Tag: Rafael Nadal

Nadal slams French TV puppet show’s drugs charge

Tennis great Rafael Nadal has attacked a televised French satirical puppet show that implied he and other Spanish sports stars are drug cheats, saying...

Djokovic not sure to play Davis Cup for Serbia

Tennis world number one Novak Djokovic said Wednesday he was not certain he would be able to play for Serbia in 2012 Davis Cup...

No Nadal for Spain against Kazakhstan

Defending champions Spain will be without Rafael Nadal and his three team-mates who won last year's Davis Cup when they take on Kazakhstan in...

Resurgent del Potro lines up Federer clash

Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro reached his first grand slam quarter-final in three years with a straight-sets win over German Philipp Kohlschreiber at the...

Federer, Nadal cruise as Tomic wins epic

Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer eased into the Australian Open's second round Monday as local teenager Bernard Tomic stole the show with an epic...

Aussie women’s champ too tough to call

Betting against one of the 'Big Four' lifting the Australian Open men's crown would be foolhardy, but you'd need a crystal ball to predict...

Australian Open shapes up as survival of the fittest

Tennis's biggest stars are having to grit their teeth and play through the pain barrier as the grand slam season gets under way with...

Djokovic, Nadal, Federer look for early blows

Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer meet in a $250,000 three-day exhibition tournament in the Gulf's winter sun from Thursday, eager to strike...

Nadal secures fifth Davis Cup title for Spain

Rafael Nadal got the winning point as Spain won a fifth Davis Cup title here on Sunday. The world number two beat Argentina’s Juan...