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At the Net: Roland Garros 2013: Nadal eyes another prize

The 2013 French Open will swing into action on Sunday and Rafael Nadal will be there as your three-time defending champion.Novak Djokovic is the current world No. 1 and will be the top seed at the 2013 Parisian fortnight, but the former top-ranked Nadal is still the man to beat on the crushed red brick at Stade Roland Garros.The mighty Nadal has captured an Open Era-record seven French Open titles, losing only once there in his brilliant career (52-1). The mighty Spaniard was slowed mightily by a pair of sore knees when he was shocked by Swedish slugger Robin Soderling in the fourth round back in 2009. Nadal avenged that setback by beating Soderling in the final the following year.Note: Max Decugis piled up eight French titles between 1903 and 1915 back in the Amateur Era.Rafa beat a top-seeded Djokovic in four sets in last year's finale, as Djokovic made his long-awaited first-ever appearance in the championship match at RG.Nadal will head to Paris playing some of the most-inspired te...

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  1. Murray takes record 22-point tiebreaker to start US Open final against Djokovic

    Andy Murray won a U.S. Open final-record 22-point tiebreaker against Novak Djokovic in the first set Monday.The 7-6 (10) score for Murray, who converted his sixth se...

  2. Agassi, McEnroe, Sampras, Connors, other Grand Slam champs to play series of matches

    Andre Agassi, John McEnroe, Pete Sampras, Jimmy Connors and other Grand Slam champions will play a series of matches around the country in October and November.Patri...

  3. Nadal overcomes nervous moments to win his record seventh French Open title

    Rafael Nadal has caused so many others sleepless nights at Roland Garros. This time, though, it was his turn to do the tossing and turning.The bad weather. The unpre...

  4. FENDRICH ON TENNIS: Djokovic-Nadal rivalry is tantalizing Grand Slam sequel to Federer-Nadal

    After all those Grand Slam finals between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, a record eight in all, there's a new tantalizing tennis rivalry.This one, between Nadal and...

  5. At the Net: Nadal, Sharapova made history in Paris

    It took 16 days, and the French Open is finally over, but not after a pair of tennis' biggest superstars made some history in Paris.Rafael Nadal needed one more Fren...

  6. Column: Nadal, Djokovic push each other, Federer and tennis to new heights

    While a bank of photographers took pictures for posterity and the front pages of the world, Rafael Nadal lovingly studied the champions' names — the likes of Bjorn B...

  7. Nadal's best French Open yet? 19 games lost through 4 matches fewest since Vilas' 16 in 1982

    As is his wont, Rafael Nadal declined to assess whether the 2012 French Open is his best French Open yet.Perhaps the question was too narrow.Truth is, Nadal is putti...

  8. After win in DC, Donald Young says his goals haven't changed, but the 'timeline probably has'

    Donald Young's 22nd birthday was a little more than a week ago, and his tennis career has not taken off the way he — and plenty of others — figured it would when he ...

  9. Column: Like the best Hollywood blockbusters, men's tennis leaves us hungering for more

    What a horrific dilemma this could be. The men's 100 meter sprint final and men's tennis final fall on the same day, Aug. 5, at the London Olympics . If forced, whic...

  10. Wozniacki must back up statistics with majors

    By Martyn HermanISTANBUL (Reuters) - Statistically Caroline Wozniacki remains the best female tennis player in the world but the controversy over her number one stat...

  11. Novak Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal to win Australian Open in longest final

    Novak Djokovic ripped off his shirt and let out a primal scream, flexing his torso like a prize fighter after a desperate, last-round knockout.He'd been flat on his ...

  12. Wilander hospitalized

    Former tennis great Mats Wilander was admitted to a Melbourne hospital after falling at his apartment in Melbourne late Saturday.The 47-year-old Wilander is being tr...

  1. Former Australian Open champion Mats Wilander in hospital with lacerated kidney after fall

    Former champion Mats Wilander has been admitted to a hospital in Melbourne following a fall on the eve of the Australian Open .The 47-year-old Swede is being treated...

  2. Tommy Haas reaches 2nd round at Memphis

    Germany's Tommy Haas advanced to the second round of the U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships with a 7-6 (6), 6-4 victory over Russia's Evgeny Donskoy on Wednes...

  3. Brazil alive; Big doubles win for Czech Republic

    Brazil's doubles team of Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares upset the top-ranked Mike and Bob Bryan 7-6 (6), 6-7 (7), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 and kept the United States from clinch...

  4. Czechs outlast Swiss in longest Davis Cup match

    It took more than seven hours, but the Czech Republic moved to within a victory of advancing to the Davis Cup quarterfinals after the doubles team of Tomas Berdych a...

  5. At the Net: Is Robin Soderling ever coming back?

    Have you noticed anyone missing from the Top 10 over the last year and a half?In case you haven't, then I'll have to refresh your memory.Swedish star Robin Soderling...

  6. Federer, Djokovic to face off for Cincy crown

    The $2.825 million Western & Southern Open final should be a treat after four-time titlist Roger Federer and three-time runner up Novak Djokovic both won their respe...

  7. Isner loses in 5 for 4th time at a major in 2012; Kohlschreiber wins after 2 a.m. at US Open

    The latest example of John Isner's knack for playing marathon matches — and, lately, losing them — was a 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 third-round exit at the U.S. Open ag...

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