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Nadal leads Spain in Davis Cup against Czechs

Sports | Tennis
2009-11-17

RAFAEL Nadal will lead defending champion Spain in next month's Davis Cup final against the Czech Republic. The second-ranked Spaniard returns to the team for the first time since winning both singles matches...

Nadal through after Ljubicic retires

Sports | Tennis
2009-10-17

TOP seed Rafael Nadal moved into the semifinals of the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 last night when Ivan Ljubicic became the eighth player to retire from the US$3.24 million tournament. The Spanish world No. 2 had...

Nadal, Roddick slam calendar

Sports | Tennis
2009-10-13

RAFAEL Nadal and Andy Roddick complained yesterday that the ATP season is too long and that tennis players need a proper offseason. Both players, who are here for the Shanghai Masters, reiterated criticism of the...

Rafa gets unfavorable draw

Sports | Tennis
2009-10-11

TOP seed Rafael Nadal was handed a tough task at the 2009 Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 when the draw was made at the Qizhong Tennis Center yesterday. With the top eight seeds receiving a first-round bye, the Spaniard,...

Cilic crushes Nadal to ease into final

Sports | Tennis
2009-10-11

RAFAEL Nadal's comeback came to a shuddering halt yesterday when the world No. 2 was crushed 1-6, 3-6 by Croatian Marin Cilic in the semifinals of the US$6.6 million China Open in Beijing. Top seed Nadal had...

Nadal halts Safin, Petrova tops Peng

Sports | Tennis
2009-10-10

WORLD No. 2 Rafael Nadal stopped Marat Safin's Beijing revival in its tracks yesterday with a clinical 6-3, 6-1 victory to reach the semifinals of the China Open. Spain's Nadal, playing his first tournament...

Nadal returns at China Open

Sports | Tennis
2009-10-2

WORLD No. 2 Rafael Nadal will return to action for the first time since the US Open at next week's China Open after taking two weeks out to rest an abdominal injury. "Rafa Nadal will return to competition next...

Federer could face Nadal in Davis Cup

Sports | Tennis
2009-9-24

RAFAEL Nadal and Roger Federer could go head to head in the first round of next year's Davis Cup after Spain was yesterday drawn to face Switzerland in the first round of the World Group. The Czech Republic, which...

Nadal-Gonzalez resume match after rain delay

Sports | Tennis
2009-9-11

RAFAEL Nadal and Fernando Gonzalez resumed their quarter-final showdown at the US Open yesterday following a 75-minute rain interruption. After 10 days of dry weather, rain stopped play at this year's championships...

Fan Charged For Kissing Nadal

Sports | Tennis
2009-9-11

A fan of Rafael Nadal, who breached US Open security to embrace the Spaniard courtside, faces jail time after he was charged on Wednesday with interfering with a sporting event. Nadal had beaten France's Gael...