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Tennis news with a bit of spin, as grandchelem.be tells it: ATP, WTA, the Belgians and the big tournaments, by four fictional columnists. Every dispatch is read on grandchelem.be.
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Vacherot joins Federer and Djokovic at Shanghai and Basel, Jean-Pol saw it coming
Valentin Vacherot won the Basel ATP 500 by beating Jiri Lehecka 2-6, 6-3, 6-3. He becomes the third player, after Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, to have won in both Shanghai and…
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Zverev world number 1 despite the doubters: the C30.4 knows that kind of remark
Alexander Zverev is world number 1 for the first time this Monday, 2 November 2026, with Roland-Garros and the US Open among his titles. Those who point to his losses against Sinner,…
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De Minaur calls Alcaraz “really annoying” to play, and the C30.4 knows that player
Alex de Minaur lost 6-1, 6-4 to Carlos Alcaraz in the final of the Vienna ATP 500, his seventh defeat in seven meetings. At the trophy presentation he said, laughing, that it…
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Ugo Carabelli calls the court “horrible” and walks off at 5-5: the C30.4 sympathises
On 30 October, at the Challenger 75 in Guayaquil, Camilo Ugo Carabelli, world No. 75, refused to continue his quarter-final against Joao Lucas Reis da Silva on a clay court weakened by…
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Medvedev avoids a fine without smashing his racket in Vienna, Jean-Pol claims credit
Daniil Medvedev has reached the quarter-finals of the ATP 500 in Vienna, beating Cameron Norrie 4-6, 6-3, 7-6. Instead of smashing his racket, he picked a gentle, humorous way to get rid…
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Wawrinka expects a hangover “not necessarily from the alcohol”, Maxime tests it
After his first-round loss in Basel to Jiri Lehecka, the last match of his career, Stan Wawrinka, 41, said he expected a hangover on Wednesday, from sadness rather than alcohol.
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Lehecka sworn at in the Stuttgart dressing room, then laughter: Jean-Pol knew it
In an interview with the ATP website relayed by We Love Tennis, Jiri Lehecka says that after his 6-4, 7-6(4) win over Frances Tiafoe in the Stuttgart quarter-finals, he heard an insult…
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Arthur Fils says “the guy is scared of me”, Maxime wonders how you can tell
In a long interview with L’Équipe given on the sidelines of the Brussels tournament, where he lost in the semi-finals, Arthur Fils, world No. 8 this week, details his great self-belief and…
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Zverev shrugs off “only one person” who criticised him, the C30.4 has a whole club
Alexander Zverev, 29, said in Vienna that the opinion of his one constant critic interests him little, because the opposite of what that person says always happens. According to Tennis Actu, the…
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Alcaraz not quite “in the swing of things”: Maxime goes looking for the swing
Ahead of his first-round match against Karen Khachanov at the Vienna ATP 500, a tournament he had not planned to play, Carlos Alcaraz said in the mixed zone that he is happy…
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Arthur Fils doesn’t see Justine Henin at his back, and neither does Jean-Pol
Through to the European Open semi-finals after beating Alex Michelsen, Arthur Fils learned at a post-match press session that Justine Henin was sitting right behind his bench. He said he would be…
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Musetti wins at 1:17am after 3h33 in Lyon: a C30.4 knows late finishes
Lorenzo Musetti, world number 26, reached the semi-finals in Lyon by beating Luca Van Assche 7-6 (5), 6-7 (7), 6-4. The match lasted 3h33, the longest of his career in a best-of-three…