Toni Nadal optimistic over Rafael Nadal’s French Open participation

Toni Nadal optimistic over Rafael Nadal’s French Open participation

Spain’s Rafael Nadal, the 22-time Grand Slam winner, has been sidelined since January with a left hip flexor injury that he suffered in the Australian Open. File | Photo Credit: AP Rafael Nadal’s uncle and former coach, Toni Nadal, is optimistic his nephew will play at the French Open, but admitted Tuesday that the record […]

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Madrid title defence a little easier without Djokovic, Nadal: Alcaraz

Madrid title defence a little easier without Djokovic, Nadal: Alcaraz

Carlos Alcaraz of Spain. File | Photo Credit: AP Carlos Alcaraz admitted the injury absences of Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic make it easier for him to defend his Madrid Open title, but said Tuesday he did not feel favourite to win. The joint record 22-time Grand Slam winners last week withdrew from the competition […]

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Nadal aiming to make comeback from injury at Monte Carlo

Nadal aiming to make comeback from injury at Monte Carlo

File photo of Rafael Nadal, of Spain. | Photo Credit: AP Rafael Nadal is aiming to make his comeback from a hip injury at the clay-court Monte Carlo Masters next month, organisers said on March 15. The 22-time Grand Slam champion has been sidelined with a left hip flexor injury since the Australian Open, and […]

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Alexander Zverev returns to action six months after French Open injury

Alexander Zverev returns to action six months after French Open injury

Alexander Zverev on Thursday returned to tennis for the first time since tearing ankle ligaments in his French Open semi-final defeat to Rafael Nadal in June. The 25-year-old German appeared in the Diriyah Tennis Cup exhibition tournament in Saudi Arabia where he defeated Austria’s Dominic Thiem in two super tiebreaks. World number 12 Zverev then […]

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Djokovic beats Tsitsipas for 9th straight time at ATP Finals

Djokovic beats Tsitsipas for 9th straight time at ATP Finals

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic returns the ball to Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas during their singles tennis match of the ATP World Tour Finals, at the Pala Alpitour in Turin, Italy on Nov. 14, 2022. | Photo Credit: AP Novak Djokovic beat Stefanos Tsitsipas for the ninth straight time by 6-4, 7-6 (4) in the players’ opening match […]

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Paris Masters | Auger-Aliassime, Rublev in ATP Finals as Nadal, Fritz lose

Paris Masters | Auger-Aliassime, Rublev in ATP Finals as Nadal, Fritz lose

Rafael Nadal’s 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1 loss to Tommy Paul at the ATP Paris Masters raised questions about his fitness in his first singles match since the U.S. Open Rafael Nadal’s 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1 loss to Tommy Paul at the ATP Paris Masters raised questions about his fitness in his first singles match since […]

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Roger Federer – the ball-boy from Basel leaves an undying flame

Roger Federer – the ball-boy from Basel leaves an undying flame

The free-flowing style, the one-handed backhand and forehands that married aesthetics and geometry, all found an ally in endurance, a trait that held him in good stead when nerve-wracking five-setters often shadowed him in the business end of the Slams The free-flowing style, the one-handed backhand and forehands that married aesthetics and geometry, all found […]

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Roger Federer’s last match is doubles loss with Rafael Nadal

Roger Federer’s last match is doubles loss with Rafael Nadal

Roger Federer has ended his superlative professional tennis career at age 41 with a loss in doubles alongside longtime rival Rafael Nadal at the Laver Cup Roger Federer has ended his superlative professional tennis career at age 41 with a loss in doubles alongside longtime rival Rafael Nadal at the Laver Cup Roger Federer bid […]

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