While Sunday in Barcelona was business as usual for clay court dominator and No. 1 Rafa Nadal, it wasn
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Another Masters shield for Nadal
April 18, 2011 by Leave a Comment
MONDAY, APRIL 18 – Even though Rafael Nadal looked tired for part of the week in Monte Carlo, he still managed to win his seventh straight title with a 6-4, 7-5 defeat of David Ferrer. Neither man played his best on the day, but Nadal was more ambitious and self-assured on the big points, while Ferrer was fairy erratic. Still only 24, Nadal remarkably won his 19th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 crown, two ahead of Roger Federer and Andre Agassi
“Rafa is incredible on clay. I mean, he’s everywhere at the same time. He’s the best player on clay in history,” said Ferrer of his compatriot, who won his 30th title on dirt, the same number that the great Bjorn Borg won. Two other former Roland Garros titlists are head of him as Guillermo Vilas is first with 45 clay-court titles and Thomas Muster owns 40. Nadal said he would play Barcelona next week and he
V is for Vika in Victory
April 2, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Victoria Azarenka had promised to be more of a thinking player this season and to bring out a
Nadal crushes uninspired Federer, to meet Djokovic again
April 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Rafa Nadal pretty much wrapped up his rivalry with Roger Federer with a 6-3 6-2 victory in the semis of Miami. The 24-year-old Nadal now owns 15-8 record against the Swiss and with Federer being 29 years old, it