Madrid Masters: Can Nadal end Djokovic’s unbeaten run?
For an event with such a short history, the Madrid Masters and its Magic Box venue have won more than their share of headlines. The…
Rafael Nadal Archives: 04/2011
Ferrero, Haas and González: classy trio make comebacks
The opening of 2011’s clay season has had something of the London bus about it. You wait for hours, and then several turn up at…
Barcelona Open 2011: Rafael Nadal secures sixth title
The extraordinary Rafael Nadal cannot stay out of the tennis headlines. At every turn, he is ticking off more records and this week, at Spain’s…
Barcelona Open: Rafael Nadal sets up Gaël Monfils clash
Rafael Nadal remained on course for his sixth Barcelona Open title with a brutal 6-3 6-1 victory over Colombia’s Santiago Giraldo. The world No1 had…
Barcelona Open: Rafael Nadal makes winning start
Rafael Nadal began his quest for a sixth Barcelona Open title with a comprehensive 6-1 6-1 second-round win over fellow Spaniard Daniel Gimeno-Traver. The world…
Wimbledon winners to net record £1.1m prize money
The winners of this year’s Wimbledon will be paid £1.1m – a rise of 10 per cent, the tournament’s organisers have revealed. The All England…
Monte Carlo Masters: Seventh heaven for Rafael Nadal
It was an all-Spanish final for the second year in a row at 2011’s first clay court Masters, but that fact paled into insignificance alongside…
Nadal wins battle of wills over Murray in Monte Carlo semis
Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer: friends, compatriots and clearly determined to make the Monte Carlo Masters final an all-Spanish affair. Nadal may have spent time…
Monte Carlo Masters: Top four men cruise into quarters
Just four of the original 16 seeds failed to reach their allotted place in the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters: Jo-Wilfied Tsonga from…
Monte Carlo Masters: Maturity the key to success in openers
Is Monte Carlo the most civilised Masters on the tour? If the scheduling is anything to go by, the players and spectators must think they’ve…
Monte Carlo Masters: A fourth Federer and Nadal final?
A new colour, and with it a new mood, is spreading across the tennis calendar. Between now and the end of May, the longest, unbroken…
Novak Djokovic storms to fourth 2011 title in Miami
The two big Masters finals that bring the spring hard-court season to its climax are separated by just two weeks. They have the same size…
Djokovic and Nadal gear up for second Masters showdown
The last hard court Masters of the spring -and the last Masters on US soil until August -could not have conjured up a better prospect…