Rafael Nadal News

Photograph: Paul Gilham/Getty Images Andy Roddick will not need surgery on the knee injury that forced him to retire from this week’s Shanghai Masters and is expected to be back in three weeks.

David Nalbandian is expected to return to the ATP tennis circuit in January at the Heineken Open, ending a nine-month layoff following hip surgery, tournament director Richard Palmer said Thursday.

Tommy Haas and Feliciano Lopez put aside last week’s injury dramas in Asia as the pair of seeds returned to apparent robust health with wins into the second round of the Stockholm Open Wednesday.

At the start of 2009, many thought that Rafael Nadal was set to dominate world tennis after the way he won the Australian Open, beating Roger Federer in an epic five-set final.

Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal are on course for a final showdown at the Shanghai Tennis Masters.

IOC President Jacques Rogge, left, and Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng, right, applaud during the singles final match between Rafael Nadal of Spain and Nikolay Davydenko of Russia of Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 tennis tournament at Qizhong Stadium Sunday, Oct.

Rafael Nadal delivered the words softly and succinctly and, as such, they contained more weight than had he raised his voice.

Andy Roddick can rest his knee injury from Shanghai without stress after qualifying for the sixth spot in next month’s ATP World Tour Finals.

I said I would refrain from reading Rafael Nadal’s tealeaves until next season, but Peter Bodo at tennis.com offered this provocative analysis after this weekend’s Shanghai final: So the real issue, looking to Nadal’s future, is: To what degree can he recapture the form and aura he enjoyed until a few weeks after the Australian Open ?A Maybe his …

Tennis Robin Soderling gears up for final drive as Stockholm Open begins October 20, 2009 French Open finalist Robin Soderling will have to wait until Wednesday to start his campaign for a place in the ATP year-end event, with a match against qualifying lucky loser Giovanni Lapentti his first task at the Stockholm Open.

Second seed Rafael Nadal will begin his bid for a first U.S. Open title on Wednesday when he takes on Australian wildcard Alun Jones in the first round.

Long before Nikolay Davydenko strapped on the Rolex awarded to the Shanghai Masters champion, Davydenko displayed his superb sense of timing.

Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina celebrates a point in the fifth set against Roger Federer of Switzerland during the Men’s Singles final on day fifteen of the 2009 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 14, 2009 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.

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Six-time Grand Slam champ Rafael Nadal advanced to his eighth final of the season on Saturday after his countryman Feliciano Lopez retired in the second set, trailing 6-1, 3-0. Lopez’s retirement added to lengthy list of injured players in Shanghai.