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?
The first tournament of the year kicks off strong in Brisbane with five French players determined to make their mark. Between promising matchups and the presence of young Cruz Hewitt, son of the Australian legend, the action promises to be captivating from the start.
Lorenzo Musetti, world number 8, won only two games against Hugo Gaston at the Open de Caen. A swift defeat that raises questions, but which the Frenchman downplays, citing the fatigue from an exceptional season for the Italian.
Spectacle, suspense, and tricolor pride: Team France has taken the lead at the Bourg-de-Péage Open thanks to a fit Mannarino and a resurgent Halys. Before the entry of the Monfils–Svitolina couple, the tension rises a notch.
The Norman audience will have to do without Benjamin Bonzi, who is injured, but can count on Quentin Halys to ensure the show at the Open de Caen. The Frenchman will be eager to make an impression before the 2026 season.
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