‘Italians Do It Better’. Idemo : For close to two decades the words “Idemo Nole!” have rung out at tennis arenas, Nole of course being Djokovic’s nickname. The Serb also gets himself going with “Hajde!” Both “Idemo” and “Hajde” are Serbo-Croat expressions, and mean “come on” and “let’s go”, respectively. And when he roared “Chum jetze!”, Swiss-German for ‘come on …
Almost a year after his last match, former world number one Rafael Nadal will return to the courts in Brisbane next month ahead of the Australian Open for what is likely to be his final season. "I think I don't deserve to end like this," said Nadal, 37, of his Melbourne exit. "I won't win more Grand Slams than Djokovic, …
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Spanish fans brought plenty of their nation’s flags to Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday, thrusting them into the air whenever things were going well for Carlos Alcaraz. I’m sure of it.” Alcaraz lost one set in six matches in Miami, improved to 18-2 overall this year and became the third-youngest winner of any ATP Masters 1000 …
