Rafael Nadal

Nadal’s Dominance Propels Spain Over U.S. In Davis Cup Play

September 23, 2008 - No Comments Spain will be in this year’s Davis Cup finals after handily defeating the United States 4-1 in the semifinals ending on Monday. The clinching match was held on clay courts at the Las Ventas bullfighting arena in Spain. That was a little bit more than a slight advantage for the best clay-court player in the world, Rafael Nadal, who used his efficient shot-making and all-world court coverage to systematically destroy Andy Roddick in straight....

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U.S. Falls Behind to Spain in Davis Cup Semis

September 19, 2008 - No Comments The world’s top ranked player Rafael Nadal defeated the United States’ Sam Querrey in four sets to give Spain the early 1-0 lead over the U.S. in Davis Cup semi-final play. In a match that was expected to go Nadal’s way, the young Spaniard came through and put the pressure on eighth ranked Andy Roddick to pull the slight upset again world no. 5 David Ferrer today (Friday). The 39th ranked youngster Querrey was a late fill-in for....

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Americans Fish, Roddick Reach U.S. Open Quarterfinals

September 3, 2008 - No Comments Despite a disappointing summer where many were led to believe Andy Roddick had lost “it”, the most well-recognized American tennis player has reached the quarterfinals at the U.S. Open. Roddick advanced with an impressive straight sets win over Olympic Silver Medalist and 11th seeded Fernando Gonzalez. Roddick took apart the Chilean 6-2, 6-4, 6-1 and looks primed to compete for his 2nd U.S. Open title. Roddick will face 3rd seeded Novak....

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U.S. Open ‘Wide Open’ in 2008

August 29, 2008 - No Comments For the first time in years, both the men’s and women’s draws in this year’s U.S. Open Grand Slam tennis event are there for the taking. Defending women’s champion Justine Henin is now retired. Four time defending men’s champion Roger Federer is struggling (comparatively). With these factors involved, who is going to step up and take the crown? In the women’s draw, number one seed Ana Ivanovic is gone–upset....

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Nadal Ends Federer’s Reign of Terror at Wimbledon

July 6, 2008 - No Comments In a far cry from the systematic destruction that was the French Open final, Rafael Nadal edged out reigning 5-time Champion Roger Federer to win the Wimbledon Championship for the first time on Sunday evening.  The match, which ended 6-4,6-4, 6-7(5), 6-7(8), 9-7, in favor of Nadal, was certainly one for the ages between the undisputed two top players in men’s tennis today.  The match turned out to be the longest in Wimbledon history, and....

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Federer and Nadal to Clash in Wimbledon Final

July 4, 2008 - No Comments Roger Federer is the undisputed world’s #1 tennis player and just may be, quite possibly, the greatest player ever to play the game.  Even so, all the buzz is about whether or not he can beat one young Spaniard named Rafael Nadal.  In their last meeting (albeit on clay, Nadal’s forte), he couldn’t even put up a fight, winning only four GAMES in the entire match.  But Wimbledon is Federer’s turf–the 5-time defending....

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