Current Nadal vs Murray Head to Head stands at 13-5, with their last match having been played in 2011 in Tokyo, where the Brit prevailed in three sets. With Rafael Nadal recently recovering from his injury, most tennis fans are looking forward to Nadal’s return to the game. The level [...]
For the full draw, please click here: ATP Madrid Masters 2013 Draw After a brief and controversial experiment with the blue clay last year, the fourth Masters 1000 event of the year in Madrid returns to red. The Mutua Madrid Open is fairly new, having replaced Stuttgart in 2002 and [...]
Among all the events that make up the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 series, Madrid has earned a somewhat complicated and controversial reputation. Schedule and surface changes make up only part of this event’s history that dates back to 2002. After being moved from its former location in Stuttgart, Germany, [...]
ATP Madrid Masters Madrid, Spain May 6-12, 2013 Surface: Clay Main Draw: 56 E3,368,265 Singles Seeds: (cut: Gimeno-Traver 48) 1. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 2. Roger Federer (SUI) 3. Andy Murray (GBR) 4. David Ferrer (ESP) 5. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 6. Tomas Berdych (CZE) 7. Jo Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 8. Richard [...]
The conversation about Rafael Nadal and his prowess on clay is well known, from the lengthy winning streaks and stream of titles to the dominating topspin forehand and determined court coverage. Every tournament victory pushes his record further into the stratosphere and even his rare defeats, such as the recent [...]
Rafael Nadal vs Novak Djokovic current head to head: 19-15 The rivalry between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal that now dominates the world of men’s tennis didn’t look like it might amount to much when it first began in 2006. But despite an inauspicious beginning at Roland Garros, seven years [...]
For the full draw, please click here: ATP Estoril 2013 Draw Formerly named the Estoril Open, the Portugal Open is a joint ATP/WTA event based in Oeiras, Portugal. The ATP250 event boasts multiple winners such as Thomas Muster, David Nalbandian and more recently Albert Montanes. 2011 and 2012 winner Juan [...]
Rafael Nadal will square up to Nicolas Almagro in the Barcelona Open final after both Spaniards won their respective semi finals. It is the third time in a row that the title match has had an all-Spanish lineup. In their nine previous encounters Nadal is yet to be defeated. Seven [...]
The Spanish Armada lost one of its flagships when David Ferrrer crashed out of the tournament early but has still supplied two of the four semi finalists at the Barcelona Open. The possibility of an all-Spanish final remains with Nicolas Almagro playing Philipp Kohlschreiber at 13.30 local time with Rafael [...]
Rafael Nadal is likely to make two appearances in front of his passionate Catalan supporters on Thursday. Severe rain on Wednesday afternoon left the world number five kicking his heels at the Barcelona Open waiting for his fourth round match against Benoit Paire to begin. The pair will take to [...]
For the full draw, please click here: ATP Barcelona 2013 Draw Alongside Bucharest, the Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell is one of two clay tournaments this week. The ATP World Tour 500 event is the second clay 500 of the year and the first of them in Europe. Unsurprisingly, Rafael Nadal has [...]
For the full match report, please click here: Novak Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal and wins 2013 Monte Carlo title Novak Djokovic won the 2013 Monte Carlo Rolex Masters title after beating 8 time champion Rafael Nadal in Sunday’s final, prevailing 6-2 7-6 (1). World no.1 Djokovic came out very strong [...]
ATP Monte Carlo Masters Monte Carlo, Monaco April 15-21, 2013 Surface: Clay Main Draw: 56 E2,646,495 Singles Seeds: (cut: Gulbis 55) 1. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 2. Andy Murray (GBR) 3. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 4. Tomas Berdych (CZE) 5. Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) 6. Jo Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 7. Richard [...]
Check out the Monte Carlo final live commentary here: Nadal vs Djokovic Monte Carlo 2013 Live World no.1 Novak Djokovic will play Rafael Nadal in Sunday’s 2013 Monte Carlo Masters final, with many tennis fans eagerly awaiting this dream encounter. Djokovic booked his place in the final with a [...]
