Nadal survives at Open; 2 Williams wins
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Playing on a taped-up knee so painful he almost pulled out of the U.S. Open, Rafael Nadal was hardly at his imposing best Wednesday.
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Defending champion Rafael Nadal loses to Mikhail Youzhny in the Dubai Open quarter-finals.
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Second seed Rafael Nadal beat Sweden&#39;s Robin Soderling 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (7/9), 4-6, 7-5 on Wednesday to reach the Wimbledon last 16 as his marathon, rain-hit third round tie finally came to a conclusion.
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Two-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal and 2001 U.S. Open winner Marat Safin were among those in early action a day after there was pretty much a total washout at the year's last Grand Slam tournament.
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Rafael Nadal made a successful transition to grass, beating Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina 6-4, 6-4 Wednesday in the second round at Queen's Club.
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Roger Federer survived a ferocious onslaught from Rafael Nadal to win his fifth consecutive Wimbledon singles title on Sunday, finally taming the inspired Spaniard 7-6 4-6 7-6 2-6 6-2.
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Andy Roddick the defending US Open tennis champion has moved on to the third round by defeating Rafael Nadal 6-0 6-3 6-4 on Friday.
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Fist-pumping second seed Rafael Nadal   hammered wildcard Mark Philippoussis on Wednesday to march into   the second round of the U.S. Open.
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Rafael Nadal endured a second day of Wimbledon water torture as rain once again prevented him from completing a third round match with Sweden&#39;s Robin Soderling.
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Rafael Nadal upset Andy Roddick 6-7 (6), 6-2, 7-6 (6), 6-2 and gave Spain a commanding 2-0 lead over the United States in the Davis Cup final on Friday.
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Second seed Rafael Nadal came through   a tough test of his U.S. Open credentials on Thursday as he   beat Peru's Luis Horna 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-2 to reach the third   round.
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Rafael Nadal reaches the Australian Open second round despite a game challenge from Viktor Troicki, while Andy Roddick cruises.
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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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Second seed Rafael Nadal was bundled   out of the U.S. Open on Wednesday, denying New Yorkers the   chance of a third straight grand slam final between the   Spaniard and Swiss maestro Roger Federer.
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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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Sport: Tennis: World No2 Rafael Nadal was sent crashing out of the US Open by fellow Spaniard David Ferrer after a four-set fourth-round slugfest.
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NEW YORK -- Rafael Nadal recovered from a slow start, Venus Williams overcame a few glitches and Justine Henin ran right into the next round Wednesday at a U.S. Open where the favorites kept rolling.