Rafael Nadal won his 21st Masters title after defeating world no.1 and defending champion Novak Djokovic in the Rome final, winning 7-5 6-3 in 2 hours and 20 minutes. Some heavy hitting marked the beginning of the match, both players going at each other with full speed. Nadal earned himself [...]
Rafael Nadal became the first player to reach the Rome Tennis Masters final after he defeated fellow Spaniard David Ferrer 7-6 (6) 6-0. Today’s semifinal was a re-match of the Barcelona Open final, where Nadal prevailed in straight sets. Whenever these two players meet, it’s guaranteed that the crowd watching [...]
Rafael Nadal was at his very best in today’s match against Tomas Berdych at the Rome Masters, prevailing in straight sets 6-4 7-5 and booking his place in Saturday’s semifinal. The Spaniard moved extremely well and managed to come up with some unbelievable winners against the no.7 seed Czech. “I [...]
Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer both won their third round matches and booked a spot in the quarterfinals of the Rome Masters. Nadal was the first one of the two to reach the last 8 after he defeated fellow Spaniard Marcel Granollers 6-1 6-1. Although the scoreline looks very one [...]
Second seeded Rafael Nadal advanced into the third round of the Rome Tennis Masters after defeating German Florian Mayer 6-1 7-5. There aren’t too many players out there with a positive head to head record against the Spaniard, but Mayer was one of them before the match, having beaten Nadal [...]
These two players are used to making it to the top of the rankings for their tennis wins and achievements, but they were granted a new honour this week as they, and three of their fellow female tennis players, were featured in the 2012 Forbes’ Top 100 list of the [...]
ATP Rome Masters Rome, Italy May 14-20, 20012 Surface: Clay Main Draw: 56 €2,427,975 Singles Seeds: (cut: Kubot – 51) 1. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 2. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 3. Roger Federer (SUI) 4. Andy Murray (GBR) 5. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 6. David Ferrer (ESP) 7. Tomas Berdych (CZE) 8. Janko [...]
ATP Madrid Masters Madrid, Spain May 7-13, 2012 Surface: Clay Main Draw: 56 €3,090,150 Singles Seeds: (cut: Ramos – 56) 1. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 2. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 3. Roger Federer (SUI) 4. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 5. David Ferrer (ESP) 6. Tomas Berdych (CZE) 7. Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 8. John [...]
Fernando Verdasco came back from a brink of defeat to beat world no.2 Rafael Nadal and moved into the Mutua Madrid Masters quarterfinals, winning 6-3 3-6 7-5. This was his first ever win against Nadal, and having lost the previous 13 meetings against the no.2 seed Spaniard, he was going [...]
Second seed Spaniard Rafael Nadal won his opening match at the Mutua Madrid Open after defeating Russia’s Nikolay Davydenko 6-2 6-2 in 1 hour and 20 minutes. Nadal struck in the third game of the first set and then again in the 5th to go up a double break. Davydenko [...]
Top seed and defending champion Rafael Nadal won his 7th Barcelona Open title after defeating fellow Spaniard David Ferrer 7-6 (1) 7-5 in Sunday’s final. Ferrer got off to a better start, but after taking Nadal’s serve to go 2-0, the world no.2 managed to get the break back and [...]
Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer set up a re-match of last year’s final as they both won their semifinal encounters at the Barcelona Open. World no.2 Nadal demolished fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco as he cruised to a 6-0 6-4 victory in 1 hour and 25 minutes. The first set was [...]
Admired across the world for their elite playing skills and their enviable combined wealth, the tennis world’s Big Four are now being regarded even more highly for their selfless integrity. In a move rarely seen in the competitive tennis world, the men’s top 4-ranked players – Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, [...]
3rd seed Spaniard David Ferrer defeated his countryman Feliciano Lopez as he survived two match points to win in three sets 6-7 (4) 7-6 (7) 6-3 and moved into the Barcelona Open semifinals. There were no break points in the first set until the 12th game, when Ferrer had a [...]
