Champion of the Australian Open in 2023, Sabalenka likes acai bowls from Oakberry a lot that she inked a sponsorship take care of the model.
Among the many clear consuming choices there are additionally candy treats for gamers like cult dessert bar Tarts Anon’s key lime tart and chocolate and caramel tart.
Tarts Anon pastries are within the naughty nook for tennis gamers.
“We have now as effectively a few ‘naughty corners’ the place there may be contemporary, actually Melbourne desserts or pastries like Tarts Anon,” Werner says.
“There are just a few individuals who like sure issues that I in all probability shouldn’t be speaking about who’re consuming a chocolate doughnut or a cake on the aspect, however I’m not even allowed to inform their coach or managers about it.”
Werner and Michelin star chef Abel Lusa say there’s a marked distinction between what gamers eat earlier than a sport and after.
Publish sport, gamers usually tend to bask in a burger on the gamers’ restaurant, a souvlaki from Stalactites like Tsitsipas or some tapas from the outpost of Lusa’s London restaurant Cambio de Tercio which is working on the Open this yr in Backyard Sq. and on the gamers’ restaurant.
Carlos Alcaraz (left) with Abel Lusa at Cambio De Tercio in London.
Lusa’s gazpacho of chilled tomato, cucumber, pepper, sherry, vinegar and olive oil has been standard with Spanish participant Carlos Alcaraz, US participant Ben Shelton and coach and former Australian star Leyton Hewitt at this yr’s match.
“Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev, the 2 Russian tennis gamers, that is one in every of their favorite dishes as they’ve Spanish coaches and reside a part of the yr in Spain in order that they comprehend it very well,” Lusa says.
“If they’ve a match at 3pm they don’t come to us at the moment they go to the usual buffet downstairs and eat an enormous plate of simply plain pasta and an enormous plate of plain rice or hen breast. They eat very boring meals earlier than a match as a result of they want the vitality.”
Publish match is when Cambio de Terco will get busy. “We’re only a bit extra of a pleasurable expertise for them,” Lusa says.
Stalactites’ Tsitsipas souvlaki named after the tennis star.
Lusa describes Djokovic as a good friend for a few years with each he and Rafael Nadal consuming many occasions at Lusa’s London restaurant.
“[Djokovic] follows an excessive regime he has been a vegan [and gluten-free] for a few years, however now he’s consuming fish so when he got here the opposite day right here we gave him all of the fish dishes we had,” Lusa says.
“We gave him a gluten-free avocado and tuna taco and sea bream which is scrumptious right here in Australia with a citrus sauce produced from Spanish sherry vinegar and lemon juice.”
Nonetheless, the menu merchandise the tennis gamers crave however most don’t order is Cambio de Terco’s fried churros with scorching chocolate. “A few of them can not resist it however most say: I might like to, however I can’t,” Lusa says.
Djokovic, famend for consuming one sq. of chocolate as a deal with after an Australian Open victory, is prone to abstain.
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