Tennis
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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A 2017 like from Alcaraz for Cobolli, the club player has a 2016 photo waiting
Flavio Cobolli told BBC Sport, after Team Europe’s Laver Cup win, that he’d spotted a Carlos Alcaraz “like” on one of his Instagram posts from 2017. Both players are straight back on…
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Alcaraz finds the ball “much bigger”, Maxime grabs a tape measure
After Team Europe’s win over Team World at the Laver Cup, Carlos Alcaraz told the press that the slow conditions have more to do with the balls than the surfaces. He wants…
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De Minaur calls it a coin flip against Zverev, Jean-Pol tossed the coin himself
Beating Alexander Zverev 2-6, 7-6, 11-9 on Saturday at the Laver Cup, Alex De Minaur claimed his second straight win over the German in the competition, before calling the format “a bit…
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Alcaraz “too young” to marry a fan’s sister, the club player gets the dodge
Interviewed by Sam Querrey after his 6-3, 4-6, 13-11 win over Taylor Fritz at the Laver Cup, Carlos Alcaraz answered a spectator who asked him to marry his sister, on 26 September…
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Federer misses the crowds and the hotels, Jean-Pol says he called it
Roger Federer said, speaking from the Laver Cup in London, that playing in front of 10,000, 15,000 or 20,000 people is something he misses enormously since retiring. He also says he loved…
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Di Pasquale beats Federer in three sets in Sydney, the club player knows that set
On 27 September 2000, Arnaud Di Pasquale, ranked 62nd in the world, beat Roger Federer, ranked 36th, 7-6, 6-7, 6-3 for the Olympic bronze medal. In the third set, Federer threw his…
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Jacquet beats world No. 30 in Hangzhou, Maxime hunts for a “top player”
Kyrian Jacquet beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry, world No. 30, in the Hangzhou 250 quarter-finals. At 25, he will enter the top 100 for the first time when the tournament ends.
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Arthur Fils denied wild card in Tokyo, Jean-Pol claims he called it
Arthur Fils, world number 11 and Tokyo champion in 2024, missed out on a wild card for this year’s ATP 500 after registering late. He now needs two qualifying rounds, or a…
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Agassi cites six other ways to win a match, Maxime hunts the list
Captain of Team World for the second year running, Andre Agassi was asked in a press conference about Alexander Bublik, a newcomer to his squad for the Laver Cup. His advice: controlled…
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Tiafoe targets the world top five from 8th, the club player approves
Frances Tiafoe reached the best ranking of his career after his US Open semi-final, his third Grand Slam semi-final. On the Tennis Channel podcast Big T, he said he wants to become…
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Zverev admits he lost track of the score in the final, club player knows it
Alexander Zverev secured his second Grand Slam title of the season at the US Open, beating Ben Shelton, after Roland-Garros. He told Carlos Alcaraz, during a training session at the Laver Cup,…
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Navratilova played on a widened court against Connors, our club player wants the same
On 25 September 1992, Martina Navratilova took on Jimmy Connors in Las Vegas with the court widened by half a doubles alley on each side, against a single serve allowance for him.…