The King Of clay Reigns again. Rafael Nadal broke his 11 month winless record by winning the Monte Carlo 1000 event.

Five time Monte Carlo winner Rafael Nadal reached his second final of the year after beating countryman David Ferrer 6-2, 6-3. Nadal stretched his winning streak to 31 at the principality of Monte Carlo and now leads 10-3 in career head to head against Ferrer.

Rafael Nadal stormed into the semifinal of his first clay court tournament of the year at the Monte Carlo Masters 1000. He got off to a fast start breaking Juan Carlos Ferrero’s serve in the first game of the match.

What is it like to witness a dominant champion operating at the top of his game? From 2004 through 2007, Roger Federer dominated on grass and hardcourts at a level rarely seen in the history of tennis. Today, Rafael Nadal’s conquests of clay represent the most awesome displays of excellence in a sport that’s anything [...]

As the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters heads toward a pair of Saturday semifinals, it’s just as the oddsmakers predicted heading into the tournament: Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and Andy Murray join a Swiss tennis player in the final four. Oh, wait: Stanislas Wawrinka, not Roger Federer, is the man representing Switzerland as the year’s first [...]

No champion tennis player ever wants to lose a match, but if a man of Roger Federer’s stature could ever accept defeat between the painted lines, he would want to bow out of a non-Grand Slam tournament against a close friend and countryman. On Thursday, that very scenario unfolded at the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters, [...]

As the claycourt season begins on the ATP Tour, Rafael Nadal can be relied on to deliver the goods. Outside of the King of Clay, however, the world of men’s tennis faces numerous uncertainties on the red dirt of Europe, and the early rounds of the Monte Carlo Masters 1000 event showed why. Two talented [...]