Not long before everything became about Carlos Alcaraz, Rafael Nadal was the story in men’s tennis this year. He had only just taken his first uncertain steps back from a near six-month layoff when, suddenly, he was spectacularly lifting the Australian Open...
Can a thing feel entirely impossible and entirely inevitable all at once? This, perhaps, was the paradox of the most recent Greatest Comeback In The History Of Tennis: once it began you could already glimpse how it ended. We’ve all been...
Rafael Nadal was not a happy man after Alexander Zverev overcame the Spaniard in straight sets to reach the Madrid Open semi-finals on Friday afternoon. The 34-year-old has earned a formidable reputation on clay over the course of his career, but he was...
Rafael Nadal needed all three sets for the second round in a row to get past Kei Nishikori on Thursday in Barcelona to set up a quarter-final contest with Britain's Cam Norrie. The Spaniard began the claycourt season with a...
Novak Djokovic has praised Rafael Nadal's uncle Toni after he took up a role to coach youngster Felix Auger-Aliassime. The Canadian has been widely tipped to be one of the leading players on the ATP Tour for many years to...
Rafael Nadal will face Daniil Medvedev in the semi-finals after battling to a three-set victory over defending champion Stefanos Tsitsipas. It was a winner-takes-all clash after both men lost to Dominic Thiem, but Nadal was upbeat about his level following...
Stan Smith has warned Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic that they will face a battle to get out of their ATP Finals groups after the draw to decide the two four-man groups was made on Thursday. World No 1 Djokovic and second-ranked Nadal are...