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?
Returning after a long absence, Anhelina Kalinina rediscovered the taste of victory in Limoges. Between emotions, doubts and rebirth, the Ukrainian player secures a second crown in Haute-Vienne and a leap in the world rankings.
Elsa Jacquemot really believed she had her first WTA 125 title in hand. But facing an Anhelina Kalinina who was relentless in key moments, the Frenchwoman fell after a suspenseful battle lasting over two hours.
The Limoges crowd believed it: two Frenchwomen in the semifinals was possible. But only Elsa Jacquemot prevailed on Friday, after a stunning match. Friedsam, Bucsa, and Kalinina complete an unpredictable final four.
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