par This Is Beirut, 05/01 19:34 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Spanish great Rafael Nadal's comeback to tennis came to an end when he lost a 3hr 25min marathon quarter-final to Australian Jordan Thompson at the Brisbane International on Friday. Thompson saved three match points in the second set before overcoming an increasingly fatigued Nadal 5-7, 7-6 (8/6), 6-4 in a gruelling encounter that finished just ...
par This Is Beirut, 07/01 14:06 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Spanish superstar Rafael Nadal on Sunday pulled out of the Australian Open with a "micro tear on a muscle" barely a week after making his comeback from a year-long injury absence, but said he remained positive. The 37-year-old had been out of the game since injuring his hip at the 2023 Australian Open, undergoing surgery before making his return ...
par This Is Beirut, 18/04 16:21 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Rafael Nadal suffered his first defeat on his return to tennis after injury as he fell 7-5, 6-1 against Alex de Minaur on Wednesday in the Barcelona Open second round. The 22-time Grand Slam title winner, back on court this week after three months on the sidelines, battled well but eventually crumbled against the hard-working world number 11 from ...
par This Is Beirut, 30/04 10:16 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Rafael Nadal said that he is doing his best to "keep dreaming" after he extended his stay at the Madrid Open by winning a three-hour tussle with Argentina's Pedro Cachin 6-1, 6-7 (5/7), 6-3 on Monday. Contesting his home tournament one last time before retirement, the five-time champion gave the world number 91 his shirt after Cachin asked him ...
par This Is Beirut, 25/05 21:02 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Rafael Nadal said Saturday that he is likely appearing at the French Open for the final time but cautioned it was "not 100%" certain," describing the tournament where he has been champion 14 times as a "magical place." "It's a big, big chance that this is going to be my last Roland Garros, but if I have to tell you it's 100% my last Roland ...
par This Is Beirut, 27/05 22:14 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Rafael Nadal's illustrious French Open career came to a likely end with his first ever defeat in the opening round by Alexander Zverev on Monday, after Iga Swiatek made a winning start in her bid for a fourth title. Nadal matched world number four Zverev for long periods on a packed Court Philippe Chatrier, but slipped to a 6-3, 7-6 (7/5), 6-3 ...
par This Is Beirut, 12/06 17:09 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
French Open champions Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal have been named in the Spain team for the 2024 Olympic Games, the Spanish tennis federation (RFET) announced on Wednesday. World number two Alcaraz won his first Roland Garros title last weekend on the clay in Paris, where the Olympic tournament will take place from July 27 to August 4. Nadal ...
par This Is Beirut, 15/07 20:53 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Rafael Nadal returned to competition for the first time since his early French Open exit on Monday teaming up with Casper Ruud for a doubles win in Bastad. It was Nadal's first match since the 38-year-old fell to Alexander Zverev in the opening round at Roland Garros on May 27 as he prepares for the Paris Olympics. The Spaniard and Ruud, 25, won ...
par This Is Beirut, 19/07 19:37 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Rafael Nadal fought into the semi-finals of the Bastad Open on Friday as he defeated Argentina's Mariano Navone 6-7 (2/7), 7-5, 7-5 in three hours and 59 minutes. The 22-time Grand Slam champion is through to the last four of a tournament for the first time since Wimbledon two years ago. "It was very close, long and tiring," said Nadal, whose ...
par This Is Beirut, 20/07 17:19 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Rafael Nadal reached his first final since winning the 2022 French Open, defeating Croatian qualifier Duje Ajdukovic in a three-set tussle in Bastad on Saturday. A day after his four-hour quarter-final victory, the 22-time Grand Slam champion was again tested to the limit by Ajdukovic, the world number 130 who had won just two tour-level matches ...
par This Is Beirut, 29/07 10:02 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic will battle once more when they meet at the Paris Olympics on Monday while Australia's Ariarne Titmus is hotly tipped to win her second swimming gold of the Games. Also on the third day of action, Britain's Tom Daley will try to prevent an anticipated Chinese clean sweep in diving, while China and Japan will duel ...
par This Is Beirut, 29/07 19:56 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal at the Olympic Games on Monday, claiming a 6-1, 6-4 victory in the pair's 60th and potentially last meeting. It was 24-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic's 31st win in a rivalry that began on the same Roland-Garros clay courts in 2006. Nadal was largely outclassed in the much anticipated encounter, only coming ...
