Rafael Nadal

Hi everyone, I suppose that the question today to me that isn't shown here is why did I lose? Well, it is simple. I didn't play the way I had to play, the way I know how to play and that it is taking me to have it back. I felt without that confidence in the right moments, I felt a bit lack on that concentration in those points and that was it. I came back to the locker room and there was Toni and the rest of the team waiting for me. Those are sad moments, believe me. We are down, not much... Read Full Story

Revitalised Rafael Nadal ran off 13 straight games during a rout of Tomas Berdych Friday, a mere warm-up for an heroic four-hours-plus win from teammate David Ferrer, which pulled Spain into 2-0 command of the Davis Cup final with the Read Full Story

Albert Costa, Spain's Davis Cup Captain, named Juan Carlos Ferrero as the first substitute for their Davis Cup team that will play the final against the Czech Republic. Ferrero joins Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer, Fernando Verdasco and Feliciano Lopez in the squad for the Dec. 4-6 best-of-five series. Costa says that Ferrero’s experience provides an addition that is “very important for the team.” Ferrero holds an overall 17-7 record in the Davis Cup play and was a member of Spain’s 2000 and... Read Full Story

Rafael Nadal Australian Open 2010 Outfits - Photos Check out some photos of Rafael Nadal 's Nike Outfit for the 2010 Australian Open ... Read Full Story

Rafael Nadal will be wearing new tennis shoes in her opening match at the Davis Cup Final... as you can see Rafa Nadal is very proud to be an Spaniard and he shows it even in his shoes... Thanks to Carla for sending the pic! Read Full Story

Photo by Miquel Benitez/Getty Images via Daylife Two things we know without a doubt about the Spanish Davis Cup Team: They’re unbeatable at home (final score after Sunday’s dead rubber... Read Full Story

Photo by REUTERS/Albert Gea (SPAIN) via Daylife.com The Davis Cup draw was released on Thursday, and Rafael Nadal and Tomas Berdych will be facing off in the first match of this weekend’s final... Read Full Story

Rafael Nadal and Fernando Verdasco will hope to put a combined six defeats at last week's season-ending ATP event in London well behind them as the pair lead Spain into the weekend's Davis Cup final against the Czech Republic. Read Full Story

"I'm not a machine, and like everybody I have better moments than others," Rafael Nadal told CNN in Shanghai. "Tennis is a hard sport, a very, very tough mental sport because you play a lot of matches during the season and you have to be ready every week. So you need to be very focused all the time -- 100 percent physical and mental -- if you want to have chances to have a good result. Sometimes you feel you need to stop. I played every week for a long time and I forgot I had to stop for an... Read Full Story

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will stage the last chapter of their battle to finish the year as world number one when the ATP Tour Finals get under way in London on Sunday. Federer goes into the Tour Finals at the O2 Arena top of the world rankings, but the Wimbledon champion knows second placed Nadal can still snatch first place if the Spaniard wins the prestigious end-of-year event. The race for pole position is the latest installment of an enthralling rivalry between two of the sport’s... Read Full Story