Watch highlights as top seed Rafael Nadal advances to the third round of the 2018 Australian Open. Video courtesy Tennis Australia. Watch more video and live matches at www.ausopen.com. Photo: Peter Staples/ATP World Tour.
World No. 1 Rafael Nadal continued his quest for a 17th Grand Slam championship with an often hard-fought second-round victory over Leonardo Mayer on Wednesday evening at the Australian Open. At times, Nadal, the 2009 champion, was left frustrated by Mayer’s resilience, but ultimately the Spanish superstar extended his perfect FedEx ATP Head2Head record to 5-0 against the Argentine with a 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(4) win in two hours and 38 minutes. “It was an important victory for me,” Nadal told Roger Rasheed in an on-court interview. “[Mayer is] always a tough opponent. I had to hit some great shots in the tie-break. I’m happy to be in the third round after a while without being in competition.” Nadal, who is...
Listen to Rafael Nadal discuss his second-round victory against Leonardo Mayer of Argentina. Video courtesy Tennis Australia. Watch more video and live matches at www.ausopen.com.
The top two players in the ATP Rankings, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, have been nominated for Laureus World Sports Awards following a vote by the world’s sports media. The superstars will compete against athletics world championships 10,000m gold and 5,000m silver medal-winning athlete Mo Farah, four-time Tour de France winning cyclist Chris Froome and Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton for the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year, which will be announced on 27 February in Monaco. Nadal rose from year-end No. 9 in 2016 to finish 2017 atop the ATP Rankings, doing so for the fourth time in his career (2008, 2010, 2013). The Spaniard became the oldest player to finish year-end No. 1 (since 1973) at 31,...
World No. 1 and 2009 champion Rafael Nadal reflects on his first-round win over Victor Estrella Burgos on Monday at the Australian Open. 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.
