Category: Rafael Nadal
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Rafa Nadal King of Clay Prince of Hard
Rafa Nadal, a tennis player pigeon holed early on in his career as a clay courter has become joint second on the leader board of the world’s most prestigious hard court Major, the US Open. Rafa Nadal has now won 4 US Open titles- in 2010, 2013, 2017, and 2019. He sits alongside John McEnroe…
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Rafa Nadal Roland Garros Trophy No.12
12 trophies at one major for one man. That is what Rafa Nadal achieved in winning Roland Garros yet again the first weekend of June 2019. Aged 33, his reign in Paris goes all the way back to 2005 when he was a 19 year old playing his first Roland Garros. Just as he did…
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Fedal part 39 to take place at Roland Garros 2019
Roger Federer has had many a fine run at Roland Garros and one truly great one, that 2009 title win. Those fine runs- to the semis in 2005 and 2012, and the finals in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2011, have all, bar one (2012, lost to Djokovic), ended at the hands of Rafa Nadal. That pattern is likely…
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Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal, and the Race for the Real Number One
Rafa Nadal’s Beijing win and run to the Shanghai final looks, on paper, like it might have helped seal him the year end No.1 ranking- the Spaniard has 10,465 points to second ranked Roger Federer’s 8,505- but, those numbers might not add up, to some, to equal who was the best player in 2017, the…
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Rafa Nadal US Open Trophy Win In the Tennis World All Grand Slams Are Equal
Rafa Nadal was one of the favorites going into this season’s US Open, but his journey to his 16th slam was expected to be a tough fought one versus an old rival and some players threatening to become new ones. Instead the Spaniard was presented with a very different path to navigate, a path less…
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Rafa Nadal Montreal Preview 3 Wins From Best ATP View Hard Work Can Earn You
Rafa Nadal is three matches away from holding the No.1 ranking for the first time since July 6 2014. The Tennis Review previews Nadal’s potential last steps back up to the best ATP Tour view hard work can earn you. For a man who has won 46 matches this season, and won a minimum three…
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Roland Garros 2017 Rafa Nadal Achieves La Decima in Suitably Dominant Style
Rafa Nadal achieved the greatest ever feat in men’s tennis Grand Slam history when he won his tenth title at Roland Garros and the champion marked that milestone in fitting style with one of the most dominant runs to the trophy ever made at the tournament. La Decima at a slam looked like it might…
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Roland Garros Final Preview Rafa Nadal Versus Stan Wawrinka
The 2017 Roland Garros final features Rafa Nadal seeking a historic La Decima and Stan Wawrinka aiming to make it four for four in Grand Slam finals. The Tennis Review looks ahead to the best possible final the French Open could have asked for. Facing a favorite in the final of a grand slam has…
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Roland Garros Semi Final Preview Rafa Nadal Versus Dominic Thiem
Rafa Nadal (4) versus Dominic Thiem (6) in the Roland Garros semis might be a little too early in the 2017 Roland Garros tale for some, but the stage might just be the right one to deliver the match clay court tennis fans deserve. Tennis fans do not always get what they deserve at the…
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Roland Garros 2017 Rafa Nadal Looks Ready to Bite A 10th French Open Trophy
Rafa Nadal has already achieved two La Decimas this season, but in Nadal’s world, there are La Decimas and then there are La Decimas, and for Nadal, the most important one is coming up at Roland Garros. The Tennis Review looks at the case for and against Nadal achieving what would be one of the, if…