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 [...]
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. [...]
