Rafael Nadal vs. Novak Djokovic
The world's No.1 tennis player, Rafael Nadal, might have lost to Novak Djokovic for the second straight time, but the Mallorcan Bull remained gracious in defeat after delivering a very humble speech following their championship match of the ATP World Tour Final at O2 Arena on Monday.
David Ferrer faces Tomas Berdych in Day 3 of the ATP Tour Finals Wednesday
Rafael Nadal is ready to kick start his push for the year-end world's No.1 ranking, already starting his training for the last ATP 1000 Masters tournament of the year - the Paris Masters.
Two-time Grand Slam champion Victoria Azarenka fired back at the criticisms hurled to her for being a noisy screamer, saying men's singles champions such as Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic are heavy grunters too.
Rafael Nadal might be the No.1 men's singles player in the world right now, but the threat of Novak Djokovic to reclaim his old spot atop the ATP world rankings looms large.
Rafael Nadal, coming off a 6-3, 6-4 loss at the hands of Novak Djokovic in the finals of China Open, admitted that he's still experiencing pain on his left knee as he blasted the ATP for staging more hard court tournaments despite the health repercussion of playing on this surface.
World's No.1 Rafael Nadal believed his archrival Novak Djokovic did extremely well during their final showdown at the recently concluded China Open, admitting the Serb had him in a bad position the entire match.
Rafael Nadal, who recently reclaimed the top spot in the ATP world rankings, believes he might need three or four years of good health and solid results for him to surpass Roger Federer as the greatest tennis player of all time
Rafael Nadal admitted he cheated during the crucial moment of his final showdown with Novak Djokovic in the 2013 US Open. The 13-time Grand Slam champion bared it all in an interview with Spanish Newspaper El Pais.
Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic easily punched their way to the next round while Serena Williams struggled to get by a former Grand Slam champion on the second day of the 2013 China Open in Beijing China.
2013 China Open - Rafael Nadal might need extra effort to reclaim his old spot atop the ATP world ranking as current world's no. 1, Novak Djokovic, promised to fight for it at all cost starting Monday in Beijing, China.
Spanish tennis sensation will face a qualifier in the first round but will be taking on far more challenging tests in the succeeding phase of the China Open
