Posts Tagged Rafael Nadal
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Nadal has now won 15 straight Grand Slam matches
The world's number one tennis player came into the U.S. Open winning 14 straight Grand Slam matches, but is still searching for that elusive title at Flushing Meadow. Apparently, he's changing his game to make sure that occurs. On Tuesday night
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Nadal Wins Fifth French Open Title
Rafael Nadal has won the fifth French Open title of his career with a commanding performance against Robin Soderling in the final. The Swede may be the first and only player who has defeated Nadal at Roland Garros (in the fourth round in 2009) but
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2010 French Open Betting Odds
The favorites in this year’s French Open are Rafael Nadal and Justine Henin, who have eight French Open titles amongst themselves. While the men’s tournament is basically a two-horse race between Nadal and last year’s winner Roger Federer, th
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Roddick and Nadal Ousted in Australian Open
Defending champion Rafael Nadal retired from his quarterfinal against Andy Murray with an injured knee. Andy Roddick also went out of the Australian Open on Tuesday, struggling with a shoulder injury before going down in five sets to Marin Cilic.
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Must See Sports TV: January 22-24, 2010
What to Watch on the Tube this Weekend: Jan. 22-24 Welcome to Championship weekend in the NFL, but there’s plenty of basketball on tap as well as tennis, as the first Grand Slam of the Year-the Australian Open-takes place. On Friday, let’
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Clijsters Loses in 3rd Match of the Aussie Open
The much-anticipated potential quarterfinal between the back-from-retirement Belgians dissolved in 52 minutes on Friday at the Australian Open. That's the time it took for Kim Clijsters to lose, in embarrassing fashion, her third-round match at the s
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2010 Australian Open Odds
Here are the Australian Open 2010 odds. This is the first Grand Slam Tennis Tournament of the year and begins on Sunday at Melbourne Park. Last year’s champ, Rafa Nadal, is the second favorite, right behind World No. 1 Roger Federer, who was ups
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Soderling Crushes Djokovic to Reach Semi-Finals
Swede Robin Soderling became the first qualifier for the semi-finals at the ATP World Tour Finals on Wednesday when he battered world number three Novak Djokovic 7-6 6-1 for his second major shock of the tournament. Soderling, only competing in th
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Rafael Nadal Withdraws from Wimbledon Due to Injury
Defending champion Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from Wimbledon after failing to recover from injury. Nadal has been suffering from chronic tendinitis, a condition that gives him aching knees and forced him out of the Queen’s Club tournament leadin
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Nadal Dealt First French Open Defeat
Rafael Nadal's unbeaten streak at the French Open has ended. The defending champ was defeated by Robin Soderling of Sweden 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-4, 7-6 (2) on Sunday in the fourth round, ending his record 31-match winning streak at Roland Garros. Sod
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