Louise Bernard 10:45 a.m., May 26, 2022
If sports news is marked by Roland-Garros, another event marks the world of tennis: the publication of the magazine 40-A.
The annual magazine releases its second issue.
On the program, the Monfils, Gasquet, Tsonga and Simon friendship or even the tragic fate of the Swiss tennis player Patty Schnyder.
He is back !
Annual magazine,
40-A
is releasing its second issue in two years, on the occasion of Roland-Garros.
A special outing for the tennis magazine, which did very well last year.
The first issue had sold nearly 10,000 copies.
Behind the scenes, we find the So Press team, which publishes Society and So Foot, among others.
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And reading
40-A
, we recognize the touch of So Press.
Particularity, this magazine is not intended for tennis specialists, nor written by specialists.
Tennis is in fact a pretext to tell something else.
"It's kind of our trademark not to speak to specialists but to people who know nothing about tennis," explains Victor Le Grand, editor-in-chief of
40-A
.
The crazy friendship of French players
"Someone who doesn't like tennis can read
40-A
very well . You can understand certain things of society, of the world, even of the economy, of power, of love, through Tennis. Because these are human stories above all," he adds.
For its new issue,
40-A
made its front page and devoted a long article to Monfils, Gasquet, Tsonga and Simon.
This is not a detailed analysis of their ways of playing, but of their history of friendship, rare in this environment.
And also, that also of a "much better generation than it seems".
Readers will also find in the magazine a portrait of a tennis player, Patty Schnyder, who was destined for a great career but fell in love with the wrong people.
She was thus defrauded by two boys.
"Create the event"
You will also find the story of the most beautiful parties in the world of tennis organized in the famous club "Castel".
Stories you can only find in
40-A
.
An originality, which takes advantage of being published only once a year.
This is why the team appreciates this periodicity.
"If we did a tennis monthly, we would do subjects that we see elsewhere. When you only go out once a year, you have to create the event, write and have something read that you can't find not elsewhere", underlines Victor Le Grand, editor-in-chief of 40-A.
For the curious, the magazine is already on newsstands.