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Andrey Rublev: From Tennis to Fashion with a Purpose

by Luce Martini

Fashion·Featured·Lifestyle·Photography

“At least I tried. If I’d always wanted to do it but never did, I’d regret it. Now, I know I’ve tried.”

NEWS·THE GAME

The Cincinnati Magician: Anatomy of the Rise of Terence Atmane, Tennis’s Troubled Genius

This atypical start is more than just a quirky anecdote; it is a crucial lens through which to understand the player Atmane would become. Video games, especially at a competitive level, hone vital cognitive skills: lightning-fast pattern recognition, predictive analysis, and the ability to make split-second decisions under pressure. This

Bellucci and C.P. Company: When Tennis Becomes Style

Bellucci, who dresses the way he plays—fearlessly, without pretence—found a natural connection

Carlos: Not Quite a Warrior, Not Just a Whisper

"Carlos Alcaraz: a panda in disguise or a blade in a dream?

Corleone Guest-Arrival Chic Comes to Indian Wells

March 8, 2026

Fashion

At moments, some of those Indian Wells “Athlete Arrivals” looked less like fashion than like the arrival of the wedding guests in The Godfather. Which, in its own way, gets to the heart of the problem. The whole thing felt less like a fashion language than a highly managed piece

What We Got from Lartigue’s Lenglen.

February 15, 2026

Fashion·Lifestyle·Photography

Think of Suzanne Lenglen photographed by Jacques-Henri Lartigue. Those images do not need reinterpreting, they are already a story. And that alone is enough to grasp something simple: photograph a tennis player and you are already in the realm of fashion.

Sania Mirza: Power, Politics and a Nation Watching

February 7, 2026

History·THE GAME

What makes the difference is her family. Her father, Imran Mirza, though not a professional coach, becomes his daughter’s coach for thirty years, studying the game, adapting, experimenting. Her mother, Naseema, takes on the unseen work: hours queuing for discounted train tickets, constant financial sacrifices, the logistics of a project

The Champions’ Legacy: Iva Jovic, a New Fairytale of International Tennis

January 26, 2026

NEWS·THE GAME

Melbourne, January 2026. On the hard courts of John Cain Arena, Iva Jovic delivers the result that changes how the tour views her: 6–2, 7–6(3) against Jasmine Paolini, the seventh seed and a two-time Slam finalist. The 18-year-old American, seeded 29, turns the tables on a matchup that had gone

2025: A Year on the Fault Line.

December 30, 2025

Featured·NEWS·THE GAME·THE GAME BEHIND THE GAME

Two men, four Slams, and a sport up for grabs

Tennis Without the Ball Martin Parr’s Anthropological Eye on the Grand Slams

December 21, 2025

Fashion·Lifestyle·Photography

When people think of tennis photography, they picture the athletic gesture: Nadal’s sweat-soaked focus, Federer’s airborne elegance, Serena Williams’s explosive serve. We expect action, the sporting “decisive moment”. Martin Parr, the British photographer from Magnum, flips that logic. He turns his back on the court and trains his lens on

In the Age of (6)Kings, It Takes a Queen

October 16, 2025

Fashion·Lifestyle

Nadal, for all his intensity, represents an idea almost extinct in modern tennis: not the calm against the storm, but the mind inside it.. Sabalenka is his opposite — raw, loud, visceral — and that’s exactly what gives the gesture weight. It isn’t imitation. It’s recognition. I’m not you, but

While the Stars Head East, Tennis’s Future Blossoms in Parma: A Report from the Under-16 European Championships

September 27, 2025

NEWS·THE GAME

As the international professional tour shifts its lucrative centre of gravity to Asia, forcing visibly weary athletes through a gruelling post-US Open schedule, a different story was unfolding in Parma, Italy. Here, a spectacle of raw passion and sparkling talent took centre stage. A world away from the millionaire's spotlight,

An Italian Tennis Symphony: From World Glory to the Heartbeat of Home Soil

September 21, 2025

Featured·NEWS·THE GAME

The true strength of a sporting movement—the deep melody that underpins the high notes of the world stage—is also measured in the passion, organisation, and vitality of its grassroots. And while the nation's champions were triumphing in China, an electrifying week of tennis was unfolding in the Marche region, proving

Itō Aoi: In Praise of Chaos Against Predictable Tennis

July 30, 2025

Featured·THE GAME

Looking every inch like a manga heroine, Itō Aoi seals her victory with a deep Japanese bow before offering a courteous handshake to her opponent.

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