RAFAEL Nadal was forced to dig deep to see off a player of “unbelievable potential” as the world number three booked his place in the quarter-finals of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.
Rafael Nadal will return to Queen's this year after he was unable to defend his title at the grass-court tournament in 2009.
We wait. We anticipate. We hope. For Roger and Rafa. It's been just 10 months, but it seems like an eternity.
The buddy system was in play on Sunday at Indian Wells, when Rafael Nadal and his good pal/sometime doubles partner Marc Lopez beat the third seeded doubles team of Lukas Dlouhy and Leander Paes in the first round.
Momentum halted...Nadal has put his injury at the Australian Open behind him and is ready to roll.
Three days after a highly public conflict with Andre Agassi , Pete Sampras finally addressed the issue on Tuesday.
Roger Federer squandered three match points before suffering a shock 5-7 7-5 7-6 defeat at the hands of Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis at the Indian Wells ATP tournament Tuesday.
Fourth seed Andy Murray suffered a late wobble before beating American Michael Russell 6-3 7-5 to reach the Indian Wells ATP tournament fourth round on Tuesday.
Don't worry Rafanatics . After a couple days of near misses, we finally caught Rafael Nadal on the practice courts! Rafa practiced twice on Friday.
INDIAN WELLS - Any opponent looking for rust on Rafael Nadal's game or any weakness in his right knee had to be disappointed Saturday.
Three-time champion Roger Federer won his second-round match Sunday at the $4.5 million BNP Paribas Open, an ATP World Tour Masters event.
Svetlana Kuznetsova had a succinct explanation after losing her opening match at the BNP Paribas Open.
Third seeds Paes and Czech Lukas Dlouhy [ Images ] went down 4-6, 6-3, 6-10 to the Spanish wild card pair of Rafael Nadal [ Images ] and Marc Lopez on Sunday night.
ATP Indian Wells. Click here to bet. Click here for latest tennis results Click here for Andy Schooler's Net Talk Click here for 2010 ATP Tour calendar Click here for 2010 WTA Tour calendar Click here for latest ATP Tour rankings Click here for latest WTA Tour rankings Click here for more tennis news Andy Murray recorded a straightforward 6-4 6-4 ...
Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic were both second-round winners Saturday at the $4.5 million BNP Paribas Open, an ATP World Tour Masters event.
