Rafael Nadal is a different man. He's losing sleep over his newborn baby and not so much the No 1 ranking. Even with all of his absences, Nadal has a shot at finishing the season as the world No 1. He has racked up 5,820 points, trailing only the top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz, who...
Byline: BILL SCOTTWHATEVER excitement Andy Murray may feel after achieving a career-first world No 2 ranking today remains hard to fathom as the Scot moves... - Murray Crowned Master of Montreal; Tennis 被引量: 0发表: 0年 Federer Hopes for First Clash with Nadal in New York BYLINE: Jul...
The head to head for first place in the world ranking supposes an enmity impossible of overcome among themselves, situation that for both is a little bit humorous and even funny.-Who do you think is the best tennis player in the history and where do you see yourself?Difficult question and...
M: A week ago, the French newspaper L'Équipe published a hypotheticalTop 5 ranking for 2018. Nadal was not in it. Do they think you won't be playingthen?-R: I don't know, I'm here in 2013 and I'm playing, that's what'simportant. One of my great objectives is Rio 2016. ...
The world ranking is important, but it isnt the most important thing. The main thing is to start every tournament knowing you have a chance to win it.Q: Federer is back to his best, did you think in his bad moments that his fall had started?RN: That fall was more a thing of the...
losing his world number one ranking and six consecutive finals to the Serbian.Nadal, who suffered an early exit from the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals, admitted to losing his usual passion amid struggles with a shoulder injury at the end of the season, but said the media were making ...
Nadal's win also strengthens his grip on the year-end No 1 ranking, as it means Novak Djokovic has to win the tournament to have any chance of overtaking him. Djokovic had to beat Roger Federer on Thursday just to advance to the semifinals. ...
RAFAEL NADAL: We will see, no? The No. 3 of the world normally is ready to win tournaments.Q. Does any ranking change affect maybe your mentally, the drop from 1st, 2nd, and now 3rd?RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, a lot. I am really sad. (Laughing) No, sure, speaking seriously that’s nor...
Rafa Nadal (4.5.2011)R Nadal b M Baghdatis 61 63Q. How was your first day on the central court and tomorrow you have a really important match, what are your thoughts about Del Potro?A. Well I feel in general I’ve played quite good. I think I played quite a good match, I made...
Federer began to realize something was up in the spring of 2005 when Nadal, seeded 29th, took the world number one to five sets ... on a hard court in Key Biscayne. And he did it by playing claycourt-style tennis: bobbing two or three full strides behind the baseline, running side ...