Nadal against Opelka in the 1st round of the Acapulco Open
The Spaniard will face the American for his return to the courts since his crowning at the Australian Open. The Spaniard Rafael Nadal, world number 5 and winner last month of the Australian Open, his 21st Grand Slam tournament, will face the American Reilly Opelka (20th) in the 1st round of the Acapulco Open, in […]
Rublev loses a set but joins the quarters
Russian Andrey Rublev, 7th player in the world, needed three sets on Wednesday to overcome South Korean Kwon Soon-woo (60th) in the second round of the ATP tournament in Dubai, and has a sixth consecutive victory. The Russian, recent winner of the Marseille tournament, was surprised in the first set by Kwon’s service success, 24, […]
When the Open 13 Provence tennis is told in comics
LE SCAN SPORT – On the occasion of its thirtieth edition, disputed this week in Marseille, a comic book looks back on the great moments of the tournament. After a 2020 edition, disputed in the sad atmosphere of closed doors indoors, without an audience, partners, journalists, the Marseille ATP 250 finds its spectators and life […]
the fabulous endless story
TO ANALYSE – The legendary trio have ruled the tennis world since 2003. And their influence is not about to die out. Since Wimbledon 2003, Roger Federer‘s first major title, the Swiss, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic have collected 61 of the 74 Grand Slam tournaments played (21 crowns for Nadal, 20 for Djokovic and […]
How Decathlon seduced tennis player Gaël Monfils
DECRYPTION – The sports brand has become the official equipment supplier of the French number one. This is what is called a positive buzz for Decathlon, the French number one in the sale of sporting goods. Gaël Monfils has officially joined his tennis brand, Artengo, which has become its official equipment supplier since the beginning […]
Ksenia Efremova, 12 years old and already quite a “Tsar”
PORTRAIT – Discover a seed of Russian champion, hatched at the Mouratoglou Academy near Nice and great attraction of the Petits As, the unofficial under-14 world championship. Special envoy to Biot On this sunny December on one of the 34 courts of the Mouratoglou Academy, located in Biot, near Nice, Ksenia, 12, hits every ball […]
Djokovic was “hard hit psychologically” says his coach
Marjan Vajda, the coach of the Serb returned to the Novak Djokovic affair before the Australian Open. Marjan Vajda, coach of Novak Djokovic, in the newspaper Sport, gave some news of the world number 1, undesirable at the Australian Open: “He was hit hard psychologically. But luckily Novak is mentally strong and he will recover. […]
LIVE – Australian Open: Live Round of 16 scores
Homepage Sports Tennis And immediately By The Editorial Board Benoit Pair MICHAEL ERREY / AFP IN PROGRESS Posted 1 hour ago Follow the evolution of the scores live, including the clash between the Frenchman Benoit Paire and the seeded number 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas, or even Alizé Cornet.
new puzzle in sight for Novak Djokovic
Warned by the authorities, the world number 1 will have to be vaccinated to hope to defend his crown in Paris. “Nole, you are the pride of Serbia.” The message dressed and illuminated a building in Belgrade on Sunday evening. Novak Djokovic was welcomed at the airport in the Serbian capital on Monday noon by […]
Connors, Goolagong, Borg… Private Roland-Garros precedents
Novak Djokovic‘s package is not the first to intervene in a major tournament for non-sporting reasons. But in the other cases, it was the international tennis bodies that had put their veto and not a State. Game, set and match for the Australian Government. And the end of an incredible affair, very publicized and extraordinary, […]