Why I see Art and Life in Tennis?

I must confess that my passion for tennis hasn't been around for long. Although I played tennis as a kid, I wasn't really interested in it at all. It was an obligation to go and hit the ball on Saturdays and Sundays when what I really wanted to do was draw all day. However, it was art itself—the seventh art—that made me connect all the mental circuits that made me understand how beautiful this sport is (and ultimately, all of us who are passionate about it). Luca Guadagnino's film "Challengers" perfectly expresses, through a very measured editing, that whatever story you live, you can use this sport to learn to focus, to bring out the best in yourself, to connect with yourself, and to crush your opponent, who, after all, is yourself, your most critical self. That doesn't make us our own heroes if we want it to be. Those heroes I've already enjoyed illustrating, like Rafa Nadal, Roger Federer, and Carlos Alcaraz.

The raquet is a pencil and the ball draws life in a tennis match: every shot -love, work, relationships, uncertainty- is a challenge to be answered with intention. What matters isn’t winning, but practicing, improving, and not leaving the game too soon.