The upcoming French Open will be the second of the post-Rafael Nadal era. It will also be the first of said era without his heir apparent, Carlos Alcaraz. The reigning back-to-back champion’s bid for a famous three-peat has already gone
PARIS — A foot split in half, holes in tendons and intestines, a shattered knee, anti-inflammatory injections, sleepless nights, and visits to doctors halfway across the world: RAFA, the new Netflix docuseries, dives deep into Rafael Nadal’s injury history to
PARIS — When the Roland Garros draw was made on Thursday, Oksana Selekhmeteva’s name had no flag next to it due to the sanctions imposed on Russian athletes following the war in Ukraine. This Sunday, Selekhmeteva made her debut in
PARIS – The pace of a professional tennis player’s life—plane, hotel, match, practice, recovery, and start all over again—doesn’t offer much time to slow down and think about the journey. “I think all of us forget a bit to value
PARIS — Rafael Jódar’s life has taken a 180-degree turn. Exactly one year ago, he was ranked 707th in the ATP rankings and playing as a junior wild card at the Little Rock Challenger in Arkansas. Today, his name echoes
PARIS – It is not his forehand, his backhand, his serve, or those legs that track down every single ball: what surprises Jim Courier most about Jannik Sinner is his ability to display absolutely no emotion, even under extreme pressure,
PARIS – It is nearly a thousand days without lifting a Grand Slam trophy. It is a single match played—and lost—on the clay-court swing leading up to Roland Garros. It is a shoulder injury that has dragged on for months.
ROME – Massimo turns his head slightly towards his passenger and utters a statement with the forcefulness and poise that perhaps only an Italian can muster. ‘Football is dead in Italy; there’s no football left. Tennis is the number one
Ignacio Buse did not expect to reach such a high level so soon. His first ATP final, achieved this Saturday 23 May in Hamburg, catapulted him inside the top 40. “Things moved a little faster than expected, honestly. I did
PARIS — This Friday, 22 May, was marked as a pivotal day in the ongoing dispute between tennis players and Grand Slam tournaments over prize money. Yet what had been billed as a Media Day boycott at Roland Garros fell
MADRID – Rafael Nadal sought the help of a psychiatrist to escape his darkest period: that 2015–2016 season when anxiety overcame the man who would eventually go on to win 22 Grand Slams. “I was choking on my own saliva,”
MADRID – You can never be too careful when it comes to a wrist injury, believes former ATP world No. 1 Jim Courier when analyzing Carlos Alcaraz’s turbulent present. Rushing makes no sense, adds the American, who points to the
