After Rafael Nadal’s victory over Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr. at the Madrid Masters he was joined in the locker room by Cristiano Ronaldo and Raul. It doesnt seem like they were there to have a quiet word with Nadal, more like a press meeting.

Incredible tennis was played at the Masters tournament in Madrid. The biggest names of tennis gave their all to win the tournament, but only one man can walk away with this coveted title. Worlds top three players played semifinal and the two kings of ATP faced eached other in the final!  In the semifinals, Rafa Nadal showed [...]

22 years old Spaniard tennis player Rafael Nadal  during a tournament in Madrid said that men’s calendar is overloaded. World’s number one played 14 matches in 3 weeks so he could win clay tournaments in Monte Carlo, Barcelona and Rome as well as the final in Madrid. But, he emphasized that he is more then ready another [...]

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 [...]

Raphael Nadal has had a lot to say at the Madrid Master and he has really been there more than 5 minutes. Nadal has been ripping the organisers of the Madrid Masters for several reasons. Reasons include: Tour Calendar (Rome should happen after Madrid, instead of vice versa) Court Colour (courts are now bright blue [...]

Serena Williams is back in the headlines again and for the wrong reasons. Serena has just pulled out of her match in Madrid after losing the first set to Francesca Schiavone 6-4. “I was just really hindered. My movement was hindered as a result of an injury I’ve been struggling with for some time,” Williams [...]

Ana Ivanovic withdrew from the Madrid Open because of a knee injury, but expects to be fit in time to defend her French Open title. The seventh-ranked Serb is struggling with inflammation in her right knee. Doctors have ordered her not to play for a week. Ivanovic said in a statement Friday that the knee [...]

The Associated Press has broken the news that Maria Sharapova has made the decision to postpone her return to the WTA tour after citing her continuing recorvery from shoulder injury. Maria has pulled out of the upcoming clay court tournaments in Rome and Madrid and it is now going to be interesting to see if [...]

Back home in Australia we have an airline called Virgin Blue which states they have the best looking stewardesses in the world, but at the Madrid Masters they take it one step further, by hiring models to be ball girls. Feminism, whats that? I think most females probably don’t like the idea, however it seems [...]

You may have already noticed but here at The Tennis Times we have just added a new sidebar widget for everyone to enjoy. The widget is a video player from the atp masters series. The videos will preview all major interviews and results from the atp masters series events all around the world. If you [...]