a goal he had pursued for years and which he once thought he would never achieve. But, now
Mirra Andreeva’s meteoric rise reached its peak. At just 19 years old, the Russian conquered Roland Garros this Saturday and, beyond crediting herself for never stopping believing, she also gave a starring role to her psychologist: “She deserves a lot
PARIS – What is happening to tennis? Roland Garros leaves us with a disturbing conclusion: that gentleman’s sport is going through a strangely violent phase. And no one seems willing or able to slow down the escalation. The days of
PARIS – Sunday’s Roland Garros final is preceded by drama and tension: drama, because Italy’s Matteo Arnaldi withdrew from Friday’s semi-finals due to a virus; and tension, because Germany’s Alexander Zverev has the opportunity of a lifetime against another Italian,
PARIS – Fairytales do exist in tennis: there is perhaps no better way to describe the story of Poland’s Maja Chwalinska, a player who is currently ranked 113th in the world and was deep in depression five years ago, but
PARIS – Roland Garros was Rafael Nadal’s “domain” from 2005 to 2024, and even into 2025, with the tournament organising a memorable farewell ceremony for him. But the Spaniard is always present: if not through the premiere of his Netflix
PARIS – When you try something you like, you want to try it again. And again, and again. When someone like Joao Fonseca reaches the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam for the first time, he wants to do it again.
PARIS – “Jódar plays like a tornado. When ‘Sascha’ found out who he was facing, he shuddered a bit,” was Boris Becker’s analysis before the Alexander Zverev-Rafael Jódar clash in the Roland Garros quarterfinals. But the one who shuddered this
