Unseeded Frenchman Derails Nadal
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Second-ranked Rafael Nadal was dominated in stunning fashion by unheralded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who reached the Australian Open final with a 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 victory.
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A little-known Frenchwoman destroyed world number one Justine Henin's Wimbledon dream on Friday.
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Second seed Rafael Nadal will have to   wait another year at least for 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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Rafael Nadal cruised to victory over Carlos Moya in the quarterfinals, improving his career record at the French Open to an impressive 19-0.
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Unseeded Argentine David Nalbandian inflicted a shock 6-1 6-2 defeat on world number two Rafael Nadal in the Madrid Masters on Friday to earn a semi-final showdown with young Serb Novak Djokovic.
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Sport: Australian Open: French qualifier Jo-Wilfried Tsonga thrashes Rafael Nadal in straight sets
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Rafael Nadal remained the undisputed claycourt king by taming Roger Federer 6-3 4-6 6-3 6-4 to complete a hat-trick of French Open titles on Sunday.
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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.
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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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Second seed Rafael Nadal made an   impressive start to his U.S. Open title bid on Wednesday when   he beat former runner-up Mark Philippoussis 6-4 6-4 6-4 in the   first round on Wednesday.
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Unseeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga stunned Spanish second seed Rafael Nadal in straight sets to reach the final of the Australian Open on Thursday.
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Rafael Nadal beat Robin Soderling today in a rain-interrupted third-round match.
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Andy Roddick crashed out of the Australian Open in a dramatic five-setter as other leading seeds Rafael Nadal and Nikolay Davydenko won their way into the fourth round of the Australian Open on Friday.
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Lleyton Hewitt was flattened into the Parisian clay by Rafael Nadal on Monday as the Spaniard's headlong charge towards a hat-trick of French Open titles showed no sign of running out of steam.
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Rafael Nadal, whose record streak on clay was stopped by Roger Federer last weekend, believes the world number one will beat him again on the slow surface and just hopes it will not happen in the French Open final.
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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 tried to look on the bright side despite suffering his heaviest defeat in three years when he was overwhelmed 6-1 6-2 by David Nalbandian in the quarter-finals of the Madrid Masters on Friday.