It will be the fourth career head-to-head meeting between Nadal and Haas when the two players square off in Rod Laver Arena on Saturday. Nadal leads the head-to-head series 3-0, but Haas has played him close, especially in Cincinnati last summer. The German had plenty of chances in each set before succumbing 6-4, 7-6(0). After [...]
Who needs Rafael Nadal when you have Feliciano Lopez…and Fernando Verdasco? Going into the 2008 Davis Cup final, the question was how Spain could win without Nadal, but two days later the question is now the one above. Argentina took an improbable 2-1 lead over host Argentina on Saturday afternoon in Mar del Plata as [...]
A preview of Friday’s singles matches at the 2008 Davis Cup final between Spain and Argentina.
Say what you will about the integrity of it, but Novak Djokovic’s performance—or lack thereof—against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in round-robin player is the reason why he is in the Masters Cup title match. Already 2-0 and assured of a semifinal berth by the time he faced Tsonga, Djokovic did not need a win in order to [...]
The final event of Shanghai Masters began in China amid speculation that a new face might be on the front pages of the world’s tennis newspapers when this event reaches its last day. Eight players divided into two groups of four will play a round robin, the two winners will move on to the semi finals, [...]
For one player in particular the news that Rafael Nadal had pulled out of the Masters Cup was music to his ears. Gilles Simon will be the second Frenchman to be included in the top elite players who will compete for the season-ending Cup in China. As the ninth ranked player, and the player who [...]
It was like a Hollywood writer’s best thought out scenario, but it was real enough for the 15,000 French fans who cheered their young countryman to victory in the Paris Masters over defending champion David Nalabandian. Joe Willy as he affection ally known will be the first French player to win the Paris Masters to [...]
Don’t you hate it when some know-it-all keeps coming up with the right predictions. I’ve written about Nadal’s problems for 4 months now, and the gut feeling I had that something was not right with him. Now unfortunately he has been forced to withdraw from the Paris event with a painful knee injury, and will [...]
