What do tennis and the search for extraterrestrial intelligent life have in common? Well, don't ask us because we don't know either. However, French tennis player Térence Atmane has put the two on a collision course with his quarter-final victory at the 2025 Cincinnati Open. He signed the plexiglass in front of one of the cameras, something that winners have done for decades, but instead of his name or a message, he wrote “ Fermi's Paradox ?!” The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

People were, of course, confused. Atmane finished last year as number 158 in the world, but in Cincinnati, he has beaten two players in the top 10, Taylor Fritz (number 4) and Holger Rune (number 9). It is unclear if the comment was about his per

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