Rafael Nadal Archives: 01/2014

When Stan Wawrinka awoke on his first morning as a Grand Slam champion, the reality may finally have begun to sink in. For when he…

It may have taken the likeable Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka 36 attempts to do it, but on Australia Day 2014, he finally fulfilled his vast potential…

It’s easy to focus on the astonishing records put together by the two pin-ups of men’s tennis, world No1 Rafael Nadal and No6 Roger Federer.…

Whatever it is they put in the water of a certain pair of neighbouring European countries, other nations around the world must long for the…

In the end, it all got too much at the 2014 Australian Open. The ‘happy slam’ had been battered by too many unhappy players, headlines…

The opening day of the Australian Open had set very fair to showcase the bottom half of the men’s draw. It was headlined, of course,…

So the stage is ready once again to set tennis hearts aflutter as the first Grand Slam of the season, the extrovert, sun-drenched, self-dubbed ‘happy…

For a man who came into the New Year as world No1 on the back of 10 titles from 14 finals during his truncated 2013,…

The problem with arriving at the first tournament of 2014 on the back of one of the best ever comeback seasons in tennis is to…

It was always going to be a difficult return to the tour for Andy Murray after playing no competitive tennis since back surgery in September.…