Rafael Nadal News

Roger Federer held court in a swish hotel on the banks of the River Thames on Friday and left nobody in any doubt he was determined to become only the second male player to reclaim the year-end number one spot.

Rafael Nadal is reading Flashman , by George MacDonald Fraser, the novel of which P. G. Wodehouse wrote: "If ever there was a time when I felt that watcher-of-the-skies-when-a-new-planet stuff, it was when I first read Flashman ." Akin, then, to the eureka moment when one first saw Nadal strike a tennis ball in Monte Carlo in 2003.

Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina, Roger Federer of Switzerland, Rafael Nadal of Spain, Andy Murray of Scotland, Fernando Verdasco of Spain, Novak Djokovic of Serbia, Nikolay Davydenko of Russia and Robin Soderling of Sweden pose for pictures with the champion trophy in London, Nov.

On the lookout: Roger Federer will be taking a keen interest in Rafael Nadal's progress at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London Photo: AFP Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of the end-of-year event is not the prize money, with the champion to earn almost 1 million, but the fact there is still a chance that Rafael Nadal could finish the ...

Spain captain Albert Costa has named Juan Carlos Ferrero as the first substitute for the defending champion's Davis Cup final against the Czech Republic.

The hostile French had their say, but Rafael Nadal would not take "non" for an answer.

Tennis, the London Eye provided the unusual setting for the draw for the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals set on Sunday.

As the Spaniard prepares for the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals at the O2 Arena where he will be joined by seven of the world's best players, he says it is only a matter of time until Murray wins one of the major tournaments.

Rafael Nadal is still within striking distance of the year end No. 1 ranking , depending on how both he and Roger Federer perform at the World Tour Finals next week in London.

American Sam Querrey is back practicing for his return to the ATP Tour after he cut two muscles in his right forearm when he sat on a glass table that broke in Thailand.

A pair of top 10 players with a history of Davis Cup closure - Rafael Nadal and Fernando Verdasco - will lead defending Davis Cup champion Spain in its efforts to capture its second consecutive Davis Cup championship next month.

Serbia's Novak Djokovic exults after beating France's Gael Monfils in the final of the Paris Masters on Sunday.

Tennis lovers and tournament organisers from Majorca to Melbourne are joined in prayer this morning, pleading for a sign that tells them that the light is not fading in Rafael Nadal.

Rafael Nadal will lead defending champion Spain in the Davis Cup final against the Czech Republic next month.

Third-seeded Novak Djokovic scrambled to a 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 victory over local favorite Gael Monfils on Sunday to win the Paris Masters for the first time.

Novak Djokovic reached the ATP Paris Masters final after stopping second seed Rafael Nadal with a surprisingly easy 6-2, 6-3 victory at the Bercy arena on Saturday.

At the Paris Masters, World #2 Rafael Nadal of Spain saved 5 match points in the twelth game of the second set at 3-6, 5-6 to win the match 3-6, 7-6 7-5 against compatriot Nicolas Almagro .

Rafael Nadal and Juan Monaco reached the quarter-finals in Paris last year. Juan Monaco and Rafael Nadal lost a thrilling first-round doubles match at the BNP Paribas Masters Tuesday as Philipp Kohlschreiber and Christopher Kas edged the Argentine-Spanish duo 4-6, 7-5, 15-13 to reach the second round of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament in ...

Rafael Nadal is chasing a 16th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 trophy. The second seed edged defending champion Tsonga 7-5, 7-5 at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament, eliminating the Frenchman from contention in the Battle for London and securing Fernando Verdasco the final spot in the elite eight-man season finale.

Andre Agassi said he has no regrets about baring his life and his use of crystal meth in his recently published memoirs despite criticism from the tennis community, adding that his wife, Steffi Graf, was proud of him.