Nadal breezes through
Rafael Nadal resumed his quest for a fourth Internazionale BNL d’Italia title with a 6-1 6-0 demolition of Robert Soderling.
Archive for April, 2009
Jankovic wins, Dulko secures surprise victory
SCHNYDER SLIPS UP: In other matches in Stuttgart, Sabine Lisicki continued her good form by beating Patty Schnyder, while Nadia Petrova defeated Zheng Jie REUTERS , STUTTGART, GERMANY Friday, May 01, 2009, Page 19 Germany s Sabine Lisicki eyes the ball during her first round match on Wednesday against Patty Schnyder at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix …
Your view: Nadal the greatest
Eurosport Yahoo! readers have overwhelmingly voted current world number one Rafael Nadal as the greatest clay court player, according to our latest poll.
Rafael Nadal Must Fall: True Or False?
Is it possible for a tennis player to achieve ‘legend’ status and remain there? Or is a downfall part of the obligatory legend trajectory? Pete Sampras was a beautiful champion… by Marisa Reinoso 1 47 reads Opinion April 27, 2009 Is it possible for a tennis player to achieve ‘legend’ status and remain there? Or is a downfall part of the …
Rafael Nadal, Sweaty Towels and His Foundation
Fantasy Friday is in full swinga and todaya s tasty treat hails from Mallorca, tastes better than any tapa Ia ve had, and has been busy making history while promoting his Foundation.
Djokovic beats Montanes at Rome Masters
Novak Djokovic overcame a lapse midway through the first set and started off the defense of his Rome Masters title by beating Albert Montanes 7-6 , 6-0. Djokovic, who needs to win the clay-court tournament again to hold on to the No.
Murray hoping for feat on clay
Photograph: Lionel Cironneau/AP Andy Murray will launch his singles campaign at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome today confident he can show off his improvement on clay.
Johnny Mac advise Federer? You cannot be serious
John McEnroe coaching Roger Federer? You CANNOT be serious! While McEnroe would like to give the 13-time Grand Slam champion some pointers on how to snap out of his winless season, the mild-mannered Federer isn’t quite taking him up on the offer.
Davydenko drops out of Top 10
Nikolay Davydenko, who has played sparingly this year, dropped out of the Top 10 in the latest men’s world tennis rankings, released Monday by the ATP.
Career Projection Series: Rafael Nadal
Given the interesting state of men’s tennis these days, I thought it would be interestinig to take stock of the top players careers, where they will go from here, and ultimately where they will stand at the end of their careers… by Michael Lanich 24 reads Opinion Given the interesting state of men’s tennis these days, I thought it would be …
Paul Hayward on Keane’s strange view of success
Keane might like to recalibrate his view that the only way for a manager to achieve success is for him to win something Roy Keane returned to the managerial ranks at Ipswich in typically forthright fashion.
Approach shots: Nadal goes for 3 titles in 3 weeks
“Approach Shots” is Ricky’s weekly look at what’s ahead on the ATP Tour. Every Sunday he’ll preview all the tournaments scheduled for the upcoming week.
World number one Rafael Nadal led the top seeds into Barcelona Open third round Wednesday.
Rafael Nadal of Spain returns a ball to Frederico Gil of Portugal during their match at the Barcelona Open tennis tournament April 22, 2009.Nadal set the perfect winning example with his 6-2, 6-2 opening victory over Gil.
Nadal Back to Site of Last Claycourt Loss at Rome
It’s Rafael Nadal’s claycourt world, and all the other players on tour are just spectators.
Nadal Begins with Win; Gasquet, Soderling Upset at ATP Barcelona
World No. 1 Rafael Nadal began his quest for a fifth Barcelona title on Wednesday, easing past Portuguese qualifier Federico Gil 6-2, 6-2. “In Miami I played pretty badly against him,” said Nadal, who stretched his claycourt math win streak to 22.