Top seed Rafael Nadal discusses his early exit from Montreal and his reaction to his guaranteed to return to No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Rankings this week in Cincinnati. Watch live matches at tennistv.com
Rafael Nadal is guaranteed to return to No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Rankings Monday 21 August, capping his incredible comeback season in 2017. Nadal ended his 2016 season early due to injury but returned to the ATP World Tour in 2017 playing some of the best tennis of his career. Nadal, 31, has won four tournaments this year, including historic 10th titles at Roland Garros, Monte-Carlo and Barcelona. He has also reached three other finals, including the Australian Open and Miami. Nadal has spent 141 weeks at the top spot but hasn't been No. 1 since 6 July 2014. He first ascended to No. 1 on 18 August, 2008 at the age of 22. The Spaniard is the top...
More than 10 years after they first battled for No. 1, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer will play for the top Emirates ATP Ranking this coming week at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati. With current World No. 1 Andy Murray sidelined by injury, either Nadal or Federer will seize the top spot the Monday after Cincinnati. World No. 3 Federer continued to gain ground on No. 2 Nadal by reaching the final of the Coupe Rogers in Montreal, although his defeat in the title match to Alexander Zverev means the Swiss will spot the Spaniard a 320-point lead heading into the seventh ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event of the season. However, both players have destiny in their...
The route for a return to No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Rankings is paved for Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer at next week’s Western & Southern Open. Andy Murray will relinquish top spot to one of the two in Cincinnati and if it is the Swiss who goes on to win the Coupe Rogers this week in Montreal, he would clinch World No. 1 with an equal or better finish than the Spaniard next week. It is a tantalising prospect that the No. 1 ranking would come down to the final, should both live up to their seedings. After a bye, top seed Nadal could take on former World No. 7, Richard Gasquet in the second round, with his...
Two unseeded opponents – a World No. 143, the other No. 42 in the Emirates ATP Rankings – were all that stood between Rafael Nadal and a return to No. 1 in Montreal by Thursday night. Defeat to the unheralded NextGenATP wild card Denis Shapovalov before a raucous Coupe Rogers crowd, however, means the Spaniard will now turn his sights to Cincinnati. There the 30 year old will enter a two-horse race at the Western & Southern Open, where he and Roger Federer will bid to take over No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Rankings. The 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(4) loss to the 18 year old Canadian was difficult to take as a subsequent victory over the No. 42-ranked Frenchman Adrian...
