Nadal into Aussie Open quarters after Mathieu injury
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Rafael Nadal strolled into the quarter-finals of the Australian Open after his fourth-round opponent Paul-Henri Mathieu defaulted with a calf muscle injury on Sunday.
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Former champions Andre Agassi and  Lindsay Davenport declared themselves certain starters for the  Australian Open but Russian Elena Dementieva remained in doubt  Sunday as she battled to recover from heat illness.
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World number two Rafael Nadal stayed on course for an early title in the new year as he stormed into the quarter-finals of the ATP Chennai Open here on Thursday.
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Rafael Nadal is among those in action when rain again halts play at Wimbledon.
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World number two Rafael Nadal is taken to a fifth set by big-hitting Swede Robin Soderling when rain brings play to an end on Monday.
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Amelie Mauresmo and Rafael Nadal are in action at Wimbledon on Saturday, but rain delays the start of play.
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Second-seed Rafael Nadal is in action against Mardy Fish and Amelie Mauresmo is scheduled to play Jamea Jackson at day 2 of Wimbledon today.
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Defending champion Rafael Nadal loses to Mikhail Youzhny in the Dubai Open quarter-finals.
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Unseeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga stuns No. 2 Rafael Nadal to advance to the Australian Open final where he will face Roger Federer.
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Spanish favourite Rafael Nadal falls to a 6-1 6-2 defeat to David Nalbandian in the Madrid Masters quarter-finals.
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Rafael Nadal destroyed Tomas Berdych to move into the Wimbledon semi-finals on Friday and move a step closer to becoming just the third man to win the French Open and All England Club titles in the same year.
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Two-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal and 2001 U.S. Open winner Marat Safin were among those in early action a day after there was pretty much a total washout at the year's last Grand Slam tournament.
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Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic closed in on a mouthwatering Wimbledon semi-final clash with marathon fourth round triumphs on Thursday before heavy rain caused a ninth day of disruption.
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Sport: Australian Open: French qualifier Jo-Wilfried Tsonga thrashes Rafael Nadal in straight sets
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Rafael Nadal's shots were off the mark and, more shockingly, even his boundless energy seemed to fail him. After one miss-hit, the man usually in perpetual motion hunched over, hands on knees, to catch his breath.
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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga wins the first set as he takes on second seed Rafael Nadal for a place in the Australian Open final.
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Rafael Nadal worked for more than three hours on grass before finally overcoming fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco 2-6, 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/3) to set up a quarter-final with Lleyton Hewitt at Queen&#039;s club.