PARIS For 31 matches, Rafael Nadal ruled the red clay of Roland Garros, boasting an unbeaten record and an unbreakable will. For 31 matches, this was his surface ...

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) Rafael Nadal figured he couldn't win Wimbledon this year because of his ... asked aloud. They eventually found another unlocked gate, and Rafael Nadal, 2008 Wimbledon champion, departed the grounds, his 2009 Wimbledon ...

PARIS Roger Federer knows full well, of course, that Rafael Nadal is no longer around this year to befuddle him, to beat him, to stand between him and a French Open title. Federer insists he ...

... tennis tips. They were offering advice about how to deal with a perceived drop in performance and ideas for how to beat Rafael Nadal. "If you achieved a lot, like I did, for so many years, and then you don't win some tournaments, people say ...

... beating No. 12 Fernando Gonzalez in another seesaw semifinal, 6-3, 7-5, 5-7, 4-6, 6-4. With nemesis Rafael Nadal eliminated in the fourth round, Federer faces a less daunting path to that elusive championship. He's 9-0 against ...

... willing to compete till the end," Petrova acknowledged. - Advertisement - Sharapova's French Open continues, as does Rafael Nadal's winning streak at Roland Garros which he extended to a tournament-record 30 matches but there will be no more ...

... Advertisement - Particularly at this stage of a Grand Slam tournament. And particularly against anyone other than Rafael Nadal, who supplanted Federer at No. 1 in the rankings last year and edged him in five-set Wimbledon and Australian Open ...

... Roddick's serve until the 77th and last game. It was a welcome change for Federer, who lost a 9-7 fifth set to Rafael Nadal in the 2008 Wimbledon final. Nadal didn't defend his title at the All England Club, citing sore knees. That came ...

... favor of the roof. "Might be more intimate," said Federer, who lost a five-set thriller of a final last year to Rafael Nadal, a no-show in 2009 because of bad knees. "You're not looking for rain, (but) looking forward to experience ...

... of the biggest names are still around 2008 champion Rafael Nadal pulled out before the tournament with sore knees, and ... Swede's victory over four-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros in the yep, you guessed it fourth ...