1. Rafael Nadal v Dustin Brown (Wimbledon, R2) I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS MATCH-UP! Rafael Nadal and Dustin Brown will meet for the second time on the tour on Wednesday. In their first match, Brown beat Nadal on the grass courts of Halle last year, 6-4 6-1. While Nadal was probably not best placed…
1. Tomas Berdych v Gael Monfils (Monte-Carlo, SF) Either Tomas Berdych or Gael Monfils will compete in their first Monte-Carlo final after both were on court on Friday for less than an hour. Monfils defeated Roger Federer in the third round, 6-4 7-6(5) and backed that up with another convincing performance against Grigor Dimitrov, winning 6-1 6-3.…
After 17 straight losses to Rafael Nadal, can Tomas Berdych finally upset the apple cart and bag a win? His form this week would suggest he’s in with a shot. In the last two rounds, Berdych has taken out two in-form players both in straight sets. In the third round, he beat Viktor Troicki, 6-4…
1. Kevin Anderson v Rafael Nadal (AO, R4) After teetering on the brink in the second round against Tim Smyczek, Rafael Nadal sauntered through his third round match against Dudi Sela, 6-1 6-0 7-5. Sela had a pair of break points in the third set at 4-3, but couldn’t capitalise. Nadal’s fourth round opponent is…
Mike Gendel gives us a brief run down on Rafael Nadal and his future ventures into poker… Rafael Nadal is a legend on the court. It goes without saying. Since his first Grand Slam in 2005 he’s been a racket wielding juggernaut, steamrolling through tournaments winning every major along the way to a total of over $70million. …
The third round mens matches still left on the schedule after week one were completed on Monday. Matches involving Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal were held back so that all four of the last 16 match-ups from the bottom half of the mens draw will be completed on Tuesday. The mens quarter-finals will be played…
The first big upset in the mens draw saw David Ferrer bundled out by Andrey Kuznetsov in five sets. The Russian player was fantastic and served out the match with ease, having been two sets to one down. Ernests Gulbis and Mikhail Youzhny also fell as for the second year in a row, Sergiy Stakovsky’s…
The final showdown of 2014 Roland Garros is the one that almost everyone expected and personally, the one I wanted to see. The top two players in the world, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic will meet for the third time this year and for the 42nd time in their career. Nadal goes in as the…
Absolutely crackers. That is the only way I can sum up the events that unfolded on Thursday night as Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray beat the darkness to book their places in the semi-finals. At one stage, it looked like Nadal wouldn’t finish and Murray would, but this flipped round rather dramatically. After two closely…
The two mens quarter-finals on Tuesday were both wrapped up in straight sets as Novak Djokovic and Ernests Gulbis set up an enticing semi-final for Friday. I was surprised that Gulbis won, but more so in the scoreline, a 6-3 6-2 6-4 cruise past Tomas Berdych. Djokovic was too solid for Milos Raonic as he…
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