Nadal wins grass marathon to set up Hewitt clash
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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.
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Second-seeded Lleyton Hewitt reached Sunday&#39;s final at the Waterhouse Cup where he will play either Paradorn Srichaphan or Peruvian Luis Horna.
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Rafael Nadal quickly finished a rain-delayed match on Friday, defeating Max Mirnyi 7-6 (3), 6-3 Friday to reach the quarterfinals of the Queen's Club grass-court championships.
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Champion Rafael Nadal pulled rank over a teenaged pretender and Roger Federer enjoyed a brisk workout when the world's top two players began their pursuit of the French Open crown on Tuesday.
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Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will meet in another Grand Slam final. Four-time defending champion Federer reached his ninth consecutive major final Saturday, beating Richard Gasquet 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 on the grass courts of the All England Club.
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It has all the ingredients for a classic matchup. Two of the biggest names in tennis. The aging former champion playing in his final Wimbledon against the young dynamo trying to make his breakthrough on grass. Andre Agassi against Rafael Nadal is coming Saturday to the All England Club.
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Lleyton Hewitt warmed up for the US Open in style as he claimed his second consecutive ATP title at the TD Waterhouse Cup. Hewitt, who won the Washington title last week, beat Peru&#39;s Luis Horna 6-3, 6-1 on
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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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Former champion Lleyton Hewitt of Australia advanced to the third round in the US Open Friday with a victory over Hicham Arazi. Hewitt, the fourth seed who won the title
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LLEYTON HEWITT is ready, perhaps as ready as he has ever been, to win a Grand Slam. The 23-year-old South Australian completed a magical lead-up to the season&#39;s final major by claiming his
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Rafael Nadal talks a lot about how he hopes to contend for a Wimbledon title in three or four years, once he gets used to the odd bounces and tricky footing that come with playing on grass. Could it happen much faster than he &amp;#151; or anyone else &amp;#151; thought?
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By Julian Linden MELBOURNE, Australia  - Lleyton Hewitt won an epicbattle with Spanish teenager Rafael Nadal on Monday to reachthe Australian Open quarter-finals for the first time while theseemingly unstoppable advance of Russia's women came to ashuddering halt.
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French Open champion Rafael Nadal overcame a treacherous wind to beat Czech Tomas Berdych 7-6 6-4 6-2 to reach the last four at Wimbledon for the second successive year on Friday.
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Top seed Lleyton Hewitt will take on Jiri Novak in the semi-finals of the Japan Open after sealing a 7-5 6-1 victory over Cyril Saulnier.
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Paris, France (Sports Network) - Second-seeded Lleyton Hewitt and third-seeded Tim Henman each posted second-round victories Tuesday at the $3.
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It feels almost unsporting to characterize the best rivalry in men's tennis as anticlimactic. But that's what the showdowns between world No. 1 Roger Federer and No. 2 Rafael Nadal had approached over the past two years, with Federer holding sway on grass and hard courts, and Nadal peerless on clay.
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HOUSTON (Ticker) - Once again, Roger Federer of Switzerland got the better of Aussie Lleyton Hewitt. Federer, the top seed and world No.