Rafael Nadal’s last tennis match in Madrid: Defeat, but a win
Imagine having done the same thing for something like 30 years, being better at it than just about anyone who has ever lived, and then one day, it’s all completely …
Imagine having done the same thing for something like 30 years, being better at it than just about anyone who has ever lived, and then one day, it’s all completely …
Welcome to the Monday Tennis Briefing, where The Athletic will explain the story behind the stories from the last week on court. This week, the coveted Masters 1000 in Madrid ran …
Zendaya has taken on physically demanding roles before, from her Spider-Man performances to her two Dune films. But in her newest movie, “Challengers,” out April 26, Zendaya takes on a …
With “Challengers” premiering on April 26, it’s all but guaranteed to be a tennis-girl summer. From Zendaya dropping jaws left and right on the movie’s press tour to TikTokers already …
“The ball is the ephemeral, invisible force of desire,” says Guadagnino, the director of Call Me By Your Name and Bones and All. “I wanted to show desire going back …
There’s something to be said about the movies on our marquees lately. A presciently pessimistic war drama is spurring on conversation on the future of American democracy. A psychedelic, …
If you like pickleball, you’re going to love playing padel. We know what you’re thinking: first, how do you pronounce it? And second, is it as fun as pickleball? For …
Welcome to the Monday Tennis Briefing, where The Athletic will explain the story behind the stories from the last week on court. This week, the European clay swing kicked off in …
“She have a fashion line, a foundation—she’s going to turn her whole family into millionaires,” muses Josh O’Connor’s Patrick about Zendaya’s Tashi in Challengers, Luca Guadagnino’s sweaty, vibey ménage à …
The best tennis players — even competing on their favourite surface — generally have at least one humiliation they’d prefer to forget. For Roger Federer, eight times a Wimbledon champion, …