It is sad news for the admirers of the Swiss grace, Roger Federer as he failed to conquer the King of Clay’, Rafael Nadal in the final of the Hamburg Masters. Roger was the defending Champion and the number one seed in the clay court tournament...
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In what can be termed as nothing but 'A master class at the Master's', Argentine David Nalbandian destroyed the young Spaniard Nadal on his way to his second Maters Title in two weeks. David had been setting the hard courts across Europe ablaze for...
Andy Murray is one player who has the talent to dethrone Roger Federer from his top spot. On his day, Murray can beat anyone in the world but lacks in terms of consistency.
His inconsistent form was once again visible when he was defeated by...
The aching knees of Nadal were not at par to face a fourth round knock off by an awesome performance from fellow Spaniard David Ferrer. The worn-out Nadal couldn't do much but to wince and fall to the court, sitting with legs stretched out and head...
Nadal, battling through a pain on the left knee, at last managed to advance to the third round of the U.S. Open earning a 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 first-round victory over inspiring wild-card entry Alun Jones, who made the Spaniard battle a 2 hrs, 45-minute...
This season, the North American hard courts have shown early doors to some prominent players. In recent developments, third seed Novak Djokovic, playing his first match since upsetting top-ranked Roger Federer in the Montreal Masters final, fell 6-4,...
Pitted against Stanislas Wawrinka, world number two Rafael Nadal was expected to bulldoze the unheralded Swiss and lift the Mercedes Cup. But in Stuttgart, Wawrinka put up a gutsy show as Nadal huffed and puffed his way to a hard-fought 6-4, 7-5 win...
King of clay Rafael Nadal celebrated his return to his favourite surface with a facile 6-1, 6-1 win against hapless German Alexander Waske at the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart.
In what was his first match since the defeat in the Wimbledon final to Roger...
David Ferrer did not allow his friendship with Nicolas Almagro distract him as the Spaniard carved out a straight set win to lift the Swedish Open. The facile 6-1, 6-2 win against pal and compatriot Almagro earned Ferrer his fourth ATP title.
As...
The French pair of Fabrice Santoro and Nicolas Mahut was made to sweat in the middle as the duo overcame a dropped set to secure their passage to the quarterfinals of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships.
Pitted against Frank Dancevic, fourth...
As expected, Roger Federer and Justine Henin have been given the top seedings in the men's and women's singles respectively at this year's Wimbledon tennis championship.
Britain will have its hopes pinned on 20-year-old Andy Murray who has been seeded...
The world number 106th Nicolas Mahut of France packed down the Spaniard and World No 2, Rafael Nadal in the straight sets to book a semifinal clash with fellow countryman Arnaud Clement in the Artois Champinships at Queens Club.
It wasn't the...
Andy Roddick should thank the man who developed Hawk-Eye and it was this replay
technology which helped the American to reach the semifinal at the Queen's Cup in the Wimbledon warm-up tournament.
Roddick began rather poorly as his British...
Justine Henin demolished Anna Ivanovic in the women's finals at the Roland Garros on Saturday to win her third title in a row. Rafael Nadal, who handed defeat to Roger Federer on Sunday, matched her feat 24-hours later.
Henin vs. Ivanovic - a...
It will once again be No. 1 versus No. 2 in the finals of French Open. What seemed a foregone conclusion, even before the Grand Slam began. Yesterday's semifinal wins for Nadal and Federer have confirmed that both of them will square off again in the...
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