Rafael Nadal suffered a shock 7-5 6-3 defeat by Austrian Dominic Thiem in the Madrid Open quarter-finals on Friday, a result which means he will lose the world number one ranking. Nadal’s exit means Roger Federer will reclaim the number one spot when the revised ATP rankings are released on Monday. Thiem, who lost to […]
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World number one Rafael Nadal trounced Greek teenager Stefanos Tsitsipas, 6-2, 6-1 on Sunday to win the Barcelona Open title for the 11th time. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Tsitsipas, 19, is the second-youngest player in the ATP top 100. Like Nadal, he had reached the final without dropping a set, knocking […]
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Rafael Nadal powered to a record 11th Monte Carlo Masters title with a straight-sets victory over Kei Nishikori. The world No 1 recovered from going a break down early in the first set to win 6-3, 6-2 in 93 minutes and has now won 36 consecutive sets on clay, a run which stretches back to […]
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Rafael Nadal won his second game at Monte Carlo on Thursday. He defeated 38th seed, Karen Khachanov in two straight sets 6-3 6-2. Awaiting him on Friday is Dominic Thiem, who outlasted Novak Djokovic in three sets – 6-7 6-2 6-3. The seventh-ranked Austrian has met Nadal on clay in seven matches and has lost […]
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Roger Federer on Sunday, won his 20th Grand Slam title after seeing off Marin Cilic in the final of the 2018 Australian Open in Melbourne. The title was Swiss tennis star’s sixth in the first Grand Slam event of the year, equalling Novak Djokovic and Roy Emerson’s records. He has now won four more Grand […]
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World number one, Rafael Nadal has pulled out of the Paris Masters on Friday before his quarter-final match. Nadal was forced out with a knee injury. The Spaniard, who had his right knee strapped during his third-round win on Thursday, said he wanted to try and be ready to face Filip Krajinovic in the last […]
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Swiss ace, Roger Federer played his A-tennis today to overcome the challenge of World Number One, Rafael Nadal to clinch his second Shanghai Masters title. He beat his Spaniard rival 6-4 6-3 for the title that he last won in 2014. It was his 27th Masters title and 94th career titles. Federer gave notice of […]
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World No 1 Rafael Nadal won his 16th Grand Slam title and third US Open title after defeating Kevin Anderson 6-3 6-3 6-4 in Sunday’s final. World No 32 Anderson was attempting to become the lowest-ranked champion in New York since Andre Agassi in 1994, but the dominant Spaniard, appearing in his 23rd Grand Slam […]
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Energetic world number one Rafael Nadal beat Dusan Lajovic 7-6 (8-6) 6-2 6-2 to reach the second round of the US Open at Flushing Meadows. In a match played under the Arthur Ashe Stadium roof because of heavy rain in New York, Serb Lajovic served for the first set but Nadal broke back to love. […]
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Two-time champion Rafael Nadal continued his fine run of form with a 6-4 6-2 7-5 victory over Donald Young to reach the third round at Wimbledon on Wednesday. The two-time champion was rarely troubled by an opponent ranked 43rd in the world who chose to slug it out from the back of the court against […]
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