Nadal, who turns 36 on June 3, is playing his final warm-up tourney in Rome this week before attempting to add to his record total of 13 French Open titles. The tournament at Roland Garros starts in less than two weeks. "I need some time, but maybe this week can be a positive week...
His superb backhand tends to neutralize the advantage Nadal has over most players simply by virtue of being left-handed and, frankly, Rafa’s good-but-not-great serve is less of a threat to Djokovic than to most because of the Serb’s returning skill. It just seems that there are ...
Rafa Nadal could overtake Roger Federer in the tennis money league with a $2.5 million French Open winAlan Dawson
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Nadal won the Australian Open and French Open this year to achieve a record 22 Grand Slam singles titles, one more than Djokovic and two more than Federer. But the vibe on tour is a changing of the guard, with 36-year-old Nadal passing the baton to 19-year-old Alcaraz, at least in...
French Open champion and King of Clay Rafael Nadal recently described the ATP calender as 'negative' as it gives a preference to the hard courts over clay and other surfaces. Now uncle Toni has also come out in support of his nephew by saying that the ATP favours hard courts and other fa...
Nadal has suffered some crushing early defeats since he won the last of his 14 grand slam titles at the French Open in 2014 — Dustin Brown (at Wimbledon) and Fabio Fognini (US Open) to name but two, but in those he lacked form and fitness. ...
Win Big or Go Home: The Cincy Final Between John Isner and Rafael Nadal Prior to their encounter in the Western & Southern final, the last time Rafa and John played was one of the more memorable matches in French Open history. They met in the first round of the 2011 event and John to...
The victory ties Nadal with Mats Wilander for second place among teen titles winners with 13, trailing Bjorn Borg's record 16. Nadal turns 20 June 3. This was only the second tournament back for Nadal after injuring his foot during his title run in Madrid last October. In February, ...
SERENA WILLIAMS DROPS AUSTRALIAN OPEN MATCH TO KAROLINA PLISKOVA IN LATE COLLAPSE The victory was the third consecutive Grand Slam title for Djokovic, giving the 31-year-old Serbian his 15th major trophy. He trails only Switzerland's Roger Federer, who has 20 major titles, and Span's...