Archive: rafael-nadal
When the first point of this lasted 27 strokes, one of the watchers commented that it was going to be a long afternoon. It might have been a lot longer had David Ferrer been able to hold on to leads.
Is the work load too much? Novak Djokovic is about to find out. The Serb collected his 6th title of the year with a hard-earned 7-5, 7-5 victory over Spain’s David Ferrer in the BNP Paribas Masters...
David Ferrer was determined not to have yet another of his feeble matches against Rafael Nadal. He didn't exactly dominate, but he wasn't broken until he served for the match the first time -- and, having been broken, at once broke back and served it out.
Roger Federer played brilliantly for a while and lost; Rafael Nadal played poorly all match and he lost, too, leaving Novak Djokovic and David Ferrer to battle it out here in Paris on Sunday when the other six, amongst the world’s top players, are preparing for the ATP World finals across the Channel.
As matches go, this was pretty dull. As drama goes, Novak Djokovic is doing his best. Rafael Nadal doesn't need much more to clinch the year-end #1, but Djokovic continues to apply all the pressure he can -- not just winning but winning easily.
Roger Federer has finally assured his place at next week’s Barclays ATP World Tour Finals but did it in a way hardly befitting of a 17 times Grand Slam champion and the man who has spent more week’s as the world no.1 than anyone else in history.
Singles - Second Round: (1) R Nadal def. M Granollers 7-5 7-5
That gives Rafael Nadal a lead of 2060 points over Novak Djokovic in the contest for the year-end #1, with Djokovic having a maximum of 2410 points still available. It's not quite over, but it's getting close....
Rafael Nadal believes that for himself and Roger Federer, gaining or holding the No. 1 ranking is old news at this stage in their storied careers.
Here was an interesting conundrum: With the Paris draw as it now stands, Roger Federer is sure to make it to London. So could he withdraw from Paris after wearing himself out this week?
Nicholas Monroe and John Isner beat the team of Marray / Sijsling the scores were 3-6,6-3,10-4. The big deal here its Monroe's first Masters tournament.
Serena Williams the queen of ladies tennis. She holds the titles this year. Heaps of them.
I spent a couple of hours this morning writing what I thought was a very nice piece about the one and only way Federer could be kept out of qualifying for London. Simple as one-two-three. It was just math.
Click here to view the men's draws and qualifying singles.
Decibel-challenged Victoria Azarenka has gone to the attack on the longtime grunting issue, with one of the loudest players in the women's game hitting back at charges that it's just the excitable ladies who make all of the noise on court.
A few weeks after taking over the Spanish Davis Cup captaincy, former No. 1 Carlos Moya has not yet bothered to speak with his tennis troops.
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