Roger Federer is the oddsmakers’ current title favorite for the 2018 Australian Open. And why not? The Swiss is the defending champion and coming off a season in which he compiled a 52-5 record with seven titles (two majors: Aussie and Wimbledon). Federer also finished it in good health, despite losing to Goffin at the Nitto ATP Finals.
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The Grandstand has compiled its list of the Top 10 Matches of the Year for 2017. No. 6 is a five-set marathon at Wimbledon between Rafael Nadal and Gilles Muller. The famous second Monday at the All-England Club did not disappoint, as Muller survived the thriller in upset fashion to reach the quarterfinals. […]
The Grandstand has compiled its list of the Top 10 Matches of the Year for 2017. No. 9 features a Montreal showdown between Rafael Nadal and Denis Shapovalov, with Shapovalov treating the home Canadian crowd to a stunning upset at the conclusion of a three-set thriller. […]
The tennis part of Rafael Nadal’s offseason will begin soon enough, but last weekend the offseason involved his second favorite sport: golf. Nadal was vacationing with friends and family in the Bahamas and stopped by the Hero World Challenge to watch Tiger Woods and many of the other best golfers in the world. […]
The last time Marat Safin played a match on the ATP Tour was the second week of November in 2009. At the time, Roger Federer was No. 1 in the world and Rafael Nadal was No. 2. Eight years later, not much has changed. No. 1? Nadal. No. 2? Federer.
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The best quotes from the 2017 Nitto ATP Finals, listed in chronological order from the start of the week until the end, including Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Grigor Dimitrov, Jack Sock, Alexander Zverev, and more. […]
Only five players had ever defeated both Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer in the same tournament: Novak Djokovic, Nikolay Davydenko, David Nalbandian, Andy Murray, and Juan Martin Del Potro. Now there is a sixth: David Goffin. […]
Ranking the top seven tennis players of all time is a difficult task, because many incredible players have graced the sport at various periods across a hundred years. The first Grand Slam was played at Wimbledon in 1877, and from that time to the present, tennis has developed quite a bit of history. […]
Roger Federer isn’t thinking about a return trip to the world No. 1 ranking. Maybe he should. Closer to Rafael Nadal than he thinks–or cares to admit–he is, Federer bagged 200 more points when he beat Marin Cilic 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-1 during round-robin action at the World Tour Finals on Thursday afternoon. […]
Undone by a knee injury, Rafael Nadal lost to David Goffin 7-6(5), 6-7(4), 6-4 during round-robin action on Monday night in London and then announced his withdrawal while talking to the media. Goffin, meanwhile, secured the biggest win of his career–at least in terms of ranking–after two hours and 37 minutes.
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