Nadal comfortably came throu in straucht sets. 1 For First Time", "2008 Prince of Asturias Award for Sports", "UPDATE 2-Tennis-Knee injury forces Nadal to retire in Paris", "Nadal, Murray, Federer Off the Mark in 2009", "Rafael Nadal Completed Matches, 2009 Australian Open", "Record-breaking Rafa Notches Up Another First", "Murray takes title to complete hat-trick over crocked Nadal", "Nadal beats Djokovic to help Spain clinch win", "Nadal beats Djokovic to put Spain through", "Nadal Shows Why He's No. This wis his seicont veectory ower Novak Djokovic in 2012 an his third teetle o the saison, as well as his 6t Rome teetle overall. The pair did nae meet in 2012, haein been scheduled tae meet in the semifeenal o the Miami Masters afore Nadal widrew wi injury. In the feenal, on 29 Januar, he wis beaten bi Novak Djokovic in a five-set match that lastit 5 oors an 53 minutes, the langest ever match for a Grand Slam teetle. Página Web Oficial del tenista Rafa Nadal. Nadal made it tae the semifeenals in Indian Wells, whaur he wis beaten in straucht sets bi eventual champion Roger Federer. In the feenal, he faced Stanislas Wawrinka, against whom he entered the match wi a 12-0 record, haein won aw o thair previous 26 sets. 3 Djokovic wis Nadal's twalt consecutive Davis Cup singles match win an boostit his career win–loss record against Djokovic tae 11–4, includin 6–0 on clay. At his Wimbledon debut in 2003, Nadal acame the youngest man tae reach the third roond syne Boris Becker in 1984. [165] He won his 26t ATP Masters 1000 in Cincinnati on Sunday 18 August efter beatin John Isner in the feenal. Nadal went on tae acome the first player syne Andre Agassi in 1994–95 tae finish the year as the warld No. [164][191][192] Nadal leads on grass 2–1 an clay 14–5, but Djokovic leads on haurd courts 14–7. In addition, thare war rumors at the end o the year that the fit injury he suffered during 2005, caused lang-term damage, which war gien credence bi coach Toni Nadal's claim that the problem wis "serious". He wis a member o the winnin Spain Davis Cup team in 2004, 2008, 2009, an 2011. Nadal then competit in the ATP 500 event in Barcelona. 2 in the world by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), has been ranked No. [85] He defeatit Novak Djokovic in the feenal for his fift consecutive win, a record in the open era. I Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera (Catalan: [rəˈfɛɫ nəˈðaɫ pəˈɾeɾə]; Pangayagkas a Castila: [rafaˈel naˈðal paˈɾeɾa]) (mibait 3 Junio 1986) metung yang Espanyol a mamyalung tenis a propesyonal ampong sadyang mumuna king yatu.As of 11 2012 (), ya kadwa agpang king Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). In the feenal, he won ower his main rival Roger Federer. [56], Nadal played the Artois Championships at the Queen's Club in Lunnon for the seicont consecutive year. A few weeks later, Nadal won his first teetle at the Masters Series Hamburg, defeatin Federer in the three-set feenal. 1 in bauld, as o Mey 23, 2016. [50] Nine o Nadal's teetles war on clay, an the remainder war on haurd courts. [133] Nadal chalked up his 37th straucht win at the clay-court event, whaur he haes nae lost syne the 2003 Monte Carlo Masters. This wis the first time that Nadal achieved three wins in the roond-robin stage. 