In the first big news for the 2013 season, Nadal has just announced that he is withdrawing from the Australian Open. Nadal was scheduled to play Abu Dhabi, an exhibition in the United Arab Emirates, which is ongoing. However, due to a stomach virus, he withdrew from that. He has chosen, on doctor's advice, not
I'm not the kind of person that likes to predict Slams. These tend to be "wish for" exercises. You never know when, say, Rafael Nadal will get injured, and then all your Slam predictions go bye-bye. Instead, I'll try to look at the form of the top few players. Novak Djokovic 2011 was a great
Rafael Nadal has not played since losing to Lukas Rosol in the second round of Wimbledon. He skipped the Olympics and the US Open. There is some chance he could play the year end championship, but Rafa stated his goals were to be healthy by the Australian Open though he's not sure whether that will
Ivan Lendl had it rough. When he started, he was the new kid on the block. There was Connors. There was Borg. And although he and McEnroe were quite close in age, McEnroe matured earlier, so there was McEnroe. Lendl played well starting about 1981 when he reached the French Open final. He would make
The main ATP site keeps track of two races. The rankings, as they stand now, which include one year of ranking points, and the rankings starting from January 1. Despite Roger Federer being number 1, Novak Djokovic has a healthy lead in the 2012 rankings. Novak Djokovic (9910) Roger Federer (8905) Rafael Nadal (6840) Andy
Once Rafael Nadal dropped out of Cincy which ends a week prior to the start of the US Open, there were whispers whether he'd be ready to play the US Open. Well, the answer is out. Rafa is out of the US Open. Rafa tweeted this announcement earlier today. He's historically had problems with knee
Less than three weeks after the conclusion of Wimbledon, grass tennis will be played once again. London serves as host of the 2012 Summer Olympics and Wimbledon, the venue of the tennis tournament. The downtrodden grass has been replanted, and competition will start on Saturday. The men's event is a draw of 64. Round 1
Shortly after Nadal lost to Lukas Rosol in his upset 2nd round bid, Nadal told the press that he would not play until the Olympics, and, oh yes, his knees were bothering him again. It appears that it's serious enough that he plans to skip the Olympics this year. Having won the gold back in
Has anything like this ever happened before to Nadal? Since 2006, Nadal has been in every Wimbledon final except 2009, which he skipped because of a knee injury. And 2009 was huge too. That was when Robin Soderling upset Nadal the fourth round of the French Open. But despite that monumental upset, Soderling was ranked
When Andy Murray lost to Nicolas Mahut, many felt Murray was still struggling with his game. Unlike Nadal, fresh off a French Open win, Murray wasn't given the benefit of the doubt that his loss was to keep him fresh for Wimbledon. Unlike Andy Roddick, who also had an early loss, then begged for a
