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.
Another setback for Jack Draper: the Briton, expected in Macau at the end of December, must once again delay his return. Ugo Humbert seizes the opportunity and joins a young and promising lineup.