Bastien Fachan

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It's 9pm local time in London, everyone in the Royal Box has left the building, and the camera pans to the one person who stayed to watch the last match of the day... Roger Federer, the winningest men's champion in Wimbledon history. Cinema.

Federer reminiscing his days as a ball boy in Basel...

Gucci introduces Aryna Sabalenka as a new global ambassador!

The Australian Open don’t own all of their broadcasting rights (fairly common), so they’re live-streaming a Wii Tennis-like version of the matches on YouTube - love this 😂 This is Carlos Alcaraz’ match point:

Somehow missed this wholesome interaction: Before Marta Kostyuk's first round in Toronto, her designated mascot handed her a note that read… 'Good luck today. My name is Marcus, I am 8 years old. Never give up, I will be cheering you on!' ❤️ 🎥 National Bank Open | 📸 Marta Kostyuk

Oddly satisfying: Two sisters, Alena and Jana Kovackova, dressed the exact same, facing two twin sisters, Annika and Kristina Penickova, dressed the exact same 👯‍♀️👯‍♀️

Roger Federer letting Carlos Alcaraz - a fellow Rolex ambassador - admire his $1,500,000 white-gold Daytona. Iconic 💎

I still can't believe Alcaraz won that point

Daniil Medvedev (in French) before set point in the first set tiebreak: 'Why not play like this every day, win millions, be rich? *shrugs* …no, he [Benjamin Bonzi] decides to do it once a year'

Two years after retiring from tennis, 2020 US Open champion Dominic Thiem has officially signed with Austrian eighth-division side Badener AC! 🇦🇹⚽️ He's always shown potential in football...

Naomi Osaka with the grandest of grand entrances at the Australian Open! Married to the game 👰‍♀️

10 years ago in Barcelona... Nicolas Almagro, a ball boy, and a moment of perfect comedic timing.

Gotta love Mensik for shutting up the French crowd

For 20 years, when in Rome, Roger Federer came to Taverna Trilussa religiously to have his fix of pasta… …so the owners dedicated a room to him, ‘Saletta Federer’, with his racket and pictures on the wall 🍝

Djokovic and his children doing the 'Pump It Up' dance celebration in unison ❤️

When Diego Schwartzman (5'7") and John Isner (6'10") played doubles together in Rome 2022! Bucket list item checked off for both of them 🤓

In 2021, 11-year-old prodigy Ksenia Efremova said she wanted to win all Grand Slams and be world #1 at 16 years old. By winning the 2026 girls' Australian Open, she will become the new junior world #1 at 16 years old 💫

On a Sunday in October 1993, a 12-year-old ball boy made the short bike commute from his Münchenstein home to the St. Jakobshalle arena, where he collected a piece of silverware. Here’s the extraordinary story of Roger Federer at the Swiss Indoors Basel…

Dominic Stricker singing along to ‘I Wanna Dance with Somebody’ by Whitney Houston in his last changeover before taking out Tsitsipas

Videos

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Novak Djokovic in tears as the realization dawns upon him that Father Time has finally caught up

Gabriela Sabatini at the Tennis Hall of Fame 😍 So effortlessly beautiful

Mirka Federer's heartfelt speech as she introduced husband Roger Federer to the Tennis Hall of Fame ❤️

On this day in 2019, the legend of Daniil Medvedev in New York began

An Aryna Sabalenka lookalike contest was held on Friday night in Brooklyn - in the presence of Aryna 😂 🎥 Tennis Channel

Seeing people dunk on the 2012 US Open final... Tornado warnings pushed the final to Monday. Wind gusts approached 40 km/h in the first set... And yet, Murray and Djokovic played rallies up to *54* shots during close to five hours. Prodigious, actually!

Roger Federer is now aware of the one-hander stat! 'That's why I'm maybe practicing with Musetti this afternoon in an hour, making sure he's ready' 😂 (via Gill Gross 🦣)

Odysseus: 'How long have I been on this island?' Calypso:

Iga Swiatek has faced 27 different players 5+ times. She has a winning record against 26 of them.

Coco Gauff on what she's gonna use her US Open prize money for: 'Somebody said pay off debts... I'm 19, I don't have any debt' 😂

Flavio Cobolli learned of the tragic passing of one of his close friends from Italy, aged only 13, after his win yesterday. 'Every point I play, every ball I touch, every step I take, I will think of you,' he posted. Today, he was overcome with emotion after his semifinal win.

Lewis Hamilton plays tennis with Frances Tiafoe 🔥 (via lululemon)

IGA SWIATEK COMPLETES THE NORTH AMERICA CAREER SWEEP 🏆 🇺🇸 Indian Wells 2022, 2024 🇺🇸 Miami 2022 🇺🇸 US Open 2022 🇺🇸 Cincinnati 2025 🇨🇦 Canada 2026 At 25, she’s the youngest woman ever to do so.

The little guy hitting with Federer in this video just reached the Wimbledon juniors' final

There used to be decorum at Coldplay concerts

Obsessed with the impeccable handwriting skills of the woman updating the Roland-Garros draws

Novak Djokovic was asked to name his 24 Slams in order... He makes just one error - immediately corrected but quite interesting 👀 (Prime Video Sport UK)

When Rafael Nadal was a kid, uncle Toni told him if he faced a better kid, he would magically make rain appear… In the 2008 Wimbledon final, rain appeared after Nadal had blown a two-set lead to Federer… And Rafa told Toni: 'You can stop the rain, I'm not going to lose.' 😭

Aryna Sabalenka is trying really, really hard to lose the world #1 ranking since the start of clay season. Will Elena Rybakina seize the opportunity before it's too late?

Novak Djokovic, 38 years old. You just have to sit back and applaud.

Daniil Medvedev (in French) before set point in the first set tiebreak: 'Why not play like this every day, win millions, be rich? shrugs …no, he [Benjamin Bonzi] decides to do it once a year'

Seeing people dunk on the 2012 US Open final... Tornado warnings pushed the final to Monday. Wind gusts approached 40 km/h in the first set... And yet, Murray and Djokovic played rallies up to 54 shots during close to five hours. Prodigious, actually!