Sixth final in Australia, 29th in a Grand Slam. One step away from the world record of 21 ‘big’. Rafa Nadal deserves a monument and it is a monument in itself. A relic that time wears down like its tarsal Scaphoid Degenerate, but that continues to look brilliant, resisting fading. Nadal plays on the edge, … Read more
Four months ago I was with help of crutches and this sunday he is going to play the Australian Open final. It is the eternal return of Reef Nadal, an athlete who has learned to live with the pain. During his long professional career, since 2003, Nadal has accumulated three and a half years of … Read more
Rafa Nadal will play his sixth Australian Open final. His 29th fight for the title in a Grand Slam, in which he could become the player with the most ‘majors’ in history (21), breaking the tiebreaker with Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer. Excited, at the foot of the track, he valued the fact of having … Read more
The Australian Open will increase the capacity of spectators by 15% from Thursday, which will go from 50% to 65% for the remaining days until the end of the tournament, next Sunday. “I’m breaking my self-imposed Twitter hiatus (which I’ll be back to, it’s wonderful) to report that The Director of Health has agreed to … Read more
Schedule: What time does Nadal – Berrettini start? The match between Nadal and Berrettini already has an official schedule, since the Australian Open announces its schedules day by day, and has confirmed it this Thursday morning. As the Balearic Islands played in the quarterfinals on Tuesday, the organization has placed the match in the early … Read more
Roberto Bautista, Pablo Carreño, Carlos Alcaraz, Alejandro Davidovich and Marcel Granollers is the team chosen by Sergi Bruguera to face Romania next March 4 and 5 in Marbella. In this tie, Spain will look for its pass to the Davis Cup finals. Rafa Nadal is not on the list. The Balearic, with problems in his … Read more
Denis Shapovalov came very close to upsetting Rafa Nadal in the Australian Open quarterfinals. However, the Canadian also starred in several controversial scenes during the meeting. Some episodes that have already marked Shapovalov’s career in a negative way, such as that involuntary pitch to a chair umpire in a Davis Cup match. Shapovalov charged hard … Read more
In the early hours of this Thursday will be played the two semifinals of the women’s draw of the Australian Open. On this eleventh day of competition at Melbourne Park we’ll see local hero Barty take on a rocky Keys. And the semifinals of the men’s doubles will also be played, in which the Spanish … Read more
Former world number one Carlos Moyà, current coach of Rafael Nadal, stated that his pupil committed the highest number of double faults of his career during his quarter-final match against Canadian Denis Shapovalov (14) and that, however, the service gave him the match “That’s called evolution. It was the day he did the most doubles … Read more
“I don’t know, it was a small miracle. He was physically destroyed. But my serve worked well, and for me, every game that I was winning with my serve was a victory.” This was how Rafa Nadal described the way in which he managed to beat Denis Shapovalov (6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 3-6 and 6-3 in … Read more