Rafael Nadal Archives: 05/2011

Rafael Nadal’s record on clay -31 titles -has few parallels, and his achievements in Paris in particular are the stuff of legend. Since he turned…

Rafael Nadal’s first round match against John Isner always looked like an interesting opening challenge. Few, though, foresaw just how interesting. “I thought I was…

It seemed, as the 2011 French Open got under way, that it may be the tennis balls that stole the headlines when the sun went…

Even two hours of rain at the Foro Italico could not dampen the anticipation surrounding a double-final day at the Rome Masters. On the dot…

Short of leaving blood on the court, it’s hard to know what more Andy Murray could have done to avoid his 6-1 3-6 7-6 loss…

Marin Cilic has had a strange run in Rome. First he lost his opening opponent, Ivo Karlovic, with a back injury and then he faced…

Thursday afternoon, and the Rome Masters saw attendance records broken again. Centre Court at the Foro Italico was the place to be. Those who didn’t…

It was all going to plan on the day that the top three men played in Rome for the first time. The temperature was in…

The first round is complete at the hot and burnished Foro Italica in Rome and just two seeds have fallen – neither of them were…

Rome is the last clay Masters in the calendar, having switched places with Madrid this year. It has a certain Italian vibe -friendly, relaxed and…

There were questions aplenty as the top four seeds made their first appearances at the Madrid Masters. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal had contested the…

There has been a nice symmetry to the disappearance of eight of the top 16 men in the Madrid Masters draw, as though this magical…