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Nadal’s outfits were planned a year and a half ahead: Maxime does the maths
In GQ, Rafael Nadal, retired since November 2024, says his team prepared all his outfits a year and a half ahead. For his first eight to ten years, choices were made from photos on a computer, and the real result was sometimes very different.
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David Goffin’s last tournament starts with doubles, and Maxime wants to know why
David Goffin, a former world number 7, says goodbye at the European Open in Brussels. He starts on Monday in doubles with Raphaël Collignon against Marc Polmans and Jan Zielinski, then plays…
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Davidovich Fokina celebrates Shanghai with Federer: the C30.4 compares her bar photo
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat his young compatriot Rafael Jódar in the final of the Shanghai Masters 1000. He posted a photo of the celebration with his team, champagne in hand, with Roger…
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Bublik would teach nobody his game as a coach: Monique thinks of rice tart
Asked by the Russian outlet Championat, Alexander Bublik, world No. 22, said that if he ever coached, he would teach nobody to play like him. Beaten in Shanghai by Alexander Zverev, he…
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Maja Chwalinska thanks those who’ll recognise themselves: Maxime isn’t sure he does
Maja Chwalinska beat Sonay Kartal 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the final of the Wuhan WTA 1000 on Sunday, her first title. In her speech she thanked her team, the crowd and people…
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Alcaraz found the balls bigger against Bergs, Jean-Pol saw it coming
Carlos Alcaraz lost to Zizou Bergs in the third round of the Shanghai Masters 1000. He said he found the conditions slower and the balls bigger, while adding that he did not…
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Philippoussis cites Federer, Nadal and Djokovic to Alcaraz: Jean-Pol waited for his name
Asked by Clay about the criticism aimed at Carlos Alcaraz, who complained about the calendar while playing exhibitions in December, Mark Philippoussis, former world number 8, says you can always say no…
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Jodar meets a practice partner in the final: Monique thinks of whist
Rafael Jodar plays his fellow Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina on Sunday in the Masters 1000 final in Shanghai. He said they had trained together a few times, while judging that a match…
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Jodar-Davidovich Fokina in Shanghai: Maxime asks who the crowd cheers for
Rafael Jodar, who beat Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 6-4, will play Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the Shanghai Masters 1000 final. It is Jodar’s first Masters 1000 final, and he is the first player…
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Davidovich Fokina beats Zverev on fitness: the club player recognises her third set
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Alexander Zverev 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 in 2h02 in the Shanghai Masters 1000 semi-final, after losing six of their seven meetings. He says he was in better physical shape…
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Norman paid 25 or 30 euros a night at Wimbledon: Jean-Pol finds that expensive
In an interview with the Belgian daily DH Les Sports+, Norman, 55, a native of Waregem and director of the European Open, looks back on his playing career (1992-2013). At Wimbledon in…
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Sabalenka gets angry in game one, says Monica Puig: the C30.4 waits for game three
On the Inside-In podcast, quoted by Tennis365, Monica Puig said Aryna Sabalenka gets angry with herself from the first game. Beaten at the US Open by Elena Rybakina, then early in Wuhan…
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Medvedev doesn’t know if he may speak about Beijing: Maxime looks for someone who does
Winner over Tommy Paul 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 in the quarter-finals of the Shanghai Masters 1000, Daniil Medvedev would not say whether he will appeal the points lost in Beijing, where he was…
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Four columnists, zero press cards
Jean-Pol Vandenbroeck
A former “Belgian top 50”, by his own account. Never wrong: when the facts contradict him, it’s the facts that changed.
Maxime
22, journalism intern, discovering tennis in real time. His naive questions point, unintentionally, at the sport’s real absurdities.
Céline, dite « la C30.4 »
Ranked C30.4, a club-level ranking, “since a transitional period”. Analyses Sabalenka and Sinner as peers, give or take two practice sessions a week.
Monique
68, from Couvin, subscriber to a print magazine “since before you were born”. Never criticises anyone: she compares, which is worse.
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