WASHINGTON, May 18, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Defending champion Rafael Nadal will miss this year’s French Open for the first time in 18 years, since he won the first of his record 14 titles at Roland Garros in his tournament debut […]
TURIN/WASHINGTON, November 17, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Rafael Nadal ended his 2022 season the same he started it 11 months ago – with a win, a useful and purposeful triumph. The 36-year-old Spaniard served well and showed a sense of […]
LONDON/WASHINGTON, September 24, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) For nearly 20 years, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have been friendly rivals on opposite sides of the net. On Friday evening at the 2022 Laver Cup team event in London’s O2 Arena, […]
LONDON/STARNBERG, September 24, 2022 Roger Federer has lost his last competitive match as a professional tennis player. Alongside Spanish Matador and long-time rival Rafael Nadal, the 41-year-old Swiss Maestro fell to US-Americans Jack Sock and Frances Tiafoe 6-4, 6-7(2), 9-11 […]
LONDON/WASHINGTON, September 22, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) What started as speculation when Roger Federer hinted Wednesday that he would like to renew his doubles partnership with longtime rival and friend Rafael Nadal became official on Thursday. Federer and Nadal will […]
NEW YORK/STARNBERG, September 2, 2022 Rafael Nadal overcame a slow start on Thursday evening to defeat Italian veteran Fabio Fognini 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-1 in the second round of the US Open. The 60th-ranked Fognini led by a set and […]
NEW YORK/STARNBERG, August 31, 2022 Spaniards Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz have both booked their spots in the second round of the US Open. Nadal, who is competing at Flushing Meadows for the first time since he won the 2019 […]
WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, July 8, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Rafael Nadal withdrew from the Wimbledon Championships Thursday evening, a day ahead of his semifinal match at the All England Club. During a news conference, the World No. 4 and second-seeded Nadal said […]
WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, July 7, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Rafael Nadal has already won this year’s Australian Open in January and added the French Open in June. Now, after winning 19 straight Grand Slam matches, including a five-set quarterfinal thriller over No. […]
WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, June 28, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) In his first grass-court match since 2019, Rafael Nadal was put to the test in his Wimbledon Championships first-round match against Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo, who was making his main draw debut at the […]
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