Tennis - ATP World Tour – Tagged "Rafael Nadal" – Page 34

Feb 25, 2018

Nadal: 'I Have To Keep Going'

Rafael Nadal speaks ahead of his first tournament since the Australian Open at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC.

Feb 21, 2018

Nadal Has Done This Better Than Everyone

On the surface, the serve is the ultimate weapon in our sport. It’s the hardest hit shot, and is the driving force behind the most common rally length in matches – a rally of just one shot. The serve went in, but the return didn’t come back in play. That rally length happens way more than anything else, right around 30 per cent of total points. It creates the greatest paradox in our sport – the practice court is overflowing with forehands and backhands, but the rally length that dominates the match court contains only a serve and a return. [ALSO LIKE] See Nadal's serving patterns in the Infosys Serve & Return Tracker An Infosys ATP Beyond The Numbers analysis...

Feb 11, 2018

92-Year-Old Fan Wins Rafa's Heart

Like all things in life, not everything goes your way in tennis -- even if you're the No.1 player in the world. Rafael Nadal experienced that at the Australian Open last month. The Spaniard was forced to retire in the fifth set of his quarter-final match against eventual finalist Marin Cilic due to a leg injury. But Nadal has a supporter in his corner to lift his spirits. A 92-year-old fan half-way around the world wrote a letter to Rafa, urging the ATP World Tour No.1 to get well soon and wishing him future success on the court. "Dear Rafa, in December, I wrote you a letter and sent it to your Balearic Islands Academy in Spain," wrote the woman...

Feb 07, 2018

Rafa Reveals His Personal Text Message To Roger

It didn't take long for Rafael Nadal to congratulate Roger Federer on his Grand Slam triumph in Melbourne, even if fans aren't hearing about it until now. "I immediately sent him a text message (after the Australian Open final)," Nadal said on Monday at the formal opening of the Mapfre Clinic of Tennis Medicine in Madrid, where the current ATP World Tour No.1 fielded questions with the hashtag #AskRafaNadal during a Twitter Q&A session. "I usually congratulate people I know in private rather than publicly. I've had a very good relationship with Federer for years now. I was happy for him; I congratulated him and I told him I'm always happy when he does well." Federer's victory at the Australian...

Jan 28, 2018

Federer’s Short-Term Shot At No. 1

Roger Federer is within reach of the No. 1 ATP Ranking for the first time in over five years after successfully defending his Australian Open title at Melbourne Park on Monday. But he needs to act fast! Federer, who last held the top spot on 4 October 2012, moved to within 155 points of Rafael Nadal after claiming his 20th Grand Slam title and could dethrone Nadal as World No. 1 in early March when the ATP World Tour 500 events in Dubai and Acapulco conclude. On 5 March, Nadal will drop the 300 points he earned last year by reaching the Acapulco final (l. Querrey). Federer, who suffered a shock second-round loss to Evgeny Donksoy in the Dubai second...