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Learn from Soderling beating Rafael Nadal at the French Open

Although nearly everyone would put their house on Nadal to win his 5th straight French Open title, Robin Soderling is one of the dark horses that he should be wary of. Nadal beat him so convincingly a few weeks ago in Rome 6-1, 6-0 and is 3 and 0 in head to head results against [...]

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Roger Federer Ends Rafael Nadal’s Winning Streak in Madrid Masters Final

Roger Federer has stunned Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-4 to win the Madrid Masters event yesterday. Rogers win against Rafael ended a five match, 18 month lising stream against the Spaniard. That run included three Grand Slam titles and ended Nadal’s 33 match winning streak on clay, which streaches back over a year to the Rome [...]

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Patrick McEnroe Says The USA Should Focus More on Clay

American tennis players have approached the clay court season with a lot of fear and U.S. Davis Cup captain Patrick McEnroe believes that the surface is the key to unearthing the next American champion. “If you develop players more on clay … they will become better all-court players, even … better fast-court players,” McEnroe said [...]

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Indoor Clay? Pros and Cons

The WTA players are in Stuttgart, Germany this week for the first major stop on the European clay court swing.  Just like all the other events in Europe this time of year, the tournament is on red clay.  Unlike all the other events, though, this one is indoors.  This Stuttgart event used to be part [...]

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Rafael Nadal (ESP) Player Profile

Name: Raphael Nadal Country: Spain Birthplace: Manacor, Mallorca Residence: Manacor, Mallorca Plays: Left Handed (Double Handed Backhand) Highest Singles Ranking: 2 (25-Jul-05) Highest Doubles Ranking: 26 (8-Aug-05) Scouting: Everyone knows who Raphael Nadal is. He is the current 4 times champion of the French Open, but not only is he dominant on his favourite surface [...]

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