Defending champion Rafael Nadal reached the US Open last 16 with a victory over gutsy close friend David Nalbandian.
Novak Djokovic survived a scare before easing through to the semis, but Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer’s US Open preparations have hit a snag.
Novak Djokovic barely broke a sweat as he routed Ryan Harrison, while Andy Murray defeated David Nalbandian and Rafael Nadal beat Julien Benneteau.
Novak Djokovic won his first match since assuming his No. 1 ranking against Nikolay Davydenko, while Roger Federer defeated Canada’s Vasek Pospisil.
With the rise of Djokovic and Kvitova, the Eastern Bloc is at the centre of the game.
Rafael Nadal insists Novak Djokovic cannot keep winning and he will be first in the queue ready to pounce when the Serb finally cracks.
A mountain of dirty towels or stray underwear left in the washing machine are some of the souvenirs landlords in London return to after Wimbledon.
An inspired Novak Djokovic outplayed Rafa Nadal to win the Wimbledon title with an emphatic 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 victory in the final on Sunday.
Rafa Nadal has the perfect stage to regain the bragging rights over Novak Djokovic when the world’s top two contest the Wimbledon singles final.
Rafael Nadal delivered a command performance to withstand a fired-up Andy Murray and beat the home favourite to a spot in the Wimbledon finals.
Rafael Nadal says he was saddened to see Roger Federer knocked out of Wimbledon as the 16-time Grand Slam title winner lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
Tsonga, Murray, Djokovic and Nadal reach the men’s semifinals at Wimbledon, as Sharapova, Lisicki, Kvitova and Azarenka make the women’s semifinals.
Defending champion Rafael Nadal has said he is fit to play his quarterfinal match against Mardy Fish after a scan revealed he had no serious injury.
Despite the win in the last 16 against Juan Martin del Potro, defending champion Rafael Nadal may be forced to quit due to a left foot injury.
Roger Federer insists he hasn’t been fretting about when or — perhaps more to the point — if he will win a 17th Grand Slam championship.
Defending champion Rafael Nadal reached the Wimbledon last 16 on Saturday with a 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (7/5), 6-0 win over Gilles Muller of Luxembourg.
Play was called off for the day at Wimbledon everywhere except Centre Court as light rain fell at the All England club on Friday.
Rain delayed most matches but Venus Williams had a gruelling match against Kimiko Date-Krumm, while Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray comfortably won.
Rafael Nadal will continue to defend his Wimbledon title with a match against Ryan Sweeting, one of a number of Americans hoping to seize fame.
Rafael Nadal has made an ardent start to his bid for a third Wimbledon title, while five-time winner Venus Williams has been back to her old routine.
On the first day of Wimbledon, Rafael Nadal made a good start to his title defence, while five-times champion Venus Williams also progressed easily.
Rafael Nadal on Sunday played down his chances of matching Roger Federer’s Grand Slam haul.
World number one Rafa Nadal swapped tennis balls for golf balls as he prepared to defend his Wimbledon crown.
Rafael Nadal insists he will be back to peak form and fitness in time for the defence of his Wimbledon title after he crashed out of Queen’s.
Rafael Nadal admitted he is feeling the strain of his French Open heroics after he kicked off his grass-court campaign by beating Matthew Ebden.
Matthew Ebden has earned a shot at world number one Rafael Nadal thanks to his win over Somdev Devvarman, while Andy Roddick defeated Feliciano Lopez.
After Rafael Nadal equalled Bjorn Borg’s record of six French Open titles, Roger Federer is focusing on matching Pete Sampras’s seven Wimbledon wins.
Rafael Nadal has moved to within one win of equalling Bjorn Borg’s record of six French Open titles with a win over battling Andy Murray.
Even Rafael Nadal acknowledges his French Open semifinal against Andy Murray is not as intriguing as the one between Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer.
Andy Murray has charged into the French Open semifinals for the first time with a win over Argentinean veteran Juan Ignacio Chela.
Rafael Nadal has reached the French Open last eight as title rival Novak Djokovic was handed a free pass into the semifinals.
Top seed and defending champion Rafael Nadal had coasted into the last 16 of the French Open after beating Croatian qualifier Antonio Veic.