Farewell to Rino Tommasi

Rino Tommasi, the legendary voice of tennis, passed away today at the age of ninety. Together with Gianni Clerici, he pioneered the successful formula of sports commentary by a pair of commentators. Born in Verona in 1934, Tommasi began his…

Cataloguing of the Gianni Clerici Collection completed

One year after its donation, the cataloguing of the book collection belonging to journalist and writer Gianni Clerici has been completed. This means that, from now on, all the books in this collection will be available to anyone interested in…

Break point: Gianni Clerici’s library lands in Cattolica

It is fresh news of a few weeks that the precious library of Gianni Clerici (1930-2022) has arrived in Cattolica: a privileged voice of tennis in Italy, with an illustrious past as a player, journalist and commentator, Clerici made himself…