Archive for November, 2009

Steve Bierley: Nadal warns lack of form is temporary

Rafael Nadal grimaces during his defeat by Nikolay Davydenko at the ATP World Tour Finals.

Davydenko Dismisses del Potro to Win World Tour Finals

Nikolay Davydenko can say he beat all 2009 grand slam winners after crushing Juan Martin del Potro on Sunday in the ATP World Tour Finals.

ATP Tennis- Nadal Falls Again against Soderling at the ATP World Tour Finals

ATP Tennis- Nadal Falls Again against Soderling at the ATP World Tour Finals >> Robin Soderling defeated Rafael Nadal in the first Group B match of the ATP World Tour Finals in London.

Rafael Nadal On the Defensive

Whether a player plays defense or attack is a question of belief. Pete Sampras believed in his serve to such an extend that he attempted breaking only once per set at all.

Battling Del Potro reaches final

US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro beat Robin Soderling in a heavyweight encounter to reach the final of the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals for the first time.

Live - Nadal v Djokovic

Adam Lees on Twitter: “Nadal simply doesn’t have the weapons to hurt someone as good as Djokovic on an indoor hard court any more, it’s a sad sight” Nadal 6-7 2-4 *Djokovic The game appears to be up for Nadal when he trails 0-30 after a couple of limp groundstrokes land halfway up the net.

Djokovic beats Nadal to stay alive at ATP Finals

Novak Djokovic kept alive his chances of reaching the semifinals of the ATP World Tour Finals, beating Rafael Nadal 7-6 , 6-3 Friday for the Spaniard’s third straight loss.

Jon Wertheim: Don’t give up too soon on Nadal

Here’s saying Rafael Nadal still has plenty of top-tier tennis left in him. Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images A quick bag before Thanksgiving … Rafael Nadal: buy, sell, or hold? — Sam T., of Wilton, Conn .

Benneteau stuns Federer in Paris

World number one Roger Federer sank to a surprise 3-6, 7-6 , 6-4 second-round defeat against unseeded Frenchman Julien Benneteau in the ATP Paris Masters on Wednesday.

Andy Murray beats Fernando Verdasco to keep ATP World Tour Finals hopes alive

Though Murray played some tired and tense tennis at London’s O2 Arena, he came through to win the third-set tiebreak for a three-hour, round-robin victory over Spain’s Fernando Verdasco to give him two victories and one defeat in Group A at the end-of-season event.

Soldering gets top billing in Chennai Open

Robin Soldering of Sweden will be the top seed at the Aircel $450,000 ATP Chennai Open tennis tournament to be held here Jan 4-10. Soldering, who ended Rafael Nadal’s unbeaten run at the French Open earlier this year, is ranked ninth in the world while American Kim Kevin is the lowest ranked ATP player at 111 amongst the 25 players who have made …

Federer and Nadal to renew rivalry in Doha

DOHA: The world’s top two players Roger Federer of Switzerland and Rafael Nadal of Spain will renew their rivalry when they take part in the Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha in January.

Nadal flops again to bow out of ATP Finals

World number two Rafael Nadal lost 6-1 7-6 to Russian Nikolay Davydenko on Wednesday to become the first player to exit the ATP World Tour Finals.

Nadal to play in Spain’s Davis Cup final

Rafael Nadal has officially been chosen to play for Spain in the Davis Cup final against the Czech Republic.

Nadal fights fatigue and blisters to beat Coria in five-hour epic

It started in brilliant sunshine and finished under floodlights. And after five hours 14 minutes the longest match ever recorded in the Eternal City the 18-year-old Rafael Nadal won his second consecutive Masters Series title.