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The “King of Clay,” Rafael Nadal, made his return to his sanctuary and his happy place, the red clay–at the recently concluded Monte Carlo Masters 1000 last week. It was Nadal’s first appearance since his rather unusual exit at the Australian Open earlier this year. Early-season injuries for Nadal The back problem that Nadal faced […] READ MORE
The ATP 250 event “Cordoba Open” marks the beginning of the “Golden Swing,” as the first Clay tournament of the season got underway in Argentina just a day after the curtains were drawn on the Australian Open, which saw Novak Djokovic crowned as champion for the unprecedented ninth time this past Sunday. Diego Schwartzman in […] READ MORE
Grand Slam tournaments in tennis have an inherent ability to narrate intriguing and fascinating stories of glory, resilience, and unadulterated passion, don’t they? The recently concluded Australian Open certainly had all that in abundance. While we witnessed some familiar stories repeat themselves, we also saw some new and exciting tales unfold Down Under. As we […] READ MORE
The Australian Open is Novak Djokovic’s fortress, the Serb is already an eight-time champion down under and in the final on Sunday, the World No.1 is eyeing to claim his 9th title at the Melbourne Park and 18th Major title overall. But, in his way, is the ruthless Russian, Daniil Medvedev, who is now on […] READ MORE
Naomi Osaka, the 2019 Australian Open champion, is back in the final yet again in Melbourne after she beat her idol Serena Williams in straight sets, 6-3 6-4, in the semifinal on Rod Laver Arena on Thursday. In Saturday’s final, Osaka will lock horns against American Jennifer Brady. Brady edged past Karolina Muchova 6-4 3-6 […] READ MORE
Stefanos Tsitsipas’ stature rose to another level in the early hours of Thursday morning at the iconic Rod Laver Arena when he engineered a monumental comeback against one of the greats of the game, Rafael Nadal. In an intriguing quarterfinal battle that lasted over four hours, the 22-year-old Greek, who was blown away by the […] READ MORE
The wizard of the Australian Open, World No.1 Novak Djokovic is back in the semifinals yet again at Melbourne Park as he chases his 18th Grand Slam and the ninth Australian Open title. In a topsy-turvy affair against Alexander Zverev in the quarterfinal, the 33-year-old Serb showed enough resilience and firepower to overcome the young […] READ MORE
20-time Grand Slam champion and No.2 seed Rafael Nadal stormed his way into his 43rd Major quarterfinal, his 13th alone at the Melbourne Park after he overcame a tricky challenger, Fabio Fognini, in the fourth round on Monday afternoon. Following his fourth straight-sets win in as many contests so far at the Australian Open, the […] READ MORE
In a virtual quarterfinal at the Nitto ATP finals on Thursday evening in London, Rafael Nadal diffused Stefanos Tsitsipas’ challenge 6-4 4-6 6-2 in just over two hours at the O2 arena to book a semifinal place in the year-ending finals for the sixth time in his career. The World No.2 double faulted at the […] READ MORE
A hallmark of a champion is their ability to rise when it matters the most, and World No.3 Dominic Thiem displayed that attribute in spades when he stunned Rafael Nadal in straight sets 7-6(7) 7-6(4) in their round-robin encounter at the Nitto ATP finals on Tuesday. With this titanic win over Nadal, Thiem has also […] READ MORE