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Pete Sampras

January

Jannik Sinner and Alex de Minaur after the Italian’s quarter-final victory.

The numbers that show Alex de Minaur is running out of time

An analysis of the past 50 years of tennis majors shows that winning after turning 26 is a rarity, but one player should give de Minaur hope.

June 2024

Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz is greeted by the ball kids on the stairs to the locker room after victory at the French Open.

Alcaraz joins all-time greats with French Open triumph

Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz became the youngest man to capture Grand Slams on all three surfaces after his epic French Open final win against Germany’s Alexander Zverev.

September 2022

Carlos Alcaraz: “Well, this is something that I dreamed of since I was a kid.”

Alcaraz wins US Open for first Slam title, top ranking

Alcaraz already has attracted plenty of attention as someone considered the Next Big Thing in a sport dominated for decades by the Big Three.

June 2021

Naomi Osaka

Osaka’s exit sad and unnecessary

Depression is more common in sport than many would expect. But media coverage, much of it favourable, has helped Osaka become the world’s best-paid female athlete.

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