“The game is changing a little bit,” Rafael Nadal said after losing to Fernando Verdasco, 7-6 (6), 4-6, 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2, in four hours and 41 minutes, in the first round of the Australian Open on ...

Fernando Verdasco stunned Rafael Nadal in the Australian Open first round as the Spaniards played out another classic on Tuesday. ___4575043___https:_____static.pulse ...

Nobody was immune from the conditions at the Open on Wednesday, with temperatures again hovering in the mid-90s. Stephens won; Andy Murray didn’t. By Scott Cacciola Serena Williams, Venus Williams, ...

Top-seeded Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia out-rallied Fernando Verdasco of Spain from the baseline to win 7-6 (5), 6-4 and move into the Thailand Open semifinals on Friday. Tipsarevic set up a match with ...

Rafael Nadal playing a tennis match against Rafael Nadal will be an intimidating scenario. The skin of a tennis ball will painfully be parted from its body with the heavy topspin, the court will have ...

Tennis was an undercover operation on a drizzly day in Monte Carlo. Passing showers prompted the grounds crew to blanket Court Central with a green tarp during a pair of rain delays totaling 90 ...

MONTE CARLO, April 18 (Reuters) - Rafael Nadal won his first title in 11 months on Sunday when he pummelled fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco 6-0 6-1 to win the Monte Carlo Masters and send an ...

Roddick 6-3 6-4 7-6 (7-2) Verdasco Roddick does it! Verdasco misses an opportunity at 1-1 when he sends a forehand long with Roddick scrambling back onto court, and first blood goes to the American ...

You probably still have trouble spotting it. Rafael Nadal has the bulging biceps. The pirate's head scarf. The determined cock-of-the-walk between points. He looks like the great champion he's been ...