WASHINGTON, October 15, 2017 (by Michael Dickens) On Sunday afternoon, Roger Federer delivered a master class with Rafael Nadal as his primary pupil that was witnessed not only by a sold-out crowd inside Shanghai’s Qi Zhong Tennis Center but also a worldwide TV audience tuning in at […]
BEIJING, October 8, 2017 Rafael Nadal claimed his 75th career title, moving to within two of John McEnroe for fourth on the Open Era list. The top seed from Spain beat Nick Kyrgios 6-2, 6-1 in Sunday’s final of the […]
PRAGUE, September 24, 2017 Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer headlined the action on Day 2 of the Laver Cup in Prague. The best two players in the ATP rankings put Europe 9-3 ahead over Team World on Saturday. Nadal fought […]
PRAGUE, September 21, 2017 Laver Cup’s Team Europe and Team World and their captains, as well as the legendary Rod Laver, were officially welcomed to the city of Prague in the historic Old Town Square on Wednesday, with thousands of fans turning out to […]
LAVER Cup, September 20, 2017 World No.1 Rafael Nadal and No.2 Roger Federer will lead the parade of Laver Cup players at an official welcome ceremony in Prague on Wednesday which will be live-streamed via @LaverCup on Twitter, Periscope, Facebook Live and YouTube. Fierce competitors for […]
WASHINGTON, September 11, 2017 (by Michael Dickens) Throughout this U.S. Open fortnight, both World No. 1 Rafael Nadal and first-time Grand Slam finalist Kevin Anderson worked toward a common goal: to be the one standing alone at the end basking in the glory as the 2017 U.S. Open […]
WASHINGTON, September 9, 2017 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 1 Rafael Nadal can inflict pain on an opponent as good as anyone in the game of tennis. Over a stretch of nine games that began with the start of the second set […]
WASHINGTON, September 7, 2017 (by Michael Dickens) Perhaps, ESPN analyst Darren Cahill put it best as soon as Rafael Nadal ended his all-too-brief, 96-minute U.S. Open quarterfinal match against #NextGenATP hopeful Andrey Rublev with a 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 victory in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Wednesday afternoon. “If you […]
NEW YORK, September 5, 2017 Rafael Nadal advanced to his seventh US Open quarterfinal and his first since winning the 2013 title, beating Alexandr Dolgopolov from the Ukrian 6-2, 6-4, 6-1 on Arthur Ashe Stadium on Monday afternoon. The World No. 1 was in total control […]
ABU DHABI, September 2, 2017 Organizers of the Mubadala World Tennis Championship (MWTC) announced last month that World No. 1 Rafael Nadal is set to return to the International Tennis Center at Zayed Sports City in Abu Dhabi later this year to defend […]
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