Novak Djokovic has hired Thomas Muster’s old trainer as his new fitness coach. The third-ranked Serb started working with Gebhard Phil-Gritsch after losing to Rafael Nadal in last week’s Monte Carlo Masters final.
Although Andy Murray’s greatest chances of grand slam success are likely to come on the hard courts of the Australian Open, on the grass of Wimbledon, and on the cement of the US Open, Rafael Nadal has argued that the Briton is also a potential champion on the red clay of the French Open.
Pep Guardiola has told his Barcelona players to forget about catching some tennis this weekend, despite a current hot streak on the pitch.
“Respect commands itself and it can neither be given nor withheld when it is due.” - Eldridge Cleaver At every point of Rafael Nadal’s great career, he has had a roadblock… by Michael Lanich 3 38 reads Opinion “Respect commands itself and it can neither be given nor withheld when it is due.” - Eldridge Cleaver At every point of Rafael Nadal’s …
Sunday in Barcelona will see another all-Spanish final. David Ferrer fought his way into the final and Rafael Nadal didn’t need a watershed of winners to continue his dirt dominance.
World number one Rafael Nadal [ Images ] began his campaign for a fifth successive Barcelona Open title with a comfortable 6-2 6-2 victory over Portuguese qualifier Frederico Gil on Wednesday.
Jeremy Tyler, a 6-foot-11 junior, has dropped out of San Diego High and says he will skip his senior year to play professionally in Europe, the New York Times reported Wednesday.
Rafael Nadal is, by every objective measure, the best man playing tennis in the world.
The controversial Wembley pitch is to be dug up immediately. Davydenko to face Nadal in semi Nikolay Davydenko fought back from a set down to defeat Radek Stepanek 6-7 6-2 6-2 and set up a semi-final against Rafael Nadal at the Barcelona Open.
How were either of them still standing? The two warriors had spent nearly five hours hurling baseline bombs and topspin torpedoes at each other.
Nikolay Davydenko fought back from a set down to beat Radek Stepanek 6-7 6-2 6-2 in the quarter-finals of the Barcelona Open on Friday to set up a last-four clash against world number one Rafael Nadal.
OF COURSE it’s all the bloody meed-ya’s fault. Just another case of political correctness gone mad and the tall poppy syndrome and typical negative reporting and the bias that sometimes makes you ashamed to be an Australian - even if you’re not.
It’s that wonderful time of year again, where all the world’s finest tennis players dash from the pavement to the sandboxes in an instant case of age regression… by Sergey Zikov 3 43 reads Opinion It’s that wonderful time of year again, where all the world’s finest tennis players dash from the pavement to the sandboxes in an instant case of age …
Fourth seed David Ferrer was made to battle hard before securing his place in the third round of the Barcelona Open.
Rafael Nadal continued his dominance of the Monte-Carlo Tennis Open in Monaco with a three-set win over Novak Djokovic of Serbia.
