Long regarded as a simple appetizer before the main show, qualifying week has now established itself as an event in its own right. Between raw emotions, spectacular innovations, and record attendance, Opening Week is shaking up the codes of world tennis.
In 1973, Billie Jean King did far more than beat Bobby Riggs: she toppled a symbol. Five decades later, the “Battle of the Sexes” is reborn between Aryna Sabalenka and Nick Kyrgios, but this time, the battle seems to have lost its soul.
Social networks have opened an unprecedented era for tennis: one in which notoriety is built as much on the court as on Instagram. But how far can this quest for visibility go without shaking the players’ balance?
Tennis never really stops… or almost. Behind the endless stream of tournaments, champions must learn to stop in order to last. From Federer to Alcaraz, an investigation into those decisive few weeks when everything is at stake: rest, release, and rebirth.
At just 22 years old, Carlos Alcaraz has just crossed a milestone. The Spaniard has reached 50 weeks as world number one, a mythical threshold reserved for a select few.
Roger Federer makes a return as unexpected as it is joyful: the Swiss player will step onto the Australian Open court again, surrounded by three other former world number 1s. A moment of nostalgia and magic that fans won't want to miss.
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