Rafael Nadal Archives: 05/2017

After his opening match at Roland Garros this year, the No4 seed, nine-time champion, the undisputed master of clay, Rafael Nadal, was asked whether he…

Aljaz Bedene, the No52-ranked Briton whose bid to play for his adopted nation in Davis Cup ended in more disappointment this spring, has nevertheless continued…

The seedings for this year’s men’s French Open may, at first glance, look awry. After all, nine-time champion Rafael Nadal is down at No4, while…

This year’s French Open, the small but perfectly formed climax to the European sweep of red clay through spring into summer, promises to be a…

Between them, the highest remaining seeds at the Rome Masters, No2 Novak Djokovic and No4 Rafael Nadal, owned 11 of the last 12 titles. The…

It had been on the cards since Dominic Thiem’s teenage years, with his first main-tour quarter-finals in 2013—and he reached his first final the very…

This semi-final was a record-breaker before it even began. Two of the best players ever to lift a tennis racket, 14-time Major champion Rafael Nadal…

The spread of seeds and non-seeds in the quarter-finals of the Mutua Madrid Open was already bottom heavy. All three unseeded players joined No8 seed…

By the time that world No5 and Spanish No1 Rafael Nadal took to court at the end of a cool, stormy, and very un-Spanish day…

The wave of Spaniards that filled 11 of the 56 places in the men’s draw at the Mutua Madrid Open this week had, bit by…

He may not be the top seed, nor even among the top three seeds at the Mutua Madrid Masters this week, but Rafael Nadal is…

As the tour heads into the demanding double-header of the Madrid and Rome Masters this year, the men’s line-up differs very little from this exact…