[ad_1] Rafael Nadal said it is “great news” that he will be competing in his first ATP final in two years at the Bastad Open. After a couple of straightforward wins over Swedish wild card Leo Borg and former British no. 1 Cameron Norrie, his run has been nothing short of laborious. He needed precisely…
[ad_1] Rafa Nadal has reached his first final in two years as he prepares for the Paris Olympics which start on Friday; his last final was the French Open in 2022. I think it was a tough match,. My opponent had one of the best backhands that I played against Rafa Nadal The 38-yesar-old Spanish…
[ad_1] Rafael Nadal will stand in the 2024 Bastad Open final, which will be a hugely important final for him as he treats the event as a very important tournament. The Spaniard played in Bastad 19 years ago, but returning this year, he wanted to see where his tennis stands ahead of the 2024 Paris…
[ad_1] Nineteen years after winning the Nordea Open title, Rafael Nadal is one win away from a second triumph at this tournament. To say that getting back to this stage was difficult would be an understatement. Following straight-set victories over Leo Borg and Cameron Norrie, Nadal outlasted Mariano Navone 6-7(2), 7-5, 7-5 in a three-hour…
[ad_1] Rafael Nadal won’t be doing double duty at the 2024 Bastad Open because the Spaniard withdrew from his doubles match with Casper Ruud. ‘Ruudal’, as fans name them, were having a solid time this week in Bastad, as the duo was playing well enough to make the semi-final of the ATP 250 doubles tournament,…
[ad_1] Rafael Nadal has been proving that he shouldn’t be discounted this week at the 2024 Bastad Open, and he did it once again in the semi-final. The 38-year-old isn’t the player he was a decade ago, that’s clear. Still, that doesn’t mean that he isn’t the fighter that he was a decade ago, because…
[ad_1] Rafael Nadal surprised quite of few of his fans when he started ‘moonballing’ in his quarter-final win at the 2024 Bastad Open. The 38-year-old Spaniard is one of the greatest tennis players of all time, but as the age starts to influence his game, he has to start being more creative, and that showed…
[ad_1] Getty Images Rafael Nadal has no days off following an almost four-hour thriller against Mariano Navone in the Bastad quarterfinals. Meanwhile, a Hamburg semifinal showdown on Saturday pits Sebastian Baez against Arthur Fils. Nordea Open: (WC) Rafael Nadal vs. (Q) Duje Ajdukovic Nadal will be back on the court in Bastad about 24 hours…
[ad_1] Rafael Nadal’s name appears on the entry list for the 2024 US Open, but he confirmed that he has not yet made a decision about playing at Flushing Meadows. As weird as it might sound, Nadal’s 2024 season has been mostly a big sequence of ‘maybes’. The Spaniard returned to the sport earlier this…
[ad_1] If Rafael Nadal wanted some more match practice in advance of the Paris Olympics, he is certainly getting it at the Nordea Open. In fact, in his third match of the week he spent a whopping three hours and 59 minutes on court. That’s how long it took for the 38-year-old to get past…
