Being a multi-champion footballer didn’t quench Diego Forlán ‘s thirst for competition and triumph in sports: at 45, he will debut as a professional tennis player. The former Uruguay captain, a World Cup semifinalist in South Africa 2010, will compete
We are privileged to witness the rivalry between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner. Who will dominate over the next 10 years? Although both have highly aggressive games, the Spaniard and the Italian have different styles. It’s already a classic, and
Saudi Arabia and tennis meet again. This time, in the most ostentatious way ever. In Riyadh, the Saudis created an exhibition without worrying about expenses. They put together 53 Grand Slam titles with the most desired names on the tour
It was one of the most dramatic images of Rafael Nadal’s late career. On Wimbledon’s Centre Court, Sebastian Nadal was gesturing to his son to get out of there. The face of his sister, Maribel, showed deep anguish. ‘Rafa, please,’
In the more than 30 years that I have been a journalist, I have never followed a story with such closeness, persistence and intensity as that of Rafael Nadal. On the day of his retirement, the introduction to my latest
Roger Federer already knew, and, in his own way, he told it to the whole world on the morning of September 3rd in a television studio in New York: Rafael Nadal would soon announce his retirement. A retirement that the
Of the “New Four Musketeers” of French tennis, only half remain in professional activity. Richard Gasquet, known for his exquisite one-handed backhand and unmatched technique, smiles when recalling that golden era alongside Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Gilles Simon, and Gael Monfils: “Those
Twenty-three years after a doping case in which he was proven innocent, but which ruined part of his career, Argentine Guillermo Coria sees what is happening with Italian Jannik Sinner and regrets: he would have liked to have received the
Nick Kyrgios sarcastically showed his disdain for Zizou Bergs. “Who?” the Australian commented on a post by CLAY’s Instagram account (@claymagazine_). The sequence of events is as follows: in May, Kyrgios called Bergs’ celebration at Roland Garros 2024 “lame” after
If Novak Djokovic is surprising on court, he can be even more so off court. As his Serbian colleague Olga Danilovic explained: ‘Whatever you talk about, he knows about it. Sometimes it’s like, ‘How do you know so many things?’
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,
Is it s possible that someone has turned down a proposal from Roger Federer once, but to do it twice? And as a teenager? Joao Fonseca did something perhaps unprecedented. The young Brazilian afforded himself the luxury of saying no
