Rafael Nadal announces his retirement: ‘A thousand thanks to everyone’
The 22-time Grand Slam champion hangs up his racket after 23 years as a professional as one of the sport’s greatest historical competitors
The 22-time Grand Slam champion hangs up his racket after 23 years as a professional as one of the sport’s greatest historical competitors
The legendary Swiss tennis player talks exclusively to EL PAÍS about the final stretch of his career, portrayed in a Prime Video documentary that premiered on June 20
The American, the youngest winner of a Grand Slam tournament at the French Open in 1989, looks back to his transgressive underarm serve against Ivan Lendl and praises the Spanish player: ‘He’s an artist’
Djokovic had won 33 consecutive matches at Melbourne Park since 2018, and never lost here after reaching the final four
The tennis legend talks to EL PAÍS about the potential of Spanish player Carlos Alcaraz, why Novak Djokovic deserves more recognition and why the sport is ‘opening a can of worms’
The women’s semifinal lineup was completed when Zheng won 10 of the last 11 games to fend off Anna Kalinskaya and Yastremska beat Linda Noskova
All four women who won Monday reached the last eight at Melbourne Park for the first time
The 36-year-old from Serbia won three of the four Grand Slam tournaments — the Australian Open in January, French Open in June and U.S. Open in September — to raise his career total to a men’s-record 24
‘Maybe I struggled to handle the last part of the season,’ said the world number two as he seeks the consistency and balance to challenge Novak Djokovic’s dominance of the ATP Tour
The Serbian took 1 hour and 43 minutes to win 6-3, 6-3 as he continues to reach new heights at the age of 36
He lost his opening match to two-time champion Alexander Zverev before getting back on track with a straight-set win over Andrey Rublev
The Spaniard has to beat Andrey Rublev in his second match at the ATP Finals to avoid elimination after losing to Alexander Zverev, his third defeat in as many games
The Serbian player needed only one match win at the ATP Finals to keep the top spot and the 24-time Grand Slam champion secured it in his opener, beating Holger Rune
Djokovic was as reliable as a metronome, anticipating nearly everything headed his way and scurrying this way and that to retrieve and respond, as is his wont
The No. 3-seeded Medvedev won his lone major championship at Flushing Meadows in 2021 by defeating 23-time Slam winner Djokovic in that year’s title match
Some competing in New York say the wear-and-tear on the mind can be just as hard to deal with as whatever might be wrong with one’s body during a season that begins in late December and continues into November
‘The only thing that is a little bit, let’s call it dangerous, is that the question is: How far could we go?’ Medvedev, a 27-year-old Russian seeded No. 3, said
Both have had their minor ups and downs and have been far from offering us the best version of themselves, but I don’t think they needed to resort to it yet
At the U.S. Open, the Spanish tennis player debuts a colorful and tight-fitting Nike kit that gives those who see him as the new Rafa additional fodder for their argument, this time through fashion
The Spaniard, who will face Arnaldi in the last sixteen in New York, reads the game much better and is becoming more decisive without losing his essence
Alcaraz improved to 14-1 over his nascent career in New York and is trying to become the first man to win two titles in a row in New York since Roger Federer took five straight from 2004-08
Players are responding to their own mistakes by yelling toward the seats where members of their team are sitting. It’s unclear whether they’re seeking a response or just need to vent at someone
Djokovic made a winning return after missing the tournament last year, rolling to a 6-0, 6-2, 6-3 victory over Alexandre Muller on Monday night
Siegemund, whose faults drew applause and whose own back-and-forth with Veljovic drew jeers, cried during her post-match news conference
The youngest number one seed in history, will defend his title at the US Open in New York after an uneven summer and pressure from a resurgent Djokovic
Djokovic will face Alexandre Muller of France in the first match, while defending women’s champion Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff could be headed toward a women’s quarterfinal matchup
Alcaraz is The Next Big Thing, the winner of the 2022 U.S. Open who grabbed his second Grand Slam title last month at Wimbledon