1 and Career Grand Slam, 2013: Eighth French Open, second US Open title, return to No. "[35], When he wis 14, the Spanish tennis federation requestit that he leave Mallorca an muive tae Barcelona tae continue his tennis training. [235], In 2010, luxury watchmaker Richard Mille annoonced that he haed developed an ultra-licht wristwatch in collaboration wi Nadal cried the Richard Mille RM027 Tourbillon watch. Nadal stairtit the year bi playin in sax haurd-court tournaments. [24][25][26], Nadal haes won 15 Grand Slam singles teetles, the 2008 Olympic gowd medal in singles, a record 28 teetles ATP World Tour Masters 1000[27][28][29] an 17 ATP World Tour 500 tournaments. Nadal lost the first set 6–1, afore retiring in the seicont wi a knee injury. [89] On 19 Juin, Nadal widrew frae the 2009 Wimbledon Championship, citing his recurring knee injury. Mery Perello, fiancée de Rafael Nadal, lors d'une rencontre avec le roi Juan Carlos Ier et la reine Sofia d'Espagne à Majorque le 26 juillet 2019. Tenisová kariéra. [178] In Mey, Nadal lost in the quarterfeenals o the Rome Masters tae Stan Wawrinka in straucht sets. He then played the sax-fit-nine-inch American John Isner. On 5 November, Nadal annoonced that he wis pulling oot o the Paris Masters due tae tendinitis in his left shouder. Premio Nadal, een Spaanse literatuurprijs; Personen met de achternaam Nadal. In the seicont roond, he beat upcoming qualifier Ryan Sweeting. Amaro Nadal, een Uruguayaanse voetballer; Miguel Ángel Nadal, een Spaanse voetballer (en oom van Rafael Nadal); Rafael Nadal, een Spaanse tennisser; Rosario Nadal y Fuster-Puigdorfila, een Bulgaarse prinses; Toni Nadal, een Spaanse tenniscoach (en oom van Rafael Nadal) [44][45], He then dominatit the spring clay court saison. I wish all the best for this idea. Efter anither quarterfeenal loss at the Dubai Tennis Championships, he won the 2007 Indian Wells Masters, afore Novak Djoković defeatit him in the quarterfeenals o the 2007 Miami Masters. This wis the first time that Nadal haed lost tae Federer syne the semifeenals o the 2007 Tennis Masters Cup. [210] Awtho his forehand is based on hivy topspin, he can hit the ball deep an flat wi a mair orthodox follae throu for clean winners. He plays very well on clay courts, and many people regard Nadal as the greatest clay-court tennis player in history. Thir victories raised his ranking tae warld No. Yearly summary Early hard court season ATP Cup. At the World Tour Finals, Nadal lost aw three o his matches against Robin Söderling, Nikolay Davydenko, an Novak Djokovic respectively wioot winning a set. This wis a reference tae his marathon veectory ower Murray on Saturday. Despite the poor clay surface, which wis the subject o player complaints, he reached the feenal, whaur he defeatit David Nalbandian. In the feenal, he defeatit Novak Djokovic, which completit the Career Grand Slam for Nadal; he an aa acame the seicont male efter Andre Agassi tae complete a Career Golden Slam. Immediately efter Wimbledon, Nadal won 16 consecutive matches an three consecutive tournaments, bringin his ranking tae warld No. The match wis widely lauded as the greatest Wimbledon feenal ever, wi some tennis critics even calling it the greatest match in tennis history.[64][65][66][67][68]. Rafael Nadal Parera est un joueur de tennis espagnol né le 3 juin 1986 à Manacor, sur l'île de Majorque, en Espagne.Il commence sa carrière professionnelle en 2001 [1] à la 1002 e place. [32] Nadal supports football clubs Real Madrid an RCD Mallorca. In the quarterfeenals o the US Open he defeatit Fernando Gonzálezin a rain-delayed encounter. His foundation haes an aa worked in the Anantapur Educational Center project, in collaboration wi the Vicente Ferrer Foundation. [71] Twa weeks efter the Madrid Masters at the BNP Paribas Masters in Fraunce, Nadal reached the quarterfeenals, whaur he faced Nikolay Davydenko. És el millor tennista de la història del tennis sobre terra batuda tenint en compte el seu percentatge de victòries i quantitat de títols aconseguits sobre aquesta superfície. 2 on 6 Julie 2009. Wi this win, Nadal acame the first player in the open era tae win a tournament teetle for sax straucht years.[105]. The next week, Nadal wis the tap seed at the Cincinnati Masters, losin in the quarterfeenals tae 2006 Australian Open feenaleet Marcos Baghdatis. In the quarterfeenals, Nadal haed the first real test o the tournament whan he met the warld No. In thair third clash o 2014 Nadal defeatit Djokovic in the 2014 French Open feenal. [61][62] Nadal entered the feenal on a 23-match winning streak, includin his first career grass-court teetle at the Artois Championships staged at the Queen's Club in Lunnon prior tae Wimbledon. Efter a month-lang break frae tournament tennis, Nadal played the Mutua Madrileña Masters in Madrid an the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris. This merked Nadal's 11t consecutive veectory in a Major semifeenal (seicont anly tae Borg's aw-time record o 14), an advanced him tae his 19t Major feenal, tyin him wi Lendl for seicont aw-time behind Federer's 24. He acame the face o Lanvin's L'Homme Sport cologne in Aprile 2009. Rafael Nadal wis born in Manacor, Balearic Islands, Spain, tae Sebastián Nadal, a businessman who ains an insurance company, a gless an windae company, Vidres Mallorca, an manages his ain restaurant, Sa Punta. From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, Nadal missed the 2003 French Open due to a right, Nadal missed the French Open and Wimbledon in 2004 due to a, Nadal missed the 2006 Australian Open due to a, Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. Nadal recovered frae bein ane set doun in the feenal, tae defeat Juan Martín del Potro. In 2012, he was awarded with Josep Pla Award for Quan érem feliços. 2 in the rankings for the first time syne Juin 2010. In the seicont roond, whaur he played his first match on grass syne winning Wimbledon 2008, he defeatit Marcos Daniel. [98] In the quarterfeenals, Nadal pulled oot at 3–0 doun in the third set against Andy Murray, haein lost the first twa sets. 5[47] an made him ane o the favorites at his career-first French Open. Âgé de 33 ans et 6 mois fin 2019, il est le plus vieux joueur à finir une saison à la tête du classement ATP [5]. Twa month later, Nadal reached the feenal o the 2005 Miami Masters, an despite bein twa pynts frae a straucht-sets veectory, he wis defeatit in five sets bi warld No. [171] It wis annoonced in Februar 2014 that "After compiling one of the greatest comeback seasons on the ATP World Tour in 2013, World No. This page was last changed on 13 February 2020, at 15:38. Nadal began the year in Indie, whaur he wis comprehensively beaten bi Mikhail Youzhny in the feenal o the Chennai Open. [90] He wis the first champion nae tae defend the teetle syne Goran Ivanišević in 2001. He won in straucht sets, despite Federer's holding a 4–0 lead in the seicont set. 4 in the warld, the first time in aicht years that he haes nae been ranked 1st or 2nt at the end o the year. Il est le premier enfant de Sebastián Nadal et Ana María Parera. Twa weeks prior tae the 2013 Australian Open, Nadal offeecially widrew frae the tournament citing a painch virus. Tenismenul spaniol Rafael Nadal, locul 5 ATP, a câștigat întrecerea demonstrativă de la Abu Dhabi (Emiratele Arabe Unite), pentru a treia oară în cariera sa. He next played in the 2011 Cincinnati Masters, whaur he lost tae Mardy Fish in the quarterfeenals. In the semifeenals, Nadal met his main rival Roger Federer, thair first meetin in a semifeenal syne the 2007 Masters Cup. 1, 2009: Australian Open title, Shocked in Paris, 2010: Return to No. [52] In Februar, he lost in the semifeenals o the first tournament he played, the Open 13 tournament in Marseille, Fraunce. Nadal hauds the record for maist consecutive teetles at a pairteecular toornament efter winnin his echth straucht Monte-Carlo Masters in 2012. Thay an aa acame the anly players tae hae faced the same opponent in the feenals o aw fower Majors. Nadal reached the semifeenals in singles at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, whaur he wis the defendin champion; houiver, eventual champion Ivan Ljubičić defeatit him in three sets. "For me it's an honour to part of this project", said Nadal. Antonio Nadal Homar, dit Toni Nadal, né le 21 février 1961 à Manacor, est un entraîneur de tennis espagnol.. Il est l'oncle du joueur de tennis Rafael Nadal et son entraîneur historique, le coachant de ses débuts en 1990, à 3 ans, jusqu'à la fin de la saison 2017.Ensemble, ils forment l'un des plus célèbres tandems entraîneur-joueur de l'histoire du sport. Nadal went on tae beat Ferrer tae record five consecutive Barcelona victories. 5, wi Ferrer replacing him at No. [48] He then lost in the seicont roond o 2005 Wimbledon tae Gilles Müller o Luxembourg. Rafael Nadal has spent the last 795* consecutive weeks in the ATP Tour's top-10. Bi winning his first Wimbledon teetle, Nadal acame the third man in the open era tae win baith the French Open an Wimbledon in the same year, efter Rod Laver in 1969, an Borg in 1978–80, (Federer later accomplished this the follaein year) as well as the seicont Spaniard tae win Wimbledon. In the third roond, he wis testit bi emergin player Bernard Tomic o Australie, but Nadal wis victorious in straucht sets. Efter winning twa clay-court Masters, he participatit in the Madrid Open. Fans. This merked the first time whaur twa opposing players faced ilk ither in fower consecutive Grand Slam tournament feenals. 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This wis the first time del Potro haed defeatit Nadal in five career matches.[84]. [121], At the 2010 ATP Warld Tour Finals in Lunnon, Nadal defeatit Roddick[122] in the first match, Djokovic in the seicont match, an Berdych in the third match, tae advance tae the semifeenals for the third time in his career. Efter the Spanish Davis Cup team haed secured its fowert Davis Cup veectory, Nadal defeatit Jan Hájek in the first Davis Cup dead rubber o his career. 2 for the fowert time in five years. He played three important tournaments during the North American summer haurd court saison. Nadal's dominance on clayis also highlighted by 60 of his 86 ATP singles titles coming on t… The loss ended Nadal's winning streak in Grand Slam feenals at seiven, preventin him frae tying the Open-Era record o aicht victories in a row set bi Pete Sampras. In the Australian Open, Nadal defeatit Peter Luczak, Lukáš Lacko, Philipp Kohlschreiber, an Ivo Karlović. He defeatit compatriot David Ferrer tae reach his seicont feenal in the exhibition tournament. At the Wimbledon Championships, Nadal beat Kei Nishikori an Robin Haase in the openin roonds. Nadal won the tiebreaker an acame the first player tae defeat Federer in a Grand Slam tournament feenal.[54]. It wis his 44th career teetle an 19t at a Masters event. [204][217], Despite praise for Nadal's talent an skill, some hae questioned his longevity in the sport, citing his big an playin style as conducive tae injury. He finished the year ranked warld No. Si des curieux veulent bien y jeter un œil pour donner leur avis, cet article a besoin d'aide pour mériter le label, des informations sont présentes en nombre, ce joueur est digne d'intérêt mais le sujet est-il bien cerné et digne du label ? The next ATP tour event wis the 2009 Miami Masters. Nadal defeatit Ruben Bemelmans. Nadal's new, mair conventional style carried ower tae the 2009 Australian Open, whaur he wis outfittit wi Nike's Bold Crew Men's Tee[227] an Nadal Lang Check Shorts. It's very, very nice. Efter losin the first set, Nadal suffered a back injury doun 2-0 in the seicont set, an awtho he won a set, he lost the match in fower sets. [212] Houiver, afore the 2010 US Open, he altered his service motion, arrivin in the trophy pose earlier an pullin the racket lawer during the trophy pose. Nadal broke Mats Wilander's previous teenage record o nine in 1983. At the 2011 ATP World Tour Finals, Nadal wis defeatit bi Roger Federer in the roond-robin stage, in ane o the quickest matches atween the twa, lasting juist 60 minutes. [62][63] Thay played the langest (in terms o time on coort, nae in terms o nummers o gemmes) feenal in Wimbledon history, an acause o rain delays, Nadal won the fift set 9–7 in near-darkness. He wis ane o the sax players who defeatit Federer that year (alang wi Tim Henman, Albert Costa, Gustavo Kuerten, Dominik Hrbatý, an Tomáš Berdych). Nadal equaled Pete Sampras' tot o 14 Grand Slam wins, the seicont heichest nummer o single Grand Slam titles efter Roger Federer. The tournament, normally held in early Januar, wis held frae 29 tae 31 December 2011. He is a part of the Spain Davis Cup team and has won the cup four times, in 2004, 2008, 2009, and 2011. [134] It wis his first teetle syne winning the Japan Open. [193] Djokovic is ane o anly twa players tae hae at least ten match wins against Nadal (the ither bein Federer) an the anly person tae defeat Nadal seiven consecutive times an twa times consecutively on clay. He won the teetles at the Masters Series Monte Carlo, the Open Sabadell Atlántico in Barcelona, an the Masters Series Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, afore losin tae Roger Federer in the feenal o the Masters Series Hamburg. Rafael Nadal Parera (born 3 June 1986 in Manacor, Majorca, Spain) is a Spanish professional tennis player who has won 19 Grand Slam singles titles; twelve at the French Open, four at the US Open, two at Wimbledon and one at the Australian Open.He has been ranked number one in the world. [46] Nadal won the Torneo Conde de Godó in Barcelona an beat 2004 French Open runner-up Guillermo Coria in the feenals o the 2005 Monte Carlo Masters an the 2005 Rome Masters. Rafael „ Rafa “ Nadal Parera (fæddur 3. júní 1986 ) er spænskur atvinnumaður í tennis . He surpassed Federer's previous record of 528 weeks on November 9, 2019. [116] Houiver, Nadal an Djokovic lost in the first roond tae Canadians Milos Raonic an Vasek Pospisil. He first ascended into the top-10 on April 25, 2005 … Rafael NADAL PARERA (n. la 3an de junio 1986 en Manacor), plej konata kiel Rafa Nadal, estas hispana tenisludisto.Nuntempe (Decembro 2013), li rangas kiel unua tenisludisto en la mondo. He beat Philipp Kohlschreiber an qualifier Denis Gremelmayr in roonds ane an twa an then won against seivent-seedit Mikhail Youzhny. [237], Nadal replaced Cristiano Ronaldo as the new face o Emporio Armani Underwear an Armani Jeans for the spring/summer 2011 collection. Rafael Nadal n'idôlatre qu'un seul sportif : Tiger Woods. In the third roond, he beat qualifier Ryan Sweeting He then defeatit qualifier Somdev Devvarman in the fowert roond. [249], Nadal teuk pairt in Thailand's "A Million Trees for the King" project, planting a tree in honour o Keeng Bhumibol Adulyadej on a veesit tae Hua Hin during his Thailand Open 2010. 1 Novak Djokovic tae win his 8t consecutive Monte Carlo trophy. His match wi Djokovic wis widely considered ane o the greatest clay court matches ever played, as Nadal came back frae doun a break in the fift set tae tak oot a haurd-focht 4-oor, 37-minute veectory. [196] Djokovic an aa defeatit Nadal in the 2011 US Open Final. Rafael Nadal Parera (Manacor, Spanyolország, 1986. június 3. Tae complete the spring haurd-court saison, Nadal wis upset in the semifeenals o the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California, bi James Blake, an wis upset in the seicont roond o the 2006 Miami Masters. Unlik in previous years, Nadal next chose tae skip the Barcelona tournament (despite bein that event's five-time defendin champion), an his next tournament wis the 2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia. On European clay, Nadal won aw fower tournaments he entered an 24 consecutive matches. [132] This wis the first time Nadal reached the feenals o Indian Wells an Miami in the same year. [136], At the 2011 Mutua Madrid Open in Mey, he defeatit Marcos Baghdatis, haed a walkover against Juan Martín del Potro, an defeatit Michaël Llodra an Roger Federer, afore losin the feenal tae Novak Djokovic in twa sets. Nadal is agnostic.[1]. Nadal wis then the leader in terms o matches won in the year, wi 29. He then needed fower sets tae defeat baith Sam Querrey in the fowert roond an Mardy Fish in the quarterfeenals. Thay hae never met in a Slam feenal, houiver, Murray leads 3–1 in ATP feenals, wi Nadal winning at Indian Wells in 2009[200] an Murray winnin in Rotterdam the same year,[201] Tokyo[202] in 2011, an Madrid in 2015. He defeatit Jarkko Nieminen, Mikhael Kukushkin, Stanislas Wawrinka, an Gilles Simon afore topping warld No. [107][108] Bi this win, Nadal acame the first man tae win the three Masters series on clay an the French Open. The pair set a new warld record, breaking the latest langest major singles feenal atween Mats Wilander an Ivan Lendl, which lastit 4 oors an 54 minutes, at the US Open in 1988.[149]. [143] Ferrer won the match in straucht sets. The third set ended in a tiebreak, wi Djokovic winning. Desde a súa primeira participación en 2004, participou en todas as edicións agás as de 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014 e 2017. Vilas presentit Nadal wi a trophy, but commentit later that Nadal's feat wis less impressive than his ain acause Nadal's winning streak covered twa years an wis accomplished bi adding easy tournaments tae his schedule. [120] On 21 November 2010, in Lunnon, Nadal won the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Awaird for the first time. During his match wi Petzschner, Nadal wis warned twice for allegedly receivin coachin frae his coach an uncle, Toni Nadal, resultin in a $2000 fine bi Wimbledon officials. He an aa acame the first teenager tae win a Grand Slam singles teetle syne Pete Sampras won the 1990 US Open at age 19. Quotes . On his 19t birthday, Nadal defeatit Federer in the 2005 French Open semifeenals, bein ane o anly fower players who defeatit the tap-seedit player that year (alang wi Marat Safin, Richard Gasquet, an David Nalbandian). He went on tae defeat Marin Čilić o Croatie, in the fowert roond. Nadal lost in straucht sets tae Tomáš Berdych in the quarterfeenal, sicweys endin a 17-match winning streak against the seivent-seedit Czech.[177]. [99] Efter examining Nadal's knees, doctors told him that he should tak twa weeks o rest, an then twa weeks o rehabilitation. At the Australian Open, Nadal beat Mikhail Youzhny in the first roond in straucht sets, afore prevailing in a tough five-setter against American Tim Smyczek in the seicont roond, despite bein visibly unwell at times during the gemme. Nadal won 79 matches, seicont anly tae Federer's 81. 1 doubles team o Daniel Nestor an Nenad Zimonjić in the feenal. Nadal then won consecutive five-set matches during the third an fowert roonds o Wimbledon afore bein beaten bi Federer in the five-set feenal. He first ascended into the top-10 on April 25, 2005 … Nadal injured his shouder while playin a quarterfeenal match against Lleyton Hewitt at the Artois Championships, played on grass at the Queen's Club in Lunnon. Na Pekingských olympijských hrách 2008 vyhrál dvouhru a na Hrách XXXI. [4] He is widely regardit as the greatest clay court player in history[a] an haes been nicknamed "The King of Clay. He an aa made the semifeenals in Miami, but widrew acause o knee problems. 1 Roger Federer. [59] This wis Nadal's fowert consecutive French teetle, tying Björn Borg's aw-time record. He has been ranked number one in the world. 1. [87] He acame the first player tae win fower Rome teetles. Nadal won his 23rd ATP Masters 1000 tournament at the 2013 Mutua Madrid Open, beatin Wawrinka, despite previously haein been twa pynts frae defeat in his quarterfeenal against David Ferrer. The win gae him his 18t Masters teetle, breaking the aw-time record. He lost tae Roger Federer in the feