Rafael Nadal will undergo an MRI scan in Melbourne on Wednesday after not knowing immediately the exact nature of the injury that forced him to withdraw in the fifth set of his Australian Open quarter-final against Marin Cilic. The Croatian was leading 3-6, 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-2, 2-0 after three hours and 47 minutes of play. “I can't say because I don't know,” the World No. 1 admitted in his press conference on Tuesday night. “It is difficult to know exactly the muscle. We need to wait a couple of hours [and] tomorrow I am going to do a test, an MRI here. Then we will know.” “I started to feel the muscle [got a] little bit [tired] in the third...
Rafael Nadal speaks at his post-match press conference following his retirement in the fifth set of the quarter-finals against Marin Cilic at the 2018 Australian Open. Video courtesy Tennis Australia. Watch more video and live matches at www.ausopen.com.
It was a historic resurgence in 2017 for Rafael Nadal, who became the oldest player in history to finish atop the ATP Rankings, claiming the year-end top spot for the fourth time in his career at age 31. But the top seed can make more history at Melbourne Park, as he tries to become the first player in the Open Era to win all four Grand Slam titles twice, which he can finish off with a win at this Australian Open. But the Spaniard will have his work cut out for him in the quarter-finals against one of the other two Grand Slam champions left in the draw — No. 6 seed Marin Cilic. View FedEx ATP Head2Head for the...
Watch highlights as Rafael Nadal advances to the 2018 Australian Open quarter-final with a win against Diego Schwartzman of Argentina. Video courtesy Tennis Australia. Watch more video and live matches at www.ausopen.com. Highlights not available in Aus., NZ or Canada and only available in Europe and USA 24 hours after completion of the match. Photo Credit: Peter Staples/ATP World Tour.
Rafael Nadal survived a three-hour, 51-minute battle to end the challenge of Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-3 and reach his 10th Australian Open quarter-final on Sunday. After winning the first set, Nadal established control on three occasions in the second, but was pegged back each time as Schwartzman rallied to level the match in the tie-break. After dropping his first set of the tournament in that tie-break, the World No. 1 re-established control with an improved level on serve to clinch his spot in the last eight of a Grand Slam for the 33rd time. Nadal, who is now assured of staying at World No. 1 post-tournament, will meet Marin Cilic who navigated his way past Pablo Carreno...
