Rafael Nadal News

A few thoughts as the season comes to an end ... 1. Provided you can make like the top players and summon the enthusiasm for one last tournament, pay attention to the results from the London Masters Cup this week.

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Defending champion Novak Djokovic overcame a sluggish start to find a way past Nikolay Davydenko in a dramatic match at the ATP World Tour Finals in London.

World Tour Finals? No. 2 vs. No. 9 in the world? A rematch of the biggest upset of 2009 and one of the biggest upsets in tennis history? During work hours for people in both the U.S. and Europe? Yep, sounds like this one calls for a live blog! Follow along and join the discussion before, during, and after the showdown between Rafael Nadal and Robin ...

London, Nov 21: Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal has reacted to the claims made by former American player Andre Agassi about taking crystal meth in 1997 and lying about it to an independent doping tribunal to save his skin "I haven't read the book, but he is not saying the truth of everything," The Times quoted Nadal, as saying.

Andy Murray beat Juan Martin Del Potro 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 Sunday in the opening group match of the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals.

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.