Post Tagged with: "Rafael Nadal"
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Nadal Plays to Win, Not to Rank!
Here’s a quick sound bite for you from our favourite Spanish tennis ace Rafa Nadal. After slipping one place down the top four rankings to number 3, Nadal has confessed that he doesn’t particularly care about the professional rankings and it’s the wins on court that matter to him. Shocking [...] -
Raonic out of Rome Masters, loses to Mayer
German Florian Mayer surprisingly beat Canadian Milos Raonic 7-6 (5) 6-4 in the first round of the Rome Tennis Masters that started today. This is a shock defeat for the Canadian, who seemed to be on top form recently, narrowly losing to Federer at this week’s Madrid Masters. Raonic struggled [...] -
Federer wins Madrid Open title, beats Berdych in final
Roger Federer won the Madrid Open title after beating Tomas Berdych 3-6 7-5 7-5 in Sunday’s final and matched Nadal’s record of 20 Master titles. With this win, the Swiss will move to the second spot in the rankings and overtake Nadal, who will drop to no.3. Federer is the [...] -
Nadal sees Blue after shock loss in Madrid
Following his shock 6-3 3-6 7-5 defeat to Verdasco in the third round of the 2012 Madrid Open, the player considered to be the world’s greatest on clay courts is threatening to boycott competing at the tournament next year. Citing the tournament’s new bright blue clay courts as a primary [...] -
Djokovic books a place in Madrid quarters
Defending champion Novak Djokovic overcame Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland to book a place in the last 8 of the Mutua Madrid Open, winning in straight sets 7-6 (5) 6-4. Djokovic, who was amongst the players complaining about the new blue clay used for this year’s tournament, had to fight hard [...] -
Nadal out of Madrid, loses to Verdasco
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 [...] -
Berdych trashes Monfils, Dolgopolov beats Tsonga in Madrid
6th seeded Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic wasted little time on his way to a 6-1 6-1 victory over the no.12 seed Frenchman Gael Monfils, cruising into the quarterfinals of the Mutua Madrid Open. The Czech took control of the match from the very beginning with an early break and [...] -
Cilic beats Isner in Madrid, sets up a clash against Ferrer
Croatian Marin Cilic overcame the big serving 8th seed American John Isner in two narrow sets 7-6 (4) 7-6 (3) and booked a place in the third round of the Madrid Tennis Masters. Neither of the players managed to break each other’s serve throughout the whole match. Cilic was the [...] -
Nadal destroys Davydenko in Madrid
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 [...] -
Garcia-Lopez defeats Baghdatis, Andreev eliminates Ferrero in Madrid
Wild card holder Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain won his first round match at the Mutua Madrid Open against Marcos Baghdatis with a scoreline of 6-4 3-6 6-4. The Cypriot Baghdatis played at this tournament for the fourth time in his career, but has never been able to reach more than [...] -
Oh no, Tiriac Blue Clay Delivery Van Spotted Outside Roland Garros
Just been sent this photo. Apparently Roland Garros are trying to keep this quiet and surprise everyone with their lovely blue courts on the first day. Can you imagine the look on Rafa and Novak’s faces as they walk onto Philippe Chatrier for the first time.. -
Andy Murray withdraws from Madrid due to back injury
World no.4 Andy Murray is out of the Madrid Masters starting on Sunday because of a back injury. The timing is a bit unfortunate for the Brit, who will not only miss the big Masters Event (worth 1000 points), but it will also change his plans for the Roland Garros [...] -
Nadal beats Ferrer to win Barcelona title for 7th time
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 [...]
