MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 28, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Over his nearly 20-year career as professional, Rafael Nadal‘s philosophy can be summed up in nine tidy words: “We need to suffer, and we need to fight.” No words were truer spoken but […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 25, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Rafael Nadal battled his way to victory Tuesday afternoon at the Australian Open like he’s done 1,035 times previously in his storied career, with grit and fight – and plenty of determination, too. […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 17, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) At last, the focus was on tennis as the first day of Australian Open 2022 took place on Monday at Melbourne Park. There were plenty of familiar names on the order of play […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 16, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) As Rafael Nadal seeks a second Australian Open men’s title and a record 21st major, he has become a voice of reason for tennis during a fortnight in which one of its greatest […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 9, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Rafael Nadal had never played Maxime Cressy before Sunday evening’s final in the Melbourne Summer Set at Rod Laver Arena. After winning his 89th ATP Tour singles title with a 7-6 (6), 6-3 […]
ADELAIDE/WASHINGTON, January 8, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Gaël Monfils reached the 24th ATP Tour final of his career at the Adelaide International 1 on Saturday evening. His 80-minute, 7-5, 6-0 win over Australia’s Thanasi Kokkinakis put him into his first […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 6, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal had just wrapped up his first victory in the Melbourne Summer Set tournament at Melbourne Park Thursday afternoon when he sat down for his first press conference since arriving […]
WASHINGTON, December 20, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Although Rafael Nadal‘s comeback after a four-month injury layoff at last weekend’s Mubadala World Tennis Championship (MWTC) in Abu Dhabi ended in a pair of defeats to Andy Murray and Denis Shapovalov, the […]
ABU DHABI/WASHINGTON, December 17, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) When Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal met for the first time since 2016 in Friday evening’s featured semifinal match of the 13th edition of the Mubadala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi, the three-time […]
ABU DHABI/WASHINGTON, December 17, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Throughout the duration of his nearly-90-minute match against fellow Briton Dan Evans at the Mubadala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi Thursday, perhaps – just perhaps – Andy Murray had thoughts of […]
