Interview with Maxime Cressy, the American of French origin adept at serve and volley: “Getting inside the opponent’s head”
A strange Franco-American phenomenon is taking hold on the tennis world. Finalist against Rafael Nadal (7-6, 6-3) for the ATP 250 tournament in Melbourne, Maxime Cressy eliminated John Isner on Tuesday during a 4:10 marathon (7-6, 7-5, 6- 7, 6-7, 6-4) dotted with 70 aces in total. The score is a first indication of the […]
Romain Langasque: “I can’t wait to resume the tournaments”
How do you judge this new Yas Links route? It is a very pleasant course to play. It is rather wide from the start overall and the real difficulty will come from the flag positions. Some areas are very well defended and some positions will be really tricky on these curved greens. Maintenance level we […]
Morgan Menahem (tournament organizer in Asia) on Novak Djokovic: “If you want to be a leader, you have to be exemplary”
« What inspires you about this case?I cannot conceive that Novak Djokovic is considered a martyr because he was prevented from playing tennis, whereas in this story there are many doubts that make me say about these past and future actions: ‘Is he’s telling the truth?’ Doubt didn’t benefit Novak today… I can’t help but […]
Lucas Pouille before the Australian Open: “I no longer have the right to waste time”
In the x-ray of French tennis in crisis that we published in December, Lucas Pouille was paired with Caroline Garcia, like the representatives of a generation that is no longer where it was expected. Top 10 in March 2018, semi-finalist of the Australian Open the following year, the Northerner (27) suffered from multiple injuries including […]
Rafael Nadal: ‘No player is more important than the tournament’
“How are you feeling after contracting COVID in Abu Dhabi on December 20? I was very ill. The feelings were not good during these seven days, especially the first four days which were very hard. But since then, I’m getting better every day. If you had told me I was going to be in this […]
Tennys Sandgren denounces a political affair: “What danger does Djokovic represent? “
Tennys Sandgren is currently at home in Tennessee. His choice not to make the trip to the Southern Hemisphere has serious consequences for the 30-year-old American, who had his best results there (2 quarter-finals at the Australian Open in 2018 and 2020 and his only title, won in Auckland in 2019). But he stands firm […]