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Nadal is looking forward to playing Federer in the Qatar ExxonMobil Open finals, in Doha, but first he has to get there. Nadal started his path to the finals positively despite his sore shoulder defeating No. 43, Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3, 6-7², 6-3.
Rafael Nadal has taken a risk and added weight to his Babolat AeroPro Drive racquet, apparently to help him add more speed to his serve, which dropped off last season. It's unknown exactly how much weight the Spaniard added, but former British player Andrew Castle estimated about 20 grams.
It starts at 3:30 PM local time in Doha (converts to 4:30 AM in the morning in LA and just 7:30 AM in NY). Remember if you sign on to TennisTV at any time during the broadcast of the center court matches
Can't wait for the new season of tennis broadcasts to start? Check out TennisTV. They are already streaming the WTA matches today and they may even have Doha. (Normally, we don't get the ATP 250's in the US, but the way I read the website, Doha is only blacked out in Qatar.)
Rafael Nadal is somewhat anxious about his 2012 season start, with the No.2 admitting in Abu Dhabi that he is hoping to survive January play in order to take a long rest for his chronic shoulder injury the month following.
Rafael Nadal has announced he is taking a calculated gamble in bidding to reclaim the Australian Open title and intends to take a full month of rest following his return from Melbourne in order to overcome a shoulder injury that has been troubling him for some time.
Currently suffering from a sore shoulder Rafael Nadal only recently decided to defend his title in Abu Dhabi. After competing in the Australian Open, Nadal plans on taking several weeks off during the month of February to practice and rest his shoulder.
Rafael Nadal is insistent he will recapture his former intensity and vowed he will no longer play a subservient role to current world no.1 Novak Djokovic who beat the Spaniard in six finals during the course of 2011.
Rafael Nadal has helped lead Spain to three Davis Cup titles since 2004, but says he's now retired from the competition and is tired of talking about the political issues that is associated with it. Nadal is now advocating having the Davis Cup final played every two years.
World no.1 Novak Djokovic has become the first player to arrive for the lucrative Mubadala World Tennis Championship, the pre-season exhibition event in Abu Dhabi, which will feature fellow top five stars Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and David Ferrer.
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After guiding Spain to a fifth Davis Cup title of this century and then hearing that the trio of Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer and Feliciano Lopez will not be available for selection in yet another title defense, Albert Costa has formally announced he will be stepping down
Rafael Nadal will work out his own recent motivational problems and won't be seeking any help from a sports psychologist. That's the word from the Spaniard, who confessed his inner thoughts to media outlet dpa.
Roger isn't always right. What? That's right. Roger Federer isn't always right! Rog wasn’t in favor of hawk eye. In fact he was very vocal in multiple languages of how unhappy he was. So Roger was wrong.
Novak Djokovic will get the first chance to see if his runaway 2011 season was a fluke or a habit when the No. 1 makes his debut in just over a fortnight at the rich Abu Dhabi exhibition, the Mubadala World Tennis Championship.
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