It took a huge turnaround for “Team Europe” to finally overthrow “Team World”. But there was no suspense in Vancouver for the last day of the sixth edition of the Laver Cup this Sunday, an XXL exhibition designed by Roger Federer. Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe brought the last points their team needed by winning … Read more
We were the day after a monumental binge and we had to digest the emotions, understand the emptiness and accept the obvious. Roger Federer ended his professional career well after a quarter of a century of delightful successes and heartbreaking defeats. The Swiss knew how to make this next day easy. Heartbroken and red eyes … Read more
It’s a little over 1 a.m. in Flushing Meadows, the game has ended and the wind has died down. There remains the damage of the storm which blew for several hours in the sky of New York and which we will learn later that it will have caused the death of at least seven people. … Read more
It’s a little over 1 a.m. in Flushing Meadows, the game has ended and the wind has died down. There remains the damage of the storm which blew for several hours in the sky of New York. Upturned umbrellas, puddles 10 centimeters deep that recall the derisory efforts of the agents in the morning to … Read more
The rain of the past two days has significantly delayed the program at Wimbledon. While some matches scheduled for Monday but not completed (like that of Gaël Monfils) have not yet been able to resume this Tuesday and others have simply not yet started after two days of waiting (Caroline Garcia), the organizers have already … Read more
The absence of Anthony Davis is still prolonged. The Lakers strong-winger, on the flank since mid-February, will miss at least two more weeks of competition, his team announced Friday night. Affected in the calf and Achilles heel, Davis was first announced absent between two and three weeks, then a month and finally a month and … Read more
She had a small sign at the end of the match towards the band of spectators who came to support her loudly for her entry into the Strasbourg tournament. Caroline Garcia found her public, and even the public as the stands have often been deserted lately, and managed to take advantage of it by signing … Read more
Luna Rossa hangs on. The Italian challenge is still tied (3-3) with the big favorite and America’s Cup title holder, Team New Zealand, after Saturday’s races under blue skies and light winds in the bay of Auckland. – – Like Friday, Jimmy Spithill’s sailboat even had the luxury of taking the lead, winning the fifth … Read more
Bonzi: “I try to disregard” Benjamin Bonzi (44th in the Race but still outside the top 100, in the 115th place in the world) has difficulty understanding the system set up by ATP: “I try to have a lot of detachment because of all way we have no choice. After that, it is true that … Read more
For his first quarter-final in Grand Slam, at 35, Hsieh Su-wei failed to stop the beautiful mechanic Naomi Osaka. Known for her destabilizing game and unparalleled on the circuit, the Taiwanese fell on a Japanese too sure of her power and her tennis to be disturbed for a long time by the opponent’s smart box … Read more