Nadal, playing in pain in a loss to Denis Shapovalov at the Italian Open, came away downbeat and pensive with the year’s second Grand Slam event less than two weeks away.
The search for elite players is so competitive that IMG, the agency that once ruled tennis, is cultivating preteens to find the next prodigy, giving them access to representatives from the pro tours and Nike.
The tournament would be the first to exclude individual athletes from those countries from competition since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and would affect highly ranked men and women.
The tournament would be the first to exclude individual athletes from those countries from competition since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and would affect highly ranked men and women.