The Retro Effect is the new section of Court N°1! The whole team will return every week to a legendary match, between memories and anecdotes. This is the association we didn’t see coming: Andy Murray will coach Novak Djokovic. But before working together, the two players faced each other 36 times, including 7 in the Grand Slam final! If the Serbian won 5, Court N°1 looks back on the Briton’s first GC victory at the 2012 US Open… At the end of a 5-set battle.
Want to discover the world of tennis? Eric Salliot offers his phone call to a friend! This week, we welcome Edouard Roger-Vasselin, captain of the Ville Primerose team, qualified for the Interclub final… He tells us about their journey, with a certain Richard Gasquet in the team.
Led by Jannick Sinner as untouchable as ever, Italy won the 2024 Davis Cup in Malaga. The men imitated the women, who won the Billie Jean King Cup last week. Jannick Sinner, world number 1, is finishing an exceptional season, perhaps one of the best in history… Before a suspension? Analysis with Eric Salliot, Florent Serra and our guest Vincenzo Martucci, Italian journalist.
The Retro Effect is the new section of Court N°1! The whole team will return every week to a legendary match, between memories and anecdotes. He was not yet one of the greatest in his sport, and did not have any Roland Garros under his belt. The 2004 Davis Cup marks the beginning of a love story between Rafa Nadal and the Silver Salad Bowl. A look back at its first success against the United States… And the elimination of France in the semi-final.
Court N°1 offers you its “Planète Bleue” section: it is the barometer of our French men and women of the week.
We feared it, but here we are. The end of Rafa Nadal’s career was written this week during the Davis Cup. With Spain, the bull of Manacor will put on his professional player’s outfit for the last time, in front of his audience in Malaga. A huge emotion to come, but also a pressure from an entire country that will have to be understood for him, his teammates and his opponents… Does he absolutely have to play when we don’t know his true level? Will Rafa be overtaken by the weight of History or will he manage to end his career on a 5th Silver Salad Bowl? With Eric Salliot, Florent Serra, Anthony Rech live from Malaga, and Edgar Groleau, correspondent in Spain.
The Retro Effect is the new section of Court N°1! The whole team will return every week to a legendary match, between memories and anecdotes. It’s the biggest rivalry in women’s tennis: Chris Evert against Martina Navratilova. The two players faced each other 80 times over fifteen years, from 1973 to 1988… With each winning 18 Grand Slams. For 12 years, they shared the world number 1 position.
7 titles, 13 appearances in the Top 100, prestigious victories… And a lot of promises for our French in this 2024 season! Led by Ugo Humbert, Arthur Fils and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, the Blues have proven that French tennis is back. Will consistency be the key for the future? Who has progressed the most? What can we expect for 2025? With Eric Salliot, Florent Serra and Anthony Rech.
‘The Retro Effect’ is the new section of Court N°1! The whole team will return every week to a legendary match, between memories and anecdotes. Now behind us, the Bercy page of the Paris Masters 1000 will have lived for 38 years… And in 1986, it was a certain Boris Becker who added his name to the still virgin list. What’s better to create fame?
