Tennishead March 2022

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Up front

Clay-court season

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8 BETTER THAN EVER? Nadal's ying start to 2022 16 TROPHY COLLECTORS Big Three’s Grand Slam trail 18 AGENDA What’s coming up in tennis 22 AMERICA AWAKENS Barty the glorious exception 34 THE FIGHTBACK BEGINS Doubles on the rise 40 FIVE-MINUTE INTERVIEW Bruno Soares 42 CURSE OF THE YIPS Sabalenka falls victim 48 ALIX RAMSAY Tennis needs pantomime villains Fritz and Opelka lead the charge 28 PAUL NEWMAN

66 REASON TO SMILE The players who love clay 74 GRAND SLAMS UNITED

124 MIXED EMOTIONS

Married couples and mixed doubles

130 MY JOB IN TENNIS

Super tie-breaks at Roland Garros

ITF President Dave Haggerty 142 MY NEW LEASE OF LIFE Ale Hewett interview 148 TENNIS TOURIST Millennium Estoril Open

76 EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

Paris champion Barbora Krejcikova

82 FORM GUIDE

Best women performers on clay

84 PASSPORT TO PARIS Oscar Otte’s long journey

Gear

Academy

108 WINNING TOGETHER Nadal and Babolat

90 BRAIN GAME

Debunking clay-court myths

RACKET REVIEWS 114 Wilson Clash 100 116 Yonex VCORE Pro 97 117 Dunlop SX 300 118 BUYING GUIDE Choosing a Yonex racket COMPETITIONS 115 Win a Wilson Clash racket 120 Win a pair of ASICS shoes

96 FRAME BY FRAME Reilly Opelka’s serve 98 JEZ GREEN How an entourage works 102 DAVID SAMMEL

Picture specials

The long road back from injury

54 IN THE FRAME

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Mike Frey’s Indian Wells portfolio 136 BREAKING BOUNDARIES Recognising black pioneers 152 MELBOURNE MISSION Australian Open photographs

121 READ ALL ABOUT IT The latest gear news

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