David Goffin has already returned to training on a tennis court. The Belgian, tenth in the ATP ranking, gave an interview to the French newspaper L'Équipe in which he related how he has lived the confinement. “I have not been able to touch the racket in seven weeks but I have continued with the physical … Read more
The American Martina Navratilova, winner of 59 Grand Slam titles, assured that the cancellation of Wimbledon “is a lost opportunity” for the players., especially veterans like Roger Federer or Serena Williams, and that if she were in her situation she would “go crazy for not being able to play.” “Only war has prevented major tournaments … Read more
Next week the Italic Forum in Rome was to host the Masters 1,000 from the Italian capital with the presence of the great figures of the ATP and WTA circuit. In the Roman tournament Rafa Nadal was looking to defend the title he achieved last year 15 years after his first victory on Italian clay. … Read more
The tennis player Albert Ramos-Viñolas, who resides in the Principality of Andorra for more than a year, where his wife works as a dentist, assured EFE that he does not know when to play again, a circumstance for which “it is difficult to maintain motivation”. Ramos, 32, currently ranks 41st in the ATP ranking. – … Read more
Gabriela Sabatini, one of the best Argentine athletes in history, celebrates her 50th anniversary this Saturday and in a balance of her life affirms that she feels the passage of time although she would choose to be a tennis player again, if she went back in time. From Miami where the coronavirus quarantine found her … Read more
Silvia Soler Espinosa (Elche, 32 years old) announced this Friday with a letter on her social networks that she is leaving the professional practice of tennis after a career that began in 2006 and in which she had 418 victories and 398 individual defeats in WTA tournaments and became the 54th in the world ranking … Read more
Becoming the second 'COVID-19 era' tennis player to win a tennis tournament does not seem to have been a source of satisfaction for Reilly Opelka. The American conquered last week the Florida UTR Pro Match Series exhibit, after which he harshly criticized the ATP and its leaders in the magazine Racquet for its management during … Read more
The Novak Djokovic's controversial training at the Roman Bridge Hotel in Marbella, who hung on Instagram and in which he is seen rambling with the Spanish tennis player Carlos Gómez Herrera, has brought consequences. The State of Alarm only allows from Monday the training of High Level athletes (Spanish) and soccer and basketball professionals individually … Read more
The tennis world continues to take steps to regain normality as soon as possible. This Monday several countries in Europe have reopened their facilities so that the tennis players can train on the courts again. According to Tennis Europe, a total of 23 European countries have allowed their athletes to practice this Monday. These countries … Read more
Former German tennis player Boris Becker believes that the stoppage in tennis due to the coronavirus, and even an early closure of the season, benefits the 'veterans' Novak Djokovic, Rafa Nadal or Roger Federer more than not the younger ones., less self-management experts. “I think the break benefits (Novak) Djokovic, (Rafa) Nadal, Federer more because … Read more