A tennis player's income depends solely on his sporting results. In the event of injury, the daily life of those far from the Top 100 can become extremely complicated.
Exhausted but omnipresent stars, ever-longer tournaments and exhibitions that have become a business in their own right: tennis is revealing its deepest contradictions, torn between spectacle and physical survival.
As federations struggle to reinvent themselves, private academies are capturing talent… but also families able to invest tens of thousands of euros a year. A system that is increasingly effective, but also increasingly unequal.
Marcos Baghdatis, former Grand Slam finalist, gives his prediction on the future of Sinner and Alcaraz and also reveals the name of a possible spoiler.
Between extended Masters 1000 events, new tournaments, and accumulated fatigue, the ATP Tour is out of breath. According to Marcos Baghdatis, players have the means to shift the lines thanks to the PTPA, but prefer to complain.
For Marcos Baghdatis, all is not lost regarding Stefanos Tsitsipas: the Cypriot firmly believes in a return of the Greek player among the best, provided he accepts his new reality.