It was a one-sided match between the defending champion Rafael Nadal and Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia as the world no.2 destroyed his opponent 6-2 6-2 in just 1 hour and 23 minutes and booked a place in the Barcelona Open semifinals. Nadal took control of the match from the very [...]
World no.2 Rafael Nadal of Spain is aiming to lift his seventh trophy at the Barcelona Open this year. And he has got just one step closer after he improved his match record at this tournament to 31-1 as he beat the Colombian qualifier Robert Farah 6-2 6-3. Nadal’s next [...]
First seed Spaniard Rafael Nadal didn’t give his countryman Guillermo Garcia-Lopez too much of a chance as he destroyed him in the second round of the Barcelona Open, winning 6-1 6-2. Defending champion Nadal is on form, having also won the Monte Carlo Masters last week. He will next play [...]
Rafael Nadal has captured his 8th Monte Carlo Masters title as he beat world no.1 Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-1 in Sunday’s final. The Spaniard drew first blood as he broke Djokovic in the third game of the first set. Nadal, standing a few meters behind the baseline, was solid as [...]
Rafael Nadal is yet to drop a set at this year’s Monte Carlo Tennis Masters after he outplayed the Frenchman Gilles Simon 6-3 6-4 and set up a long expected Sunday final against world no.1 Novak Djokovic. Nadal is without a title since winning last year’s Roland Garros, but this [...]
World no.1 Novak Djokovic will face the 7 time Monte Carlo Masters champion Rafael Nadal in Sunday’s final. This will be the second final for the Serbian after he was a runner up in 2009, having lost to Nadal. Djokovic battled back from a set down to beat the Czech [...]
Gilles Simon beat his French compatriot and no.4 seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-5 6-4 and moved into the Monte Carlo Masters semifinals. Tonga got off to a very slow start, dropping his serve twice to allow Simon a quick 3-0 lead. He managed to get those breaks back and level the [...]
Defending champion Rafael Nadal of Spain won his 40th consecutive match at the Monte Carlo Tennis Masters as he defeated the Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka 7-5 6-4 and booked his place in Saturday’s semis. Nadal, who lifted this trophy on 7 previous occasions, started the first set with a quick break. [...]
World no.2 Rafael Nadal destroyed Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan 6-1 6-1 and moved into the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters quarterfinals. As the rain interrupted today’s day play, Nadal was forced to play his match under floodlights. It didn’t seem to bother him as he crushed his opponent and set up [...]
Being just a couple of weeks away and with excitement levels building as the world’s top players start to think about their warm up competitions at Queen’s, Halle and The Boodles, we thought it would be a good idea to take a closer look at the Wimbledon Championships. The grass [...]
In a re-match of their 2011 Monte Carlo Masters encounter, no.2 seed and defending champion Rafael Nadal beat Jarkko Nieminen of Finland 6-4 6-3 and moved into the third round. An early break for Nadal in the very first game of the match secured him the first set. Nadal, watched [...]
In the absence of world no.2 Rafael Nadal, Spanish duo Nicolas Almagro and David Ferrer secured the first two points for the hosts Spain in their Davis Cup quarterfinal encounter in Marina d’Or against Austria. Almagro outclassed Jurgen Melzer as he defeated him in straight sets 6-2 6-2 6-4 and [...]
British no.1 Andy Murray will play for the title at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami after his opponent Rafael Nadal withdrew from their semifinal match. Nadal pulled out of the match due to a knee injury he picked up in the previous match, when he had to call for [...]
No.2 seed Spaniard Rafael Nadal had to fight hard for his victory against the Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga as he beat him in three sets 6-2 5-7 6-4 and moved into the Miami Open semifinals. The match started well for Nadal, who broke Tsonga in the very first game despite being [...]
