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  • Rafael Nadal to Lead Tennis Players Strike?

    Rafael Nadal isn’t happy, despite his win and Spain grabbing a 2-0 lead over France in the Davis Cup Semi Final. He isn’t happy about losing the US Open final, and even more upset about the (too) long tennis season each year, something that must change or the players will take action, according to him.

  • Aftermath of Djokovic – Nadal US Open Final

    Novak Djokovic won his first US Open and his third Grand Slam title in 2011 after beating Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-4, 6-7, 6-1 in the final. An incredible, nearly perfect year from Novak – can he keep it up, Where’s Nadal in all this and how will next year look like?

  • Novak Djokovic Presents – Six Steps to Destroy Rafael Nadal

    An outstanding year and it keeps getting better. Novak Djokovic continued his dream 2011 campaign, beating Rafael Nadal for a sixth consecutive final, winning his fourth grand slam title, his third in 2011 (only the sixth player in the Open Era to reach that mark) and his first US Open, while so far losing only two matches all year. This isn’t just a great tennis year, this is one of the more impressive achievements in all of sports.

  • Rafael Nadal Believes Novak Djokovic Won’t Win Sixth Final

    Rafael Nadal is heading into his second straight US Open final as the underdog. Yes. He’s number two in the world, behind Novak Djokovic, who’s having the best year of his life and one of the most impressive seasons in history. Yes, he’s lost to Novak Djokovic in their five matches this season, all in tournament finals. This time, according to Nadal, the streak is going to end.

  • Federer and a Historic F&*^ Up

    Roger Federer messed up, Novak Djokovic rose to the occasion, Rafael Nadal ruled over Andy Murray, as usual. The top 4 Semi Final at the US Open set us up with a repeat of the Wimbledon and the 2010 US Open final – Djokovic vs Nadal.

  • Andy Murray With HUGE Comeback While Nadal Eases Through

    Kind of an opposite day for the World’s number two and number four. Andy Murray was behind by two sets against Robin Haase but made an incredible comeback to push through into the third round? Rafael Nadal? He needed only two sets against Nicolas Mahut before the Frenchman retired just over an hour into the match.

  • Rafael Nadal Struggling Early

    Rafael Nadal, if you remember or not, is the defending US Open champion. He certainly hasn’t looked like that any time he faced Novak Djokovic this year, and he wasn’t exactly cruising yesterday in his first round match facing Andrey Golubev, ranked 98th in the world. Nadal won, but far from convincingly.

  • At 25, Rafael Nadal Doesn’t Need an Autobiography

    Rafa. What a name, what a tale. After 25 years on this planet, after 10 years as a pro, with 10 Grand Slam titles, with one Olympic Gold Medal, Rafael Nadal, by tomorrow, will be the next athlete to have an Autobiography on the market, telling his story way before his career comes to an end.

  • Novak Djokovic on Top of the Tennis World

    Novak Djokovic became the world’s number one player officially today, as the new ATP rankings were published, for the first time in his career. He plans to stay there for a long time.

  • Novak Djokovic Beats Rafael Nadal in Wimbledon Final

    Novak Djokovic – Wimbledon champion, world number one, the best player in the world. The Serb dominated Rafael Nadal in three out of the four sets, winning his third Grand Slam title and first on the All-England Club grass.