Following a one-week hiatus, the busiest stretch of Masters 1000 tournaments resumes this week with the Mutua Madrid Open. Rafael Nadal will be putting streaks of 12 matches and 46 clay-court sets on the line, while he is also defending his 2017 Madrid title. Can anyone challenge him? […]
Stefanos Tsitsipas has been reaping the benefits of what is positively a breakout season on the ATP Tour. His latest reward–aside from being a valuable experience–is not one that anyone else would envy right now: a clay-court showdown against Rafael Nadal.
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David Goffin has made an impressive and hard-fought run through the Barcelona draw, but now he gets the toughest test in tennis: Rafael Nadal on clay. Saturday’s other semifinal pits Pablo Carreno Busta against Stefanos Tsitsipas. […]
Rafael Nadal has continued to steamroll all clay-court challengers and now it is a qualifier, Martin Klizan, who stands in his way of the Barcelona semifinals on Friday. Quarterfinal action also includes David Goffin vs. Roberto Bautista Agut. […]
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. […]
Rafael Nadal will continue his Barcelona campaign when he goes up against a second consecutive Spaniard in Guillermo Garcia-Lopez on Thursday. David Goffin and Karen Khachanov are also aiming for a place in the quarterfinals. […]
The relative momentum Novak Djokovic picked up in Monte-Carlo evaporated right away in Barcelona. Djokovic lost to Martin Klizan in the second round on Wednesday, while Rafael Nadal struggled a bit but managed to beat Roberto Carballes Baena in straight sets.
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Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic are on a collision course for what would be a rare quarterfinal head-to-head contest at a 500-point event. They first have to get past Roberto Carballes Baena and Martin Klizan, respectively, on Wednesday. […]
Rafael Nadal keeps breaking records–both his own and those held by others. Already the all-time leader in titles at a single tournament, Nadal won the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters for the 11th time in his career on Sunday afternoon with a victory over Kei Nishikori. […]
There will be no kind of lull in between the Monte-Carlo Masters and the next two Masters 1000 events in Madrid and Rome. That’s because Barcelona, a 500-point tournament, boasts a field that is basically worthy of a 1000-pointer. Budapest is also on this week’s schedule. […]
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