Tag: Nadal

We have an incredible twist at the top of the rankings. Rafa breezed past Ferrer in the Roland Garros final to win a record 8th title in Paris… and Ferrer overtakes Rafa in the rankings. Why the odd overtake How did it happen? Easy to explain....

David Ferrer reaches his first Grand Slam final, but that is against the worst possible opponent (in tennis history?): Rafa on Clay! David's path Ferrer has reached the final in style without dropping a single set, but we need to be fair as David didn't clash...

Rafa makes history!!! The King of Clay wins his 8th French Open in great fashion by conceding only 8 games to his dear friend David Ferrer. Everybody was expecting this final to be just a sort of "stamp" on a very good tournament when Nadal made...

What a match! Both Rafa and Nole played at their very best to end up this epic only after 4 hours and 37 minutes. After exchanging the first 2 sets Rafa made a strong move in the third set when he conceded only 12 points...

The King of Clay has just reached the final at the Roland Garros after a 4 hours and 37 minutes battle against Djokovic and that was (obviously) too much. The King of Clay was meant to play in Halle this coming week as a build...

Soon after the draws were made it was clear that one of the biggest match of this tournament would have been a tasty Djokovic - Nadal semifinal as Rafa fell in Nole's half for the delight of Roger Federer (well... eventually that didn't really...

It might be personal...but apparently Nadal really enjoys playing against Swiss players.  Rafa conceded only 4 games to Roger a couple of weeks ago in Rome and now he concedes only 6 games to Stan in Paris. Rafa played probably the best match of his tournament...

The King of Clay had a perfect day! Rafa beat Nishikori in great fashion, he found his tennis after a not convincing first week and he celebrated his 27th birthday! Nadal wan's happy about his performance in the first 3 matches when he has dropped the...

Another round another struggle in the opening set for Rafa. The King of Clay has been struggling a lot in the opening sets this year in Paris to lose all of them in the first 2 matches and to be 2-4 down against Fognini. This...