‘Rafael Nadal is a savage – a volcano energy explosion guided by discipline and method…’
Fabio Fognini has described Rafael Nadal as a ‘savage’ on the tennis court whose intensity is unmatched in today’s game. Fognini has released a new…
Rafael Nadal Archives: 09/2020
‘Roger Federer is the best – I regret defeats to him the least,’ says Fabio Fognini as he enters GOAT debate
Fabio Fognini believes Roger Federer, not Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic, is the best player of a time, admitting he can accept defeat to the…
Djokovic and Nadal ‘won’t be talking politics this week’ as Players Association disagreement continues
Novak Djokovic says he has seen Rafael Nadal at the Italian Open, but they two have not discussed politics – and nor will they. The…
Rafael Nadal admits he missed fans in Rome return, saying: ‘Their energy is impossible to describe’
Rafael Nadal says he missed the energy of the fans as he got his first taste of behind closed doors tennis on Wednesday. The Spaniard…
Roger Federer reigned in on another record as relentless Novak Djokovic enjoys landmark victory
Novak Djokovic says it is a ‘career goal’ of his to beat the most important records set by Roger Federer, but he drew level with…
‘Dominic Thiem not the same level as Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic,’ says former world number one
Dominic Thiem is not at the same level as Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal yet, but he could be one day, says Mats Wilander. Thiem…
‘I have to improve,’ says Rafael Nadal despite demolishing Pablo Carreno Busta in comeback match
Rafael Nadal described his 6-1, 6-1 demolition of Pablo Carreno Busta in Rome as ‘a positive start’ to his clay court season, but he says…
‘Nadal is one of our best champions, but Thiem emergence makes things French Open interesting…’
Dominic Thiem’s emergence as a Grand Slam winner at the US Open is not enough to displace Rafael Nadal as the favourite for the French…
The 10 best French Open men’s matches of the century: Nadal-Djokovic, semi-final, 2013
The seven-time champion versus the World No. 1. It didn’t get much bigger or better than Nadal-Djokovic in the last four of the 2013 French…
The ten best French Open men’s matches this century: Söderling-Nadal, fourth round, 2009
No-one gave rank outsider Robin Söderling a prayer against four-time champion Rafael Nadal at the French Open. No-one, that is, save for Söderling himself, who…
