Archive for category: Rafael Nadal
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Ferrer qualifies for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals
David Ferrer of Spain became the fifth player to qualify for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. He joins Djokovic, Nadal, Federer and Murray, who have already secured their final spots. The world no.5 won two titles this year – in Auckland and Acapulco. He also got to the Australian [...] -
Murray, Nadal win in Shanghai, Tsonga out
World no.2 Rafael Nadal is through to the second round at the Shanghai Masters after beating his fellow countryman Guillermo Garcia Lopez 6-3, 6-2. The Roland Garros 2011 champion will next face Florian Mayer of Germany who defeated David Nalbandian of Argentina 6-3, 6-4. British no.1 Andy Murray had a [...] -
Murray against the players strike
British no.1 Andy Murray is against the players strike over the busy schedule tennis calendar. Today, he said: “When I said it was a possibility, I didn’t expect that to be such a massive issue. It’s so far away from being at that level.” Although the trio Murray, Nadal and [...] -
Nadal-Lopez lose against Kas-Peya in Shanghai
Christopher Kas and Alexander Peya upset the world no.2 Rafael Nadal and his fellow Spaniard Marc Lopez in the first round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters, beating them 4-6, 6-4, 10-8. Other results: Thomaz Bellucci/Ivan Dodig (BRA/CRO) – Feliciano Lopez/Fernando Verdasco (ESP/ESP) – 6-7 (6), 6-3, 11-9 Eric Butorac/Jean-Julien Rojer [...] -
Tomic, Nalbandian and Garcia-Lopez win in Shanghai
The Argentinian David Nalbandian overcame Ernest Gulbis of Latvia in the first round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters, beating him in straight sets 7-5, 6-4. The world no.57 Nalbandian set up a secound round encounter with the German Florian Mayer. Nalbandian, whose highest ranking was no.3, won this event in [...] -
Murray storms to victory against Nadal in Tokyo final
British no.1 Andy Murray played an amazing final at the Japan Open, defeating world no.2 Rafael Nadal 3-6, 6-2, 6-0. He lost 13 of his previous 17 meetings with Nadal and they last time the met in this year’s US Open semifinal. The world no.4 Murray played a stunning third [...] -
Murray sets up Japan Open final against Nadal
World no.4 Andy Murray comfortably made his way into the Japan Open final as he beat the Spaniard David Ferrer 6-2, 6-3. He will now meet Rafael Nadal in the final and will try to revenge the US Open semifinal defeat against the world no.2. The british no.1 managed to [...] -
Nadal beats Fish and moves into Japan Open Final
Rafael Nadal beat Mardy Fish 7-5, 6-1 to reach the Rakuta Japan Tennis Open Championship’s Final. The defending champion broke the American in the 11th game of the first set before serving out for it. The second set went much more smoothly for the Spaniard as he managed to break [...] -
Murray into Japan Open semifinals
Brit Andy Murray defeated David Nalbandian of Argentina in the quarterfinal of the Japan Open in Tokyo 6-4, 7-5. World no.4 Murray needed one break only in the first set as he held his serve all the way through. The second set saw two breaks up to 5-5 and when [...] -
Nadal through to Tokyo semifinals
World no.2 Rafael Nadal secured his place in Japan Open’s semifinals as he beat Santiago Giraldo of Colombia 7-6 (6), 6-3. In the first set, both players held their serve and the more experienced Nadal sealed it with winning the tie-break 7-5. There were three breaks in the second set, [...] -
Fish eliminates Tomic in Tokyo and will face Nadal in SF
American Mardy Fish set up a semifinal encounter against Rafael Nadal at the Japan Open when he outsted the Australian Bernard Tomic in the quarterfinal, beating him 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-1. The breaking point in the match was the 9th game in the second set, when Fish broke Tomic’s serve, [...] -
Murray trashes Bogomolov and reaches QF at Japan Open
Andy Murray spent less than an hour on court in Tokyo, beating Alex Bogomolov Jr. of American 6-1, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals. The Brit, who had a tough opening match against Marcos Baghdatis, served well throughout the match and hasn’t allowed Bogomolov a single break point. He will now [...] -
Nadal beats Raonic in Tokyo and cruises into quarters
Top seed Rafael Nadal moved one step closer to defending his title at the Japan Open as he eliminated Milos Raonic of Canada 7-5, 6-3. This is Nadal’s first tournament since helping Spain to reach the Davis Cup final. Raonic came back to the men’s tour after his hip injury [...]
