Rafael Nadal News

Moments after Maria Sharapova walked off the court in defeat, her father stomped away from the stadium down a Wimbledon walkway, spitting out words in Russian as he gestured to a companion.

Rafael Nadal came through against the promising Ernests Gulbis 5-7, 6-2, 7-6, 6-3. Photograph: Glyn Kirk/AFP How quickly times change.

Roger Federer took a step nearer history when he moved imperiously into the third round of Wimbledon on Wednesday.

WIMBLEDON: Russian fourth seed Nikolay Davydenko collapsed to an embarrassingly limp defeat, falling 6-4. 6-4, 6-4 to world No.

Andy Roddick is handling incognito well. The two-time Wimbledon finalist has the grass credentials and the booming serve to be a perennial title threat here, but for once he’s flying a little under the radar.

Venus Williams of the US serves during her first round match against Britain’s Naomi Cavady.

Novak Djokovic was upset in straight sets by Marat Safin in the second round Wednesday, ending the Serb’s chances of testing his theory about Roger Federer’s vulnerability.

Every once in a while, Frank Dancevic shows why he is Canada’s best tennis player, and one of its few tennis hopes.

No. 2-ranked Rafael Nadal has started his Wimbledon campaign with a 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (0) win over German qualifier Andreas Beck.

The 22-year-old Spanish star, who has lost the last two Wimbledon finals to Roger Federer, didn’t face a break point and, after being pushed to a tiebreaker in the third set, took a 5-0 lead with a stunning crosscourt forehand.

He set up match point with his 17th ace and clinched it on an error from Beck.

Nadal, who has won the last four French Open titles, won his first grass-court tournament at the warmup tournament at Queen’s.

FOR two years they had waited for the moment to welcome back to Wimbledon Britain’s newest tennis hope, and when this finally happened yesterday it proved at first underwhelming.

Female fans of Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal are going to be shocked when they learn that he has a secret girlfriend.

It is two decades since Stefan Edberg and Boris Becker, in 1988, contested the first of their three consecutive Wimbledon finals.

World number two Rafael Nadal will begin his bid to end Roger Federer’s five-year Wimbledon reign on Tuesday when he takes on Germany’s Andreas Beck on Centre Court.

It’s 8:30 p.m., London time, still plenty of daylight left. And already, the park across the street from the All-England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club is filling up with tents of all sizes and descriptions, …

Andy Murray prepares to step into Tim Henman’s shoes as Britain’s great hope at Wimbledon with the warning that people will need to accept him just the way he is.