Rafael Nadal News

Tennis has been and always will be a sport for the young. Not only is the sport physically grueling, but 12-15 years of bouncing around from hotel room to hotel room can really take a toll on a player.

Rafael Nadal is chasing his seventh title of the year. ATP World Tour No. 1 Rafael Nadal , No.

KUALA LUMPUR: Two-time Roland Garros finalist Robin Soderling and Wimbledon runner-up Tomas Berdych rocketed to opening victories on Thursday at the Malaysian Open, losing just eight games between them.

Shady Side Academy’s Sara Perelman, who lives in Squirrel Hill, was the runner-up at the WPIAL Class AAA singles tournament.

Rafael Nadal made a 20-minute air dash Tuesday to honour his commitment of planting a ceremonial tree in honour of royalty as the king of tennis intensified his preparations for his Bangkok debut at the Thailand Open.

A Florida Highway Patrol photo of damage to Tiger Woods’ Cadillac SUV. Tiger Woods 1 of 25 AP Zoom Tiger Woods’ wife, Elin Nordegren and son Charlie watch a semifinal match between Rafael Nadal and Andy Roddick at the Sony Ericsson Open tennis tournament in Key Biscayne, Florida.

BANGKOK: Second seed Fernando Verdasco has his eye on a place in the November ATP season-ending tournament, with the Spaniard’s countdown starting today in the second round of the Thailand Open.

Allegations of on-court coaching surround Rafael Nadal, shown above receiving a warning for the offense at Wimbledon 2010.

With nine months of the 2010 ATP season in the books, let’s take a look at the progress of the world’s top-10 players as we head towards the stretch run.

The Spanish clay-court armada that was expected to dominate the men’s side of the French Open sprang a few leaks Saturday on a rainy, cold, windy and miserable day - the sort of day supposedly tailor-made for grinding dirtballers.

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Rafael Nadal plants a tree in honour of Thai royalty in Hua Hin. World No. 1 Rafael Nadal took part in Thailand’s - A Million Trees For The King’ project, planting a tree in honour of King Bhumibol Adulyadej on a visit to Hua Hin on Tuesday.

Squash legend Michelle Martin says pay TV is cruelling the development of Australian sport and has urged the government to step in before child obesity spirals out of control.

Former US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro suffered a disappointing defeat in his first match since returning from an eight-month injury lay-off. Despite serving 16 aces, Del Potro of Argentina went down 7-6 6-4 to Olivier Rochus of Belgium in the first round of the Thailand Open in Bangkok.

Posted by Rachel Hiles in : Buddhism , Interview , News , Random Notes , Sports , Thailand , trackback Where does the best Tennis player in the world go after winning the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open in one year? Thailand.