The last days of Roger Federer
The tennis giant’s departure will take a generation of fans with him, but his retirement may also spare us a…
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Serena Williams has been a tennis player like no other, and perhaps the greatest of all
Williams’ legacy lies not only in her extraordinary success and mesmerising on-court energy, but in the path she forged for…
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John McEnroe: “You don’t win every time, no matter how good you are”
The former professional tennis player on his sporting heroes, his friend Taylor Hawkins and being painted by Andy Warhol.
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Djokovic vs Kyrgios was the perfect final for these discomforting times
Wimbledon gave us a moral quandary in the guise of a tennis match, promising to settle everything while in reality…
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From the NS archive: Wimbledon the wacky
1 July 1988: Wimbledon is a testament to all that is English – it is decent, proper, undemocratic and unfair.
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Cries of a “woke Wimbledon” show that it can’t avoid the culture wars forever
The All England Club has historically lacked an overt world-view – but this constitutes a world-view in itself.
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Can Emma Raducanu survive her super-brand status?
After winning the US Open aged 18, Britain’s wunderkind has suffered a loss of form – but her honesty is…
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Geoff Dyer: How to grow old in America
A tennis injury – and a spell in the US healthcare system – helped cure my delusions of youth.
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