Aug,28,2015
The John McEnroe Tennis Academy (JMTA) hosted a Benefit Night this past week, bringing out stars of the tennis world for exhibition matches raising money for the Academy. In front of a packed crowd at Sportime Randall’s Island, 14-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal took on all-time great Lleyton...Read more
Aug,13,2015
Rafael Nadal got his Rogers Cup tournament off to a winning start on Wednesday, downing Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky 7-6(4), 6-3 to reach the third-round in Montreal. The seventh-seed Nadal had a chance to serve out the first set, but was broken by Stakhovsky to send the opening set into a tiebreak...Read more
Aug,07,2015
Australian standout Nick Kyrgios has been added to the roster of stars competing at the Annual Johnny Mac Tennis Project Benefit Night, set for Wednesday, Aug. 26 at SPORTIME Stadium on Randall's Island. The 20-year-old Kyrgios will battle 14-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal in the featured...Read more
Aug,03,2015
Rafael Nadal hung on to beat Fabio Fognini 7-5, 7-5 to win the Hamburg Open on Sunday, capturing the 47th clay-court title of his career. Nadal saved a break point for a 6-5 lead in the first set, and after Fognini saved three break points, Nadal broke in the ensuing game to take the opening set...Read more
Jul,02,2015
Thursday afternoon saw the first big shake up in the men’s singles draw at Wimbledon, as 102nd ranked German Dustin Brown knocked out 10th seeded Spaniard Rafael Nadal 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. The two-time Wimbledon champion Nadal got off to a good start, breaking in the third game for a 2-1 advantage...Read more
Jun,17,2015
A day after top-seeded Rafael Nadal was bounced from the Aegon Championships, second-seed and French Open champion Stan Wawrinka saw his tournament run come to an end. South African Kevin Anderson beat Wawrinka 7-6(4), 7-6(11) on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals at the Queens Club tournament...Read more
Jun,16,2015
Stan Wawrinka won his first match since being crowned champ at the French Open, downing Australia’s Nick Kyrgios 6-3, 6-4 at the Queens Club in London to reach the Aegon Championships second-round. Wawrinka needed just 49 minutes to dispatch Kyrgios, who said afterwards that he has felt sick and...Read more
Jun,15,2015
Rafael Nadal won his first title on a grass-court since 2010 on Sunday, defeating Serbia’s Viktor Troicki 7-6(3), 6-3 to win the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart, Germany. After taking the first set in a tie-breaker, Nadal notched his first break point of the match to go up 3-1 in the second set. From...Read more
Jun,12,2015
Top-seeded Rafael Nadal reached the semifinals of the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart, Germany on Friday, downing Australian Bernard Tomic 6-4, 6-7(3), 6-3. After struggling towards the end of the second set, Nadal turned it on in the third set. He broke in the second game and consolidated it with a hold...Read more
Jun,03,2015
It was probably the most anticipated match of 2015, as world number one Novak Djokovic took on the greatest player ever on clay, Rafael Nadal, in the French Open quarterfinals on Wednesday. Nadal entered the match with a 70-1 career record on the courts of Roland Garros, but ran into the man who is...Read more
Jun,01,2015
When the French Open draw was released, tennis fans salivated at the prospect of Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic facing off in the quarterfinals. The Spaniard and the Serb each took care of business on Monday, winning their respective matches relatively easily to set up one of the more intriguing...Read more
May,28,2015
Rafael Nadal moved on to round three of the French Open on Thursday, defeating fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro 6-4, 6-3, 6-1. Nadal advances to face the winner of Thursday’s match between Jurgen Melzer and Andrey Kuznetsov. Nadal had also beaten Almagro in 2008, 2010 and 2012 at Roland Garros. With...Read more
May,26,2015
Nine-time champion Rafael Nadal got off to a winning start at the French Open on Tuesday, moving past French wild card Quentin Halys 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 to reach the second-round. Nadal picked up five break points on his nine chances, allowing him to dictate play in all three sets. “When I had the chance...Read more
May,14,2015
Rafael Nadal played some of his best tennis of the year on Thursday, as he defeated American John Isner 6-4, 6-4 to reach the quarterfinals of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome. The 16th seed Isner entered the match with a streak of 84 consecutive service games with a hold, dating back to his...Read more
May,13,2015
Seven-time champion Rafael Nadal cruised into the third round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia on Wednesday, rolling past Turkey’s Marsel Illhan 6-2, 6-0. Nadal needed just 74 minutes to defeat Illhan. He dominated on serve, winning 92 percent of his first service points and saved the only two...Read more