2026
The All “Czechland” Lawn Tennis Club
The 2026 edition of the Championships featured an all-Czech women's singles final between Karolína Muchová and Linda Nosková, with the latter prevailing 6–2, 5–7, 6–3. What made the occasion particularly remarkable? Both players, born in Moravia, the historic region of…
Wimbledon ’76: ‘Admiration, Respect, and Boredom’
Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope. They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only beauty. The Picture of Dorian Gray The "scribe of tennis," Gianni Clerici, with his…
Let the Sunshine (Double) in
Jannik Sinner’s pursuit of the long-coveted ATP world number one ranking—still held by his arch-rival Carlos Alcaraz—has recently shifted into high gear. This surge is thanks to the Italian’s back-to-back victories in the Masters 1000 tournaments of Indian Wells (California)…
Gianni Clerici at the Winter Olympics
Tennis, basketball, soccer, road cycling, but also track and field and... winter sports: Gianni Clerici covered every discipline, and he always did so with the wit and ease that set him apart. The snows of Grenoble, captured by Gianni in…