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Barcelona Singles – Second Round: (1) R Nadal def. G Garcia-Lopez 6-1 6-2 Still no signs of actual knee problems
Fresh from his 20th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title in Monte-Carlo, World No. 2 Rafael Nadal opened his Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell with a 6-1, 6-2 victory overGuillermo Garcia-Lopez on Wednesday. The Spaniard created 15 break point chances and was able to convert six as he raced to victory in 81 minutes.
With tennis unrest starting to bubble again over prize money distribution and a chaotic Davis Cup schedule, Novak Djokovic has another bone to pick with the ATP
Ninth seed Fernando Verdasco, who beat Robin Soderling for the 2010 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell
World No. 2 Rafael Nadal clinched his eighth successive Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters title on Sunday, dismissing top-ranked Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-1 to end a seven-match final losing streak to the Serb.
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic and No. 2 Rafael Nadal met for the 31st time in the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters final on Sunday, 22 April 2012.
No, this is not another hint that Novak Djokovic isn't quite the player this year that he was last year. Rather, he was distracted by word that his grandfather had just died.
Novak Djokovic has been place among the list of Time Magazine's Top 100 Most Influential People in the World due to his great success at becoming world No.1 against the two men who held the spot for so many years. Fans are being asked to determine which of Rafa's seven straight Monte Carlo wins was the most amazing. Read this and more.
Now that's a doubles match we would love to see on the center court (court central) at the beautiful Monte Carlo Country Club.
Unfortunately, the one who is missing is Roger Federer, and that produces a badly unbalanced draw.
It was Leander Paes Miami Sony Ericsson Open ... Yup that's right. Leander has now won the event the past three years. Each time with a different partner. It's AmazeBalls.
Former Olympic champions Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer have been featured on a special Olympic edition of the London Underground map, designed by former BBC sports journalist Alex Trickett and sports historian David Brooks. The map is being sold on Transport for London's website prior to the 2012 Summer Games.
It seems that over the past two years Federer has begun his decline from the pinnacle of the tennis world. Federer no longer dominates the calendar like he used to.
Roger Federer has recently been considered the greatest tennis player of all time, and I could not agree more.
Fourth-ranked Andy Murray moved through to his second Sony Ericsson Open final following Rafael Nadal's withdrawal from their semi-final encounter on Friday.
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