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18/07/2024 17:21 - Guillaume Nonque

Rafael Nadal is gaining further confidence in his game at Bastad. On Thursday, he qualified for the quarter-finals, his second of the season after Brisbane in January. But above all, the Spaniard pla...

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Insolite - Nadal: "Ruudal suits me too!"

18/07/2024 10:05 - Elio Valotto

Rafael Nadal and Casper Ruud are doing rather well in doubles. Winners on Monday and Wednesday, the two men have booked their place in the semi-finals of the Bastad tournament and can legitimately dre...

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Nadal believes Alcaraz will go on to great things: "A player who will go down as one of the best in history".

17/07/2024 18:02 - Elio Valotto

Carlos Alcaraz impresses just about everyone. At just 21 years of age, he already has four Grand Slam titles to his name, and almost no-one sees him stopping there. When asked about this in a press c...

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Nadal believes Alcaraz will go on to great things:

Nadal and Ruud go from strength to strength in Bastad!

17/07/2024 17:12 - Elio Valotto

The adventure continues for the Casper Ruud / Rafael Nadal pair. Opposed to the Arribagé / Safiulllin duo, the two surface specialists were challenged, but finally prevailed (6-4, 3-6, 12-10). Even ...

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Nadal and Ruud go from strength to strength in Bastad!

Laver Cup - Tsitsipas and Ruud join a Team Europe more impressive than ever

17/07/2024 16:08 - Elio Valotto

After winning the first four editions of the Laver Cup, Team Europe has lost the last two seasons. Losing their hegemonic status on the planet's most watched exhibition event, the team led by Bjorn B...

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Laver Cup - Tsitsipas and Ruud join a Team Europe more impressive than ever

Nadal and Ruud ready to go from strength to strength?

17/07/2024 08:57 - Elio Valotto

After a convincing first round, the pair of specialists are set to play their quarter-final match this Wednesday. Facing France's Theo Arribage and Russia's Roman Safiullin, Casper Ruud and Rafael Na...

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Nadal and Ruud ready to go from strength to strength?

Nadal: "I'm just trying to do my job".

17/07/2024 08:02 - Elio Valotto

Rafael Nadal has finally played and made a successful return to competition. Absent from the circuit since the French Open, the Majorcan played a serious match in the first round of the ATP 250 in Bas...

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Nadal makes a successful comeback in Bastad!

16/07/2024 16:50 - Elio Valotto

Unsurprisingly, Rafael Nadal made a perfect comeback, disposing of Leo Borg with authority (6-3, 6-4 in 1h24). Having not played since the French Open and a respectable defeat by Zverev (6-3, 7-6, 6-...

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Nadal makes a successful comeback in Bastad!

As a victor, Nadal confides: "I need victories to build confidence"

16/07/2024 17:35 - Elio Valotto

Rafael Nadal made a successful debut in Bastad. Playing his first match since the French Open, the Spaniard mastered his game to dispose of Léo Borg, son of Bjorn Borg, in just under 1 h 30 (6-3, 6-4...

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For Etcheverry, Nadal is playing better and better: "I can see him doing very well in Paris".

16/07/2024 16:05 - Elio Valotto

Tomas Martin Etcheverry is perhaps the ATP Tour player whose opinion of Rafael Nadal makes the most sense. Invited by the Spaniard to come and play at one of 'Rafa's' training centers in Sani, Greece...

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For Etcheverry, Nadal is playing better and better:

Nadal impresses Ruud: "The older he gets, the more I can't understand how his body holds up."

16/07/2024 12:21 - Elio Valotto

Casper Ruud and Rafael Nadal know each other very well. A great admirer of the Spaniard, the Norwegian even trained at his academy for a long time before establishing himself as one of the leading pla...

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Nadal takes on Bjorn Borg's son as he heads for the Paris Olympics

16/07/2024 11:55 - Guillaume Nonque

Following his doubles victory with Casper Ruud on Monday, Rafael Nadal returns to singles action this Tuesday afternoon on the clay courts of Bastad. The Spaniard may start his tournament against the ...

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Nadal takes on Bjorn Borg's son as he heads for the Paris Olympics

Nadal praises Alcaraz: "Whatever the surface, he'll be the favourite".

16/07/2024 11:42 - Elio Valotto

Rafael Nadal isn't done with tennis yet. The Spaniard has been preparing for the Olympic Games for several weeks now. As he returns to competition this week, and plays his first match this Tuesday ag...

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Alcaraz better than Djokovic, Federer, Nadal, Borg and Laver

14/07/2024 23:33 - Guillaume Nonque

By winning the 2024 edition of Wimbledon just one month after his victory at Roland Garros, Carlos Alcaraz has joined a select group of players who have achieved this feat in the Open Era. Including ...

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Alcaraz better than Djokovic, Federer, Nadal, Borg and Laver

Medvedev: "Alcaraz is a player apart from Federer, Nadal and Djokovic".

14/07/2024 01:05 - Guillaume Nonque

Daniil Medvedev was full of praise for Carlos Alcaraz after losing to him in the Wimbledon semi-finals. The Russian explained that this was the most difficult opponent he had faced in his career. More...

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Fritz: "I'm much more deserving of a place in the quarters than in 2022".

09/07/2024 09:56 - Guillaume Nonque

Taylor Fritz, who defeated Alexander Zverev, will play in the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the second time in his career on Wednesday. In 2022, he lost by a whisker to Rafael Nadal (3-6, 7-5, 3-6, 7-5...

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The magnificent video tribute to Murray with Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Venus Williams at Wimbledon

05/07/2024 00:42 - Guillaume Nonque

An emotional moment on the Centre Court of the All England Lawn Tennis Club, where Andy Murray, Sir Andy Murray, surely played for the last time on Thursday evening. Teaming up with his brother Jamie ...

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The magnificent video tribute to Murray with Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Venus Williams at Wimbledon

Dimitrov admits he was traumatized by Nadal in 2017: "It took me 7 or 8 months to recover from the match against Rafa"

30/06/2024 08:20 - Elio Valotto

In the run-up to Wimbledon, where he will be one of the main outsiders, Grigor Dimitrov spoke at some length to our New York Times colleagues. During the interview, the current world number 10 recall...

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Dimitrov admits he was traumatized by Nadal in 2017:

Fritz ready for Wimbledon after Eastbourne title!

29/06/2024 16:37 - Guillaume Nonque

Taylor Fritz came to Eastbourne to build up his confidence. The American achieved his goal, winning the title on Saturday. His 2nd on grass, having already lifted the trophy in 2022 at Eastbourne, and...

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Fritz ready for Wimbledon after Eastbourne title!

Ramos-Vinolas criticizes current tennis: "Now it's all about hitting hard, making short points and not thinking too much."

26/06/2024 17:27 - Elio Valotto

At 36, Albert Ramos-Vinolas is what you might call an experienced player. A professional since 2007, he is currently ranked 112th in the world and has seen many great champions come and go. As a witn...

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Ramos-Vinolas criticizes current tennis:

With retirement just a few months away, Thiem is serene: "I've had a really great career".

26/06/2024 08:31 - Elio Valotto

It's bound to be one of the great moments of the season. At just 30 years of age, Dominic Thiem is about to say goodbye to professional tennis. As such, each of the tournaments he takes part in is em...

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With retirement just a few months away, Thiem is serene:

Becker puts Nadal over the top: "There will never be anyone like Nadal".

25/06/2024 17:56 - Elio Valotto

Rafael Nadal is not eternal. Although it's no longer entirely certain that the Majorcan this season, what is certain is that he's closer to the end than the beginning. As a result, many in the tennis...

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For Maylin, Nadal will be the one to watch at the Olympics: "You've got Nadal hitting the ball like crazy".

22/06/2024 16:25 - Elio Valotto

These Olympic Games are likely to be unlike any other. Indeed, while the men and women players have abandoned clay for grass to prepare for Wimbledon, they will soon have to go the other way round, as...

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For Maylin, Nadal will be the one to watch at the Olympics:

Insolite - Nadal sets up shop in Albania!

22/06/2024 11:37 - Elio Valotto

Rafael Nadal is taking advantage of the end of his career to make the most of his image and expand his empire. Ambassador of a hotel chain in Spain, partner of the Saudi Tennis Federation, Nadal is al...

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Insolite - Nadal sets up shop in Albania!

Insolite - Nadal to Federer after Laver Cup: "Fucking Tiafoe!"

22/06/2024 08:49 - Elio Valotto

It's one of the major media events of the moment on planet tennis. Retired since 2022, Roger Federer continues to make the rounds of the international media to promote his documentary. This documentar...

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Insolite - Nadal to Federer after Laver Cup:

TennisTemple celebrates its 19th birthday, and it's just getting started!

21/06/2024 17:19 - Guillaume Nonque

TennisTemple turns 19 this Friday, June 21, 2024. It was in the middle of a Tuesday afternoon, on another June 21, in 2005, that TT was born. Launched by two young tennis enthusiasts who had no idea w...

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TennisTemple celebrates its 19th birthday, and it's just getting started!

For Federer, it's not just tennis that has brought the members of the "big four" closer together: "It's being parents".

21/06/2024 08:59 - Elio Valotto

Roger Federer continues with his confidences. Very happy since his retirement in 2022, he continues to promote the documentary dedicated to the end of his career. In a lengthy interview with "El Pais"...

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For Federer, it's not just tennis that has brought the members of the

Federer admits he thought Nadal would retire in 2022: "I was worried Nadal might stop before me"

18/06/2024 08:46 - Elio Valotto

The confidences continue for Roger Federer. Retired in the summer of 2022, the Swiss now talks freely about his career as a professional tennis player. Returning to one of the subjects that most intri...

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Federer admits he thought Nadal would retire in 2022:

Insolite - Federer returns to a scene that has become mythical

17/06/2024 08:51 - Elio Valotto

Retired since 2022, Roger Federer now confides in us on a much more regular basis about his career and life in general. In an interview with El Pais, he recalls one of the most legendary scenes in his...

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Insolite - Federer returns to a scene that has become mythical

Nadal, not really surprised by Alcaraz's triumph: "For me, he was the great favourite".

16/06/2024 14:50 - Elio Valotto

Rafael Nadal is still the talk of the town. The Spaniard, a fourteen-time French Open champion, is still a fan favourite. Since his return to competition in Barcelona, he has continued to grow in stat...

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Nadal, not really surprised by Alcaraz's triumph: