Tennis

Rafael Nadal’s last tennis match in Madrid: Defeat, but a win

Imagine having done the same thing for something like 30 years, being better at it than just about anyone who…

1 hafta ago

Tennis Briefing: Kasatkina ‘assurances’ on Saudi Arabia, Alcaraz defies injury

Welcome to the Monday Tennis Briefing, where The Athletic will explain the story behind the stories from the last week on…

1 hafta ago

Carlos Alcaraz is making magic again. Watch out.

It happens every time that guy Carlos Alcaraz takes the court. One outrageously zany point where he does something that…

2 ay ago

Rafael Nadal is ready to play again. In America. On hard courts. Should he?

For more than a month, the smoke signals out of Rafael Nadal’s camp have kept the tennis world on its…

2 ay ago

Coco Gauff, under the Australian Open radar, is having a very different kind of Grand Slam

Coco Gauff walks onto the court in the middle of the day. The stadium is half-full, if that. So far, she…

4 ay ago

Medvedev’s 3.40am finish is latest absurd example of why tennis has to change

It happened again. Of course it did.Two tennis players, starting near midnight, battling nearly to sunrise in front of a…

4 ay ago

Elina Svitolina: Ukraine’s unbreakable spirit is a big motivation for me

By now, nearly two years after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, there is a familiar rhythm to Elina Svitolina’s days.The…

4 ay ago

Naomi Osaka, The Comeback Interview: A tale of pregnancy, fear and a ballerina

It was late September when Naomi Osaka, the four-time Grand Slam champion and transcendent star of her sport, finally got…

4 ay ago

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