Rafael Nadal has been sent packing from the World Tour Finals with just one win to his name. Tonga’s 6-7, 4-6, 6-3 victory was the final hit of the season for Nadal as he now shifts his focus to the Davis Cup final.
Despite recently taking time off, an unusual move for the uninjured Spaniard, Nadal still looked underwhelming. Read more
Hot on the heels of Armani releasing more photos of Rafael Nadal in his undies come photos of Serbian Janko Tipsarevic loaning his amazing body to Jesen’s Extreme Intimo.
While Janko’s buff body looks beautiful I can’t help but think Rafa’s Armani’s and Fernando Verdasco’s CK’s were a little more… hmm … flattering. Maybe I’m just an Armani girl 
You decide…. Who do you like better? Click on MORE to see shots of Nadal, Tipsarevic and Verdasco in their underwear. Read more
Posted in Armani, Calvin Klein, Extreme Intimo, Fernando Verdasco, Janko Tipsarevic, Media, Rafael Nadal
So the question was What moment in Rafael Nadal’s career do you remember most vividly and why?
The answer had to be original, passionate and around the 600 word mark.
To decide who won I picked the best articles on each moment. Obviously there were a lot of people picking Wimbledon 2008 and so I’ve picked only one about Wimbledon (sorry everyone). Thank you all so much for participating and I hope that everyone else heads out to grab a copy of RAFA which is released today (23 August)!
And the winners are…… Read more
Posted in Australian Open, Competition, Fernando Verdasco, Media, RAFA, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Wimbledon
Rafael Nadal has recovered from the disappointment of his early exit from Montreal by securing a third round spot in Cincinnati after beating Julien Benneteau 6-4, 7-5. Clearly the effects of Montreal were still on his mind as he again failed to serve out the match as he’d done when falling to Ivan Dodig, and while he faltered again today he closed it out comfortably. Read more
Posted in Cincinnati Masters, Fernando Verdasco, Injury, Julien Benneteau, Montreal, Rafael Nadal, Wimbledon
The newly bald Fernando Verdasco will face compatriot Marcel Granollers in the Gstaad final after edging another Spaniard, Nico Almagro, in the semi finals 6-7, 7-6, 6-. The win gives Verdasco confidence after Almagro comfortably defeated him last week in the semifinals in Hamburg.
Verdasco is attempting to turn around his season which started with a broken ankle and has been characterized by seemingly poor form. At Wimbledon Verdasco was criticized heavily for his performance where he appeared to lack effort and enthusiasm in the two matches he played. Read more
Posted in Fernando Verdasco, Hamburg, Marcel Granollers, Nicolas Almagro
It was only a matter of time until Fernando Verdasco got beaten at Wimbledon. He looked less than inspired for the first half of his match against Radek Stepanek, eventually waking up and coming back to win the match in five sets. Still looking tired and uninspired Versdasco tried to challenge Robin Haase who eventually beat him 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2. Read more
Posted in Fernando Verdasco, Mardy Fish, Robin Haase
The first round match between Fernando Verdasco and Radek Stepanek had the potential to be a great match, an early five set match – but it almost wasn’t. The Spaniard took his time warming up and finding his way into the match but eventually walked away with a 2-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6, 9-7.
Fernando came out playing passively seemingly happy to just pock the ball back into court. He seemed to lack any intensity and seemed flustered by the breeze and as a result was broken in the opening game. Read more
Posted in Fernando Verdasco, Match Report, Radek Stepanek, Robin Haase
To break the lengthy draw analysis in two parts I have separated the explanation about what’s at stake for the big boys Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic and what to look for in the early rounds into another post (click here).
If we look at the draw as a whole it’s hard to look beyond Federer as champion. Read more
Posted in Alejandro Falla, Andy Murray, Andy Roddick, David Ferrer, Dudi Sela, Ernests Gulbis, Fabio Fognini, Feliciano Lopez, Fernando Verdasco, Gael Monfils, Gilles Simon, Injury, Ivan Dodig, Ivan Ljubicic, Ivo Karlovic, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, John Isner, Juan Martin Del Potro, Juan Monaco, Marcos Baghdatis, Mardy Fish, Milos Raonic, Nicolas Almagro, Nicolas Mahut, Novak Djokovic, Pete Sampras, Radek Stepanek, Rafael Nadal, Richard Gasquet, Robin Soderling, Roger Federer, Roland Garros, Thomaz Bellucci, Tomas Berdych, Viktor Troicki, Wimbledon
Given the recent form of some of the higher ranked players (Berdych I’m looking at you here) and the significant number of highly ranked fatigued (Djokovic, Federer, Nadal) and injured players (Simon, Fish) looking at the first round match ups took longer than it normally does. Recently players like Ivan Dodig, Andreas Seppi, Philipp Kohlschreiber and Janko Tipsarevic have stepped up and played some great tennis on grass and should make for an interesting Wimbledon. Read more
Posted in Andy Murray, Fabio Fognini, Fernando Gonzalez, Fernando Verdasco, Gilles Simon, Injury, Ivan Dodig, Ivan Ljubicic, Ivo Karlovic, Janko Tipsarevic, John Isner, Marin Cilic, Milos Raonic, Nicolas Mahut, Novak Djokovic, Philipp Kohlschreiber, Philipp Petzschner, Radek Stepanek, Rafael Nadal, Robin Haase, Robin Soderling, Roger Federer, Roland Garros, Wimbledon
The two biggest Andy’s in tennis – Roddick and Murray – will face off today in the semifinals at Queens. Murray was handed a walkover into the semis after Marin Cilic withdrew with an ankle injury. In withdrawing Cilic gave Murray a chance to rest his own ankle injury but the lanky Croatian has apparently also injured his knee when he twisted his ankle which puts him in doubt for any decent performance at Wimbledon. Interestingly when Murray has played he’s been throwing himself around the court. Read more
Posted in Andy Murray, Andy Roddick, Fernando Verdasco, Injury, Marin Cilic
