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Serena Williams began her U.S. Open quarterfinal tentatively. Her shots lacked their usual sting, her attitude its usual conviction. She was facing the last player she lost to at Flushing Meadows. She kept looking up at her coach, as if seeking solutions. After just 20 ...
Rafael Nadal battles past Karen Khachanov in third-rond encounter
Rafael Nadal's knee was bothering him. His decade-younger, barrel-chested U.S. Open foe was bashing the ball. The defending champion was two points away from falling into a two-set hole. Then he was two points away from dropping the third set. And then he was one ...
Rafael Nadal moves into U.S. Open third round; Andy Murray ousted
World No. 1 and defending champion Rafael Nadal steamed into the third round on another scorching day at the U.S. Open on Wednesday with a straight-sets win over Vasek Pospisil. Nadal, spared the worst of the heat thanks to his late-night start on Arthur Ashe ...
Novak Djokovic outlasts Rafael Nadal to reach Wimbledon final
From the way Novak Djokovic repeatedly smacked his racket against his shoe after one miss, to the shouts directed at himself and his coach after others, it was clear how much he wanted to prove he's past the roughest patch of his career. Djokovic sent ...
Kei Nishikori bows out in four sets in Wimbledon quarterfinals
Kei Nishikori bowed out of Wimbledon on Wednesday after losing to Novak Djokovic 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 in the quarterfinals. The loss marks the end of world No. 28 Nishikori's most successful ever Wimbledon appearance, having reached the final eight for the first time ...
New first for Kei Nishikori, but clock ticking on bid for major title
Up until the midway point of the second set of his fourth-round match with Ernests Gulbis, it appeared Manic Monday was going to get the best of Kei Nishikori once again. Having fallen twice previously on the day of Wimbledon's annual tennis smorgasbord — where ...
Rafael Nadal completes comeback to reach 11th French Open semifinal
Rafael Nadal battled back from a set down to beat Diego Schwartzman 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 in their rain-interruped French Open quarterfinal on Thursday, edging closer to an 11th title in Paris. The world No. 1 was much-improved under the sunshine on Court Philippe Chatrier ...
Rafael Nadal defeats Maximilian Marterer to make French Open quarterfinals
Rafael Nadal said he doesn't "feel old," after moving a step closer to an incredible 11th French Open title on Monday by beating German Maximilian Marterer to reach the quarterfinals the day after his 32nd birthday. The world No. 1's 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) victory ...
Kei Nishikori fell to former world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals of the clay-court Italian Open on Friday, going down 2-6, 6-1, 6-3. Nishikori, currently ranked 24th in the world, got off to a strong start against the 11th-seeded Serbian, nabbing unanswered breaks ...
Rafael Nadal suffered a shock 7-5, 6-3 defeat by Austrian Dominic Thiem in the Madrid Open quarterfinals on Friday, a result that means the Spaniard will lose the world No. 1 ranking. Thiem, who lost to Nadal in the Monte Carlo quarterfinals last month, was ...
Rafael Nadal breaks John McEnroe's record for consecutive set wins on same surface
Rafael Nadal broke John McEnroe's record of 49 straight sets won on the same surface by beating Diego Schwartzman 6-3, 6-4 in the third round of the Madrid Open on Thursday. Nadal extended his winning streak to 50 consecutive sets on clay, eclipsing the mark ...
Rafael Nadal extends super run on clay, reaches Barcelona Open semifinals
Rafael Nadal extended his astonishing winning run on clay to 42 consecutive sets as he reached the semifinals of the Barcelona Open with a 6-0, 7-5 victory over Slovakia's Martin Klizan on Friday. The defending champion will face David Goffin on Saturday after the Belgian ...
