[ad_1] Rafael Nadal is still in the 2024 Madrid Open draw, with Jiri Lehecka being the next challenger for the five-time champion. Lehecka is not a veteran player, but the 22-year-old has been around for a while now and has had some pretty strong showings on the top level. He’s a solid player, and this…
[ad_1] Juan Martin del Potro spoke about Rafael Nadal recently, paying tribute to the Spaniard for his unique passion for competing. The list of players who were inspired by Nadal is long, and the list of players who admire him is even longer. One of them is former ATP player Del Potro, who battled the…
[ad_1] Rafael Nadal is giving little weight to results right now, but some key statistics from his last tournament to his current one suggest he has improved by quite a margin. After winning back-to-back matches on clay for the first time since Roland Garros, Nadal has quickly extinguished expectations that he is back. It was…
[ad_1] Marc Lopez has shed light on Rafael Nadal’s Roland Garros preparations while working with him. Lopez, Nadal’s former doubles partner and current member of his coaching team, shared insights into their collaboration. The two famously won a gold medal in doubles at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Like Nadal, Lopez is a French Open champion,…
[ad_1] Rafael Nadal‘s opening win at the 2024 Madrid Open was as comfortable as they come, but he endured what Spanish media called a “scary” moment in practice. The five-time champion had been a doubt coming to Madrid and had raised concerns about his fitness before the tournament began. But he was at his free-flowing…
[ad_1] Roland Garros tournament director Amelie Mauresmo denied the possibility of Rafael Nadal being given a seeding spot in the main draw. For many years, Wimbledon has employed its own seeding system for the grass-court Grand Slam. It was based on a combination of factors, mostly related to ranking but also a player’s past performance…
[ad_1] Rafa Nadal sailed into the second round of the Madrid Masters as he swept aside Darwin Blanch in 66-minutes for the loss of just one game in what was a David and Goliath confrontation. Today I played against an opponent with a great future in front (of him), but today he’s still making mistake,…
[ad_1] Rafael Nadal shocked many people with his brutal honesty about his Roland Garros participation, stating that it won’t happen if he doesn’t improve physically compared to now. The Spaniard made a comeback at the Barcelona Open last week, playing two matches. He won the first match and lost the second match, and is set…
[ad_1] History will remember Rafael Nadal as the man who won a mind-boggling 14th Roland Garros title in 2022, but the man himself has a more compelling story to tell apart from winning. Nadal has always been a man of resilience throughout his career, with his knack of fighting for every point like it is…
[ad_1] Rafael Nadal of Spain will play his first match in more than 100 days in Barcelona on Tuesday. Tennis Channel will televise it live. Photo by James D. Morgan/Getty Images Rafa returns on Tuesday and you can watch his comeback on Tennis Channel. Tennis Channel will have live coverage of 22-time major champion Rafael…
