Archive: rafael-nadal
Many are the calls for women to play the best of five sets matches in Grand Slam events to justify equal prize money with their male counterparts. Now Maria Sharapova has insisted that a far better plan would be to play men’s matches at the four majors over a shorter distance of best of three sets.
Edouard Roger-Vasselin has seen his ranking slide significantly lately, but he wasn't defending anything this week; this will probably let him gain at least a little.
Rafael Nadal is set to add another client to his endorsement portfolio with the April 2 signing of a brand ambassador contract with Spain's Banco Sabadell. The institution already has in informal link with the world No. 1, as title sponsor of the Barcelona ATP clay event where the 13-time grand slam winner has claimed trophies at eight of the last nine editions.
A day after Ross Hutchins was officially named the new tournament director of the Aegon Championships and he is already splitting his time between trying to re-establish himself as one of the ATP World Tour’s successful doubles players and trying to improve the London tournament...
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Rafael Nadal was exiting the player’s restaurant when I almost got steamrolled by him today. He was rushing out to a practice court!
The back injury problems which compromised his 2013 season and were only straightened out by rest and rehab have given Roger Federer a valuable lesson in managing his body. As a result, the 32-year-old Swiss remains one of the few tennis elites not seduced by the new IPTL set...
Is there some rule that says Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer can never be sound at the same time? Nadal, after a long bout of back problems, is back to defend his title at Indian Wells, but Ferrer -- who lost his opener last year -- will be unable to play; he is the top player missing.
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Rafael Nadal is joining esteemed tennis colleagues including Roger Federer and Andy Murray in setting up his own management company to better direct the cash flow from a mega-lucrative tennis career more direct into his own pocket rather than paying big management fees to others.
Although the tennis world’s current star names such Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray were hired for undisclosed figures believed to be in excess of $2 million each for their services in the International Tennis Premier League in Sunday’s Dubai-based draft...
Just as in the semifinal against Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer started stronger than the scoreline. He and Tomas Berdych were almost even in the first set, but Berdych won it, and went up by a break in the second -- and then Federer started amping up the pressure.
In the first set of this, Roger Federer kept threatening Novak Djokovic and not quite getting the break. Things didn't look good. But he really does seem to be rediscovering his confidence. Or something...
Bernard Tomic is making progress and is hoping to make a return to tennis in time for next month's Monte Carlo Masters. Melbourne's Age reported that the youngster who underwent two January hip surgeries has been diligently applying himself to rehab...
Novak Djokovic on whether Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are his friends or competitors: “Somewhere in between. We are competing, if you want to call us rivals. It’s tough to be close friends with somebody you’re competing against..
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