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Nadal ready for 'difficult' recovery from foot injury
Rafael Nadal ended his season in August due to injury and has said his foot is still a 'little sore' in a presentation of a documentary about his tennis academy...
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Foot injury fells Nadal as top seed Medvedev wins in Toronto
Nadal, a five-time champion in Canada, pulled the plug on his participation before his scheduled second-round opener with plans to return to Spain for treatment of the injury which kept him from Wimbledon and the Tokyo Olympics.
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Nadal drops shocker to Lloyd in Washington but foot better
The 35-year-old Spanish left-hander, a 20-time Grand Slam champion, lost to South Africa's Lloyd Harris 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 in a third-round match at the Citi Open.
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Nadal battles to victory in return from two-month layoff
Third-ranked Nadal had not played since losing to top-ranked Novak Djokovic in June's French Open semifinals, skipping Wimbledon and the Olympics due to the left foot injury that hindered him in the match.
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Djokovic ready to be first among equals at Wimbledon
Djokovic has won seven of the last 11 Slams as he ramps up his assault on the record of 20 majors held jointly by Federer and Nadal.
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Nadal into 15th French Open quarter-final
Third seed Nadal downed 19-year-old Sinner 7-5, 6-3, 6-0 and goes on to face 10th-seeded Diego Schwartzman of Argentina who he defeated in the semi-finals last year.
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Berankis, Norrie stand in Djokovic, Nadal French Open path
Rafael Nadal faces fellow left-hander Cameron Norrie, while world number one Novak Djokovic faces 93rd-ranked Ricardas Berankis.
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Djokovic, Nadal, Federer into French Open last 32 as Barty limps out
Top seed Djokovic continued his bid for a second Roland Garros and 19th Grand Slam title with a straight-sets win over Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas.
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Nadal eases past Popyrin in Roland Garros opener
The 34-year-old Nadal, seeded third, raced through the first two sets before eventually clinching a 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 (7/3) victory over his Australian opponent.
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Osaka crisis sends French Open reeling as Djokovic, Nadal begin title bids
World number two Osaka, who had already been fined $15,000 and threatened with disqualification for refusing to take part in a news conference after her first-round win, said she was going to take a break from the sport.
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Nadal, Djokovic and Federer in same half of French Open draw
Having slipped to number three in the world, it was always likely that Nadal, the 13-time champion, would face top-ranked Djokovic before the final
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Nadal, Djokovic eye history as Roland Garros embraces quiet night in
A 14th title in Paris for Nadal would take him to a record-setting 21st major, surpassing the mark he shares with Roger Federer who has already written off his hopes of adding to his lone success in the French capital back in 2009.
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Djokovic admits 'long shot' to beat Nadal at Roland Garros
Djokovic may be world number one, but it's Nadal who is the undisputed king of clay in the French capital where he has lost just twice in 102 matches since 2005.
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'Old guys' Djokovic and Nadal set up 57th career clash at Italian Open
Djokovic and Nadal, who will be facing each other for the 57th time, last played in the 2020 French Open final which the Spaniard won in straight sets.
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Ex-Rome winners Nadal, Djokovic, Zverev through to last eight as fans return
Defending champion Djokovic needed just 70 minutes to sweep past Spain's Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-2, 6-1, with the Foro Italico venue filled to 25% of capacity.
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Barcelona victory sees Nadal rise to number 2 in ATP rankings
The 34-year-old Mallorcan, who won on Catalan clay for the 12th time in his career, is 110 points ahead of Medvedev.
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'Awful' Djokovic knocked out in Monte Carlo as Nadal races into quarters
World number one Djokovic was broken five times by the Briton in their last-16 clash and suffered his first loss of the year, having won the Australian Open for the ninth time in February.
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Nadal withdraws from Miami to prepare for European clay
The 34-year-old Spanish left-hander, who shares the all-time record of 20 men's Grand Slam singles titles with Roger Federer, has not played since being ousted from last month's Australian Open quarter-finals by Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas.
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Beyond the Big Three: Djokovic sets sights on Williams, Court
Not content with challenging Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal for the men's Grand Slams record, Novak Djokovic has Serena Williams and Margaret Court in his sights.
