Itineraries
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Word from the ‘Little Scribe’
Today, July 24, 2025, Gianni Clerici would have turned 95. To honor his memory, we are publishing the beautiful tribute written in English by Alessandro Marinaro in 2022, shortly after his passing. Alessandro is a great tennis enthusiast and a…
‘A Toast to Gianni!’
'Game, set, match. Jannik Sinner wins' Rino Tommasi in 1971 How wonderful it would have been to hear Gianni Clerici and Rino Tommasi commentate the first historic victory of an Italian at Wimbledon. Everyone thought so, in one way or…
The Predestined Sinner
On November 8, 2019, Gianni Clerici titled an article in Repubblica: “The Predestined Sinner: never seen an Italian so strong.” Jannik, a fresh eighteen-year-old, had just defeated Frances Tiafoe and Mikael Ymer during the Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan.…
Wimbledon 1960: Diary of a ‘giornatore’
Journalist or writer… writer or journalist… why choose? Welcome the ‘giornatore’! Gianni Clerici, despite those who thought they could pigeonhole him, decided not to split himself in two, but to double himself — and for this, we will be eternally…
Gianni and Rino, what a pair!
Once upon a time, there were the roaring Eighties—a highly fertile sporting era filled with epochal duels and legendary rivalries: from the first clashes between the fierce teammates Senna and Prost, through the masterful free kicks of Maradona and Platini…
‘Er Francia’ shines in Paris: Nicola Pietrangeli becomes Slam champion
Gianni Clerici was perhaps the world’s greatest expert on Nicola Pietrangeli, so much so that he once even refused to write his biography, as he himself said. He knew him so well that he could discuss every single technical gesture…
A marvel in the capital: Jasmine’s spring, forty years after Reggi
Before May 17, 2025, only three Italian women had managed to win the singles title at the Italian Open: the first was Lucia Valerio, a true dominant figure in Italian tennis in the postwar period and winner of the second…
25 May 1976: “Panatta, miraculously saved”
Can you imagine someone climbing to the top of the Madonnina, slipping, and from spire to spire, landing right on the church steps? Without a scratch, a bump, just a lot of fear and cold sweat? Do you say it’s…
Montecarlo: a rather… Italian tournament
Starting Saturday, April 5th, the Monte-Carlo Masters will take place—a tournament founded in 1897 and now in its 118th edition. A historic stop on the circuit, the red clay of Monaco has witnessed the triumphs of many greats of the…
Monte-Carlo Country Club – in the footsteps of Suzanne Lenglen
Monte Carlo, a central district and the jewel in the crown of the semi-enclave that is the Principality of Monaco, a gem nestled at the eastern edge of the French Riviera. It’s 1893: among royal residences and palaces clinging to…
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