The food stars serving ace after ace at the 2024 Australian Open

It’s not just about the game ... Spanish restaurateur Abel Lusa joins the culinary lineup this year with his Cambio de Tercio pop-up.

Necia WildenContributor

Jan 15, 2024 – 5.00am

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So here’s a question. How does an unassuming Spanish restaurant in West London get to become a destination clubroom for the world’s top tennis stars?

Put that to Cambio de Tercio owner Abel Lusa and his reply is disarmingly modest. He has always loved tennis, he says, and the rest sort of happened by accident. The first big name to visit was fellow Spaniard Rafael Nadal – a Cambio regular, with his family, from the age of 16. Then, when word got around, the others just followed.