Madrid: Rafael Nadal is still unsure if he will recover from a nagging knee problem in time to feature in Spain's Davis Cup semi-final against the United States next month. The world number three has not played since suffering a shock second-round Wimbledon defeat to Czech Lukas Rosol in June. He missed the Olympic Games, where he was the defending champion, and was forced to withdraw from the US Open....
09:51 AM, Aug 30, 2012
Moscow: Two-time Grand Slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova will miss the upcoming US Open to recover from injury. Kuznetsova, Estonia's world No. 15 Kaia Kanepi and Italy's 18th-ranked Flavia Pennetta were added to the US Open's list of withdrawn players on Monday, although organisers did not specify why any of the three had withdrawn. "I've pulled out of the US Open," Kuznetsova said on Twitter on Tuesday. "One of my very...
06:12 PM, Aug 21, 2012
Ohio: Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, the top two players in the world, set up a showdown for the Cincinnati Masters title after cruising to semi-finals victories on Saturday. The gap between the leading four, which also contains Rafa Nadal and Andy Murray, and the chasing pack was again evident as Djokovic beat Argentine Juan Martin del Potro 6-3 6-2 before Federer saw off fellow Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka 7-6 6-3....
09:06 AM, Aug 19, 2012
New York: Rafael Nadal withdrew from the US Open on Wednesday, sidelined by the knee tendinitis that has kept him out of action since his stunning loss at Wimbledon in late June. The third-ranked Spaniard reached the final at Flushing Meadows each of the past two years, winning the title in 2010 to complete a career Grand Slam, then losing to champion Novak Djokovic in 2011. "I am very sad...
09:25 PM, Aug 15, 2012
Cincinnati: Rafael Nadal has dropped out of the Western & Southern Open because of a knee problem that forced him to miss the Olympics. Nadal pulled out of the London Games because of a sore left knee, missing the chance to defend his title and be Spain's flag bearer in the opening ceremony. He won the French Open for a record seventh time earlier this year but has been bothered...
02:15 AM, Aug 10, 2012
Madrid: Rafa Nadal fears the chance to carry Spain's flag at an Olympics opening ceremony may not come around again after being forced to withdraw from the London 2012 tennis event with a knee injury. The 11-times grand slam champion was to be his country's flagbearer at next Friday's opening ceremony but pulled out on Thursday after failing to recover from the knee problems that have dogged him. The Olympic...
10:10 AM, Jul 22, 2012
London: Spanish basketball star Pau Gasol has been chosen to replace Rafael Nadal as the flagbearer for Spain's Olympic squad at the opening ceremony of the Games on July 27. Nadal, the winner of the gold medal in tennis in Beijing four years ago, was forced to pull out of the Games on Thursday because of knee problems, reports Xinhua. It had been expected that yachtsman Xabi Fernandez would be...
05:14 PM, Jul 21, 2012
Madrid: Defending Olympic tennis champion Rafael Nadal pulled out of the London Games on Thursday with an undisclosed injury. "I am not in condition to compete in the London Olympics and therefore will not travel as planned with the Spanish delegation to take part in the games," the third-ranked Spaniard said in a statement. Nadal did not mention any specific injury, but he canceled a charity match in Madrid on...
08:50 PM, Jul 19, 2012
London: French Open champion Rafael Nadal was philosophical about his shock second-round defeat to 100th-ranked Czech Lukas Rosol at the Wimbledon. The Spanish second seed looked to have fought his way back into the match, cruising to the fourth set after taking the first and surprisingly dropping the next two. But Rosol rallied and won a dramatic decider to record a 6-7 (11), 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 victory. Nadal, a...
05:43 PM, Jun 29, 2012
Wimbledon: Rafael Nadal lost the first four games of his first-round match at Wimbledon before turning things around against Thomaz Bellucci, beating the Brazilian 7-6 (0), 6-2, 6-3. Just like defending women's champion Petra Kvitova in the match before him, Nadal had a shaky start on Centre Court. He was two points away from going down 5-0 in the first set, but Bellucci netted an overhead backhand at 30-15 and...
10:49 PM, Jun 26, 2012
London: Any men's competitor not named Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal or Roger Federer might as well stay clear of the All England Club for the next six weeks as the tennis world gears up for a double blockbuster smash at Wimbledon. Dozens of bit-part players will be determined to break up the domination enjoyed by title-holder Djokovic, double winner Nadal and six-times former champion Federer, but the evidence suggests the...
10:30 AM, Jun 22, 2012
Madrid: Olympic tennis champion Rafael Nadal said he was honoured on Wednesday to be asked to carry the Spanish flag at the London Olympics opening ceremony in what he believes will be one of the most emotional moments of his career. The world number two, who recently won a record seventh French open title, his 11th Grand Slam victory overall, was the unanimous choice of the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE)....
09:01 AM, Jun 21, 2012
Paris: Rafael Nadal has admitted that there were a few butterflies in his stomach during his record seventh French Open win which was played out across two days due to persistent rain interruptions. Nadal's 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 win over the No. 1-ranked Novak Djokovic came on Monday after play ended the day before with the Serbian in control, and he admitted he had been very nervous. "I wasn't ready...
12:43 PM, Jun 12, 2012
Nadal said beating Novak Djokovic after losing three Grand Slam finals to him made his 7th French Open title more special. ...
10:58 AM, Jun 12, 2012
Spaniard Rafael Nadal beat Serb Novak Djokovic for his seventh French Open title on Monday, the highest by any player. ...
11:48 PM, Jun 11, 2012
Paris: Rafael Nadal has made history by defeating No. 1-ranked Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 in a rain-suspended men's final at Roland Garros, sealing an Open-era record seventh French Open title. The rain-hit match had resumed on Monday with Djokovic serving at 2-1 in the fourth set, and he was immediately broken by Nadal who has now gone past Bjorn Borg at the clay-court open. The win on Monday...
05:55 PM, Jun 11, 2012
Six-time champion from Spain, Rafael Nadal and world number one Novak Djokovic of Serbia resume their unfinished French Open final match on Monday. ...
04:20 PM, Jun 11, 2012
Paris: Rafael Nadal won yet another match at the French Open, improving his record at the clay-court tournament to 48-1. The second-seeded Spaniard beat Eduardo Schwank of Argentina 6-1, 6-3, 6-4 on Saturday in the third round. Nadal has lost only 17 games in nine sets at this year's tournament. Nadal has won the French Open title six times, and one more will break the record he shares with Bjorn...
12:00 AM, Jun 03, 2012
Paris: Fourth seed Andy Murray, grimacing in pain, battled his way into the third round of the French Open on Thursday by defeating Finn Jarkko Nieminen 1-6 6-4 6-1 6-2 despite back problems. Defending champion Rafa Nadal's progress was rather more swift. The Spaniard, aiming for a record seventh French Open title, thrashed Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin 6-2 6-2 6-0. Nadal and Murray were joined in the third round by French...
07:56 PM, May 31, 2012
