Nadal

ATP Finals 2020: Rafael Nadal beats Stefanos Tsitsipas to make last fourRafael Nadal reaches the last four of the ATP Finals by beating 2019 champion Stefanos Tsitsipas in three sets.

Djokovic eyes record as Nadal seeks first ATP Finals crownNovak Djokovic is bidding to win the ATP Finals for a record-equalling sixth time as Rafael Nadal chases the biggest title missing from his glittering resume at.

Nadal to face Djokovic with Spain & Serbia into ATP Cup finalRafael Nadal is set to play Novak Djokovic as Spain take on Serbia in the inaugural ATP Cup final in Sydney.

Rafael Nadal 2-1* Andrey Rublev: Nadal flits through a love hold, closing off this service game with a slick serve-forehand 1-2 punch followed by another unreturned serve.

Second set: de Minaur* 6-4 4-4 Nadal (*denotes server): De Minaur isn’t just staying with Nadal when rallies form, he’s dictating terms, playing with such intensity he invites the error.

Tennis: Nadal leads Spain into ATP Cup final vs Djokovic's SerbiaRafael Nadal was coming off a really late night, and was determined to finish work before midnight on the eve of the inaugural ATP Cup final against Serbia.

Nadal’s delaying tactics were irking the Russian but he fashioned two break points, then a third, only for Nadal to escape again.

On set point, Skupski produced a brilliant return and proceeded to go blow for blow with Nadal in a frantic point, but Nadal slipped a forehand down the line past Murray to save the set point.

The pro-Nadal crowd got an immediate boost — as did the player — with a break to start the second and Nadal never relinquished the advantage.

After two-and-a-half hours, Nadal had soaked up 19 Del Potro aces and they were still a set-all and three-all, the Argentinian ahead in the serving cycle again and doing his best to grind Nadal into the grass.

Like Phelps, his physique and technique are perfectly adapted to this environment: No one moves on terre battue like Nadal, and no one’s topspin forehand kicks like Nadal’s, not even Thiem’s, which is quite a versatile weapon on its own.

The 21-year-old, who had lost all four of his previous meetings with Nadal, raced into a 5-0 lead in the second set and Nadal breathed a sigh of relief after getting a game on the board to avoid a first bagel on clay since 2007.

A few days later, they saw each other again — also at a group event — when he returned to New York City to watch Rafael Nadal play in the U.S. Open.

A jury found Nadal not guilty after deliberating for just 10 minutes, Miranda Wetzler said.

Alcaraz acknowledges that the absence of Nadal and Djokovic makes it a little easier for him to defend his title, but he does not see himself as a favorite to win.

And they all knew it was almost certain that Nadal would leave France with yet another Coupe des Mousquetaires.

At 36, and having seen Nadal's struggles, Djokovic may feel time is against him.

Becker thinks the hip injury is one more thing pushing Nadal towards the end of his career.

Boris Becker believes that Rafael Nadal's second-round Australian Open exit is the first step towards his retirement from tennis.

Cash said the “drama of the match exceeded the Djokovic and Nadal (2012) final because the crowd were going absolutely nuts”.