Nadal Continues His Clay-Court Dominance at French Open
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Rafael Nadal, the two-time defending champion, is cruising through the French Open and will now face countryman and former champion Carlos Moya in the quarterfinals.
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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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Rafael Nadal hits peak form to see off Australian Lleyton Hewitt 6-3 6-1 7-6 and reach the French Open quarter-finals.
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Rafael Nadal books a fourth-round meeting with Lleyton Hewitt at the French Open, as Novak Djokovic survives a thriller.
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Rafael Nadal overpowered Italy's Potito Starace 6-1, 6-3 Thursday, becoming one of five Spaniards to advance to the quarterfinals of the ATP Buenos Aires tournament.
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Madrid, Spain - Spanish youngster Rafael Nadal needed only an hour to push past Italy&#39;s Davide Sanguinetti in straight sets on Tuesday and advance to the second round of the Madrid Masters.
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Sport: Australian Open: French qualifier Jo-Wilfried Tsonga thrashes Rafael Nadal in straight sets
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Defending champion Rafael Nadal pummeled fellow-Spaniard Carlos Moya into submission at the French Open on Wednesday to reach the semi-finals with a crushing 6-4 6-3 6-0 victory.
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Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have been teed up to resume their rivalry in the Wimbledon final after being named as top seeds for this year&#39;s men&#39;s singles.
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Rafael Nadal dropped serve three times and had to sweep five straight games to win the Mercedes Cup with a 6-4, 7-5 victory over Stanislas Wawrinka yesterday in Stuttgart, Germany.The top-seeded Nadal had not dropped serve in the tournament, but had to rally from 5-2 down in the second set to claim his sixth title this year and his 93rd victory in 94 matches on clay.Nadal is 23-5 in career finals, the highest winning percentage in the Open era.
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Rafael Nadal takes the first step towards what he hopes will be a third consecutive French Open crown when he plays Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina in the first round on Tuesday.
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The last quarterfinals at the French Open are scheduled for today: Two-time defending champion Rafael Nadal against No. 23 Carlos Moya in an all-Spaniard matchup, and No. 6 Novak Djokovic against unseeded Igor Andreev.
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Rafael Nadal rubber-stamped his status as the world's best claycourter by winning the French Open title on Sunday to once again ruin Roger Federer's bid to claim the only grand slam missing from his collection.
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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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NEW YORK -- On the court, Rafael Nadal is mature beyond his years , both in his game and his reactions, no matter the circumstances or the venue. So it was noticeable when another sort of emotion was splashed across his face yesterday as evening approached and his first - round match, against Mark Philippoussis, was shoveled off to today.
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Serena Williams likes to play on clay, and that's one thing that sets her apart from most of the other Americans playing professional tennis. Another difference is the eight-time Grand Slam champion is still in this year's French Open. Williams advanced to the fourth round at Roland Garros on Friday by beating Michaella Krajicek of the Netherlands 6-3, 6-4.
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Defending champion Rafael Nadal reached the last 16 of the French Open with a 6-1 6-3 6-2 demolition of fellow Spaniard Albert Montanes on Saturday.