Tennis: Nadal first up
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Rafael Nadal will attempt to finally complete his third-round match against Robin Soderling on Wednesday.
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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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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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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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Second seed Rafael Nadal survived an early test of his Australian Open credentials, battling to a 7-6 7-5 6-1 win over Viktor Troicki, a Serbian qualifier in his first grand slam appearance.
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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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Top seed Roger Federer and number two   Rafael Nadal are in action at the U.S. Open on Wednesday with   players, organizers and spectators alike hoping for better   weather.
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Rafael Nadal, who shattered Roger Federer&#39;s dreams of an historic Grand Slam in Paris, will attempt to torpedo the world number one&#39;s bid for a fifth successive Wimbledon title on Sunday.
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Second seed Rafael Nadal reached his   first U.S. Open quarter-final on Monday and the Spaniard is   showing no signs that he intends to stop there.
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Sport: Australian Open: Rafael Nadal was back to his best as he crushed France's Florent Serra 6-0, 6-2, 6-2
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Rafael Nadal struck back to level the men's singles final at Wimbledon on Sunday, taking the second set 6-4 against champion Roger Federer after the first had gone to the Swiss on a tiebreak.
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CHENNAI, India  - World number two Rafael Nadal made a losing start to his new season on Monday when he and his partner Bartolome Salva-Vidal were defeated in their opening doubles match at the Chennai Open.
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Spain qualified for the Davis Cup tennis final against the United States when Rafael Nadal beat Arnaud Clement of France 6-4, 6-1, 6-2 Sunday in the opening singles match.
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Rafael Nadal&#39;s bid to dethrone Roger Federer at Wimbledon faces a tough early test after the Spanish second-seed was drawn with experienced American Mardy Fish in the first round of the men&#39;s singles.
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Rafael Nadal, last yearâs runner-up, played for the fifth consecutive day at Wimbledon but never faced any serious challenges against Tomas Berdych, winning 7-6 (1), 6-4, 6-2 in the quarterfinals.
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Top-seeded Rafael Nadal beats Mathieu Montcourt , 6-2, 6-4, in Tuesday's first round of the Chennai Open in India, while Marcos Baghdatis falls.
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Rafael Nadal kicks off a busy Friday schedule at Wimbledon that also includes the women's semis.