Nadal eases past qualifier Cipolla
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Imagine this: The third tour-level match of your professional tennis career is against Rafael Nadal in a 9,950-seat stadium at the French Open.
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Rafael Nadal struggles with a knee injury as he beats Australian wildcard Alun Jones in the second round of the US Open.
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Rafael Nadal defeated Andy Roddick, 6-7 (6-8), 6-2, 7-6 (8-6), 6-2, giving Spain a 2-0 lead in the Davis Cup.
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Spain&#39;s 18-year-old tennis sensation Rafael Nadal is already looking forward to a possible third round tie against Andre Agassi after defeating Davide Sanguinetti in his opening game at the Tennis Masters Madrid.
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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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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 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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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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CHENNAI, India  - World number two Rafael Nadal raised fitness concerns before this month's Australian Open after he was thrashed 6-0 6-1 by Mikhail Youzhny in the Chennai Open final on Sunday.
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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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Top-seeded Rafael Nadal beat Feliciano LÃ³pez, 6-1, 7-5, Saturday to reach the final of the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart, Germany.
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Second seed Rafael Nadal will have to   wait another year for a chance at winning his first U.S. Open   title after he was stunned 6-3 5-7 7-6 6-1 by Russian Mikhail   Youzhny in the quarter-finals on Wednesday.
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MADRID: Spain&#39;s teenage raging bull Rafael Nadal stampeded over an Italian nearly twice his age yesterday, ploughing into the second round of the US$2.
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Rafael Nadal and Venus Williams advanced to the third round of the U.S. Open on Wednesday but not before some uneasy moments in Arthur Ashe Stadium.
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Spain's Rafael Nadal moved closer to a French Open hat-trick by overcoming former world number one Lleyton Hewitt with a 6-3 6-1 7-6 win to reach the quarter-finals on Monday.
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SANTANDER, Spain  - Rafael Nadal secured Spain's   place in the world group of the Davis Cup for 2007 by beating   Italian number one Filippo Volandri 3-6 7-5 6-3 6-3 with a   typically combative display on Sunday.
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Rafael Nadal, who has tendinitis and inflammation in his left knee, quietly gritted out a first-round victory, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, that cast a shadow on his remaining Open path.