Nadal keeps cruising on clay, Klizan wins again in Barcelona

April 26, 2018 1

Rafael Nadal has now won 40 consecutive sets on clay dating back to last year’s French Open after he hammered fellow Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-1, 6-3 in the Barcelona third round on Thursday. Nadal is joined in the quarterfinals by Grigor Dimitrov and Martin Klizan. […]

Monte-Carlo SF preview and prediction: Nadal vs. Dimitrov

April 20, 2018 61

Three have challenged Rafael Nadal so far during this clay-court swing; three have bowed out in listless fashion. And that includes Nadal’s No. 1 clay-court rival from the 2017 season, Dominic Thiem. Will Grigor Dimitrov fare any better? We will find out when Nadal and Dimitrov square off for the 12th time in their careers. […]

Monte-Carlo Masters preview and predictions

April 14, 2018 12

When the clay-court swing moves to Europe, it won’t leave until after the French Open. Following less prestigious events in Houston and Marrakech, Monte-Carlo marks the true beginning of one of the most entertaining eight-week stretches in every tennis season. […]

Indian Wells preview and predictions

March 7, 2018 10

Rafael Nadal: out. Andy Murray: out. Stan Wawrinka: out. David Goffin: out. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga: out. Richard Gasquet: out. Novak Djokovic: in. Kei Nishikori: in. Milos Raonic: in. Is the end result of those aforementioned statuses anything other than cakewalk to a second consecutive BNP Paribas Open title for Roger Federer? […]

Dubai, Acapulco, and Sao Paulo previews and predictions

February 25, 2018 12

Dubai rarely takes a backseat to anything going on at the same time, but that will certainly be the case in 2018. Acapulco is the best of the trio—and it isn’t even close. Rafael Nadal is back from the hip injury that the sustained Down Under, and the world No. 2 is joined in the Acapulco field by Alexander Zverev, Dominic Thiem, and Juan Martin Del Potro. […]

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