The term Fan Week is increasingly popular in sports. Aimed at energizing tennis and making it attractive in everyone’s eyes, this event—now indispensable at certain major tournaments—is enjoying growing success.
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?
Behind the podium smiles, a divide persists: that of prize money. Between sporting fairness, television audiences, and economic weight, tennis is still searching for the right formula — but parity remains a match without a winner.
Questioned by Eurosport about the current situation of French tennis, Gilles Simon notably discussed a training problem. He compared the French case with that of Italy and Jannik Sinner.
Retired since 2022, Gilles Simon was then part of Daniil Medvedev's team during the 2024 season. In an interview with L'Équipe, the Frenchman discussed his experience with the Russian player.
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