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/ 26 January 2009
Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams stayed on track at the Australian Open on Monday but Andy Murray’s campaign came shuddering to a halt.
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/ 22 January 2009
Grand Slam champion Venus Williams was dumped from the Australian Open on Thursday but it was a different story for Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray.
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/ 22 January 2009
Rafael Nadal hammered out his intentions with a thunderous display on Thursday while Serena Williams made her way to the third round.
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/ 16 January 2009
A lack of local talent at the upcoming SA Open is lamentable, but crowds will still get to see some of the world’s top tennis talent in action.
Fabrice Santoro was shorn of all magic while going down 6-0 6-1 to world number-one Rafael Nadal in the first round of the Qatar Open on Tuesday.
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/ 16 December 2008
In Wimbledon’s murky gloom on a Sunday in July, men’s tennis hailed Spanish king Rafael Nadal.
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/ 4 September 2008
Sixth seed Andy Murray roared into his first Grand Slam semifinal on Wednesday when he beat Juan Martin Del Potro, while Rafael Nadal beat Mardy Fish.
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/ 2 September 2008
The Williams sisters will hold another family reunion at the US Open after registering wins on Monday that set up a quarterfinal sibling clash.
World number one Rafael Nadal of Spain rolled into the fourth round of the US Open while Japanese teen Kei Nishikori pulled off the biggest upset.
Beijing gold medallists Rafael Nadal and Elena Dementieva shook off their Olympic hangovers on Monday to stumble into the second round of the US Open.
His Wimbledon reign and number-one ranking surrendered, Roger Federer has one trump card left in his competition with Rafael Nadal.
Spain’s Rafael Nadal has replaced Roger Federer as the new world number one in tennis rankings released on Monday.
Spain’s Rafael Nadal adds Olympic gold to his glittering season collection as he destroys Chilean Fernando Gonzalez in the men’s singles final.
Rafael Nadal is aiming to add Olympic glitter to his trophy room, which already brims with the laurels of 30 titles.
Rafael Nadal marked a changing of the guard in tennis on Friday with a quarterfinal victory at the Cincinnati Masters.
Last year, Roger Federer gave Rafael Nadal a ride from the Canadian Masters in his private jet. There will be no such cosiness this time.
With Wimbledon’s dust settled, Steve Bierley asks: Who’s number one now?
New Wimbledon champion Rafael Nadal arrived to a hero’s welcome in his home town of Manacor on the Spanish island of Majorca on Tuesday.
Rafael Nadal dethroned five-time champion Roger Federer as king of Wimbledon on Sunday with an epic 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 6-7 (8/10), 9-7 win.
Roger vs Rafa III, coming soon to a grass court near London.”It’s a huge thrill every time when I get to another Wimbledon final,” said Roger Federer.
Champion Roger Federer banished menacing storm clouds on Wednesday to set up a tantalising Wimbledon semifinal date with Marat Safin.
With the sun setting behind Centre Court, Rafael Nadal was racing to get done so he could concentrate on another important match.
Rafael Nadal has been granted his wish for an early start at Wimbledon on Thursday so he can watch Spain’s Euro 2008 semifinal against Russia.
It was one of those ”could have been worse, could have been better” draws for South Africa’s two Wimbledon tennis championships hopefuls.
Roger Federer’s traditional Wimbledon waltz is set to be transformed into a dogfight as Rafael Nadal plots to shatter the world number one’s dream.
Rafael Nadal insists there is no chance that his French Open thrashing of Roger Federer will quench his thirst for success at Wimbledon.
Rafael Nadal produced a flawless exhibition of claycourt tennis to demolish world number one Roger Federer 6-1 6-3 6-0 on Sunday and win his fourth straight French Open title.
Roger Federer said victory over Rafael Nadal in the final of the French Open on Sunday would be the crowning moment of his career.
Spaniard Rafael Nadal withstood a late fightback by Novak Djokovic to beat the world number three 6-4 6-2 7-6 at the French Open on Friday.
Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic will square up in a French Open heavyweight clash on Friday determined to ignore the history-tinged implications of their mouth-watering contest.
Top seed Roger Federer set up a French Open quarterfinal against old rival Fernando Gonzalez on Monday but he was below par in a 6-4, 7-5, 7-5 win over Frenchman Julien Benneteau in a rain-hit tie. Gonzalez had looked impressive earlier in the day when he swept past the final American, Robby Ginepri, in straight sets 7-6 (7/4), 6-3, 6-1.
The Williams bandwagon rolled out of Roland Garros on Friday when sisters Venus and Serena were humbled in the third round by a pair of tenacious opponents who never lost belief. A day after the French Open lost three top-10 seeds, 2002 champion Serena joined them at the exit squeue as he roared and screamed her way to a 6-4 6-4 mauling by Katarina Srebotnik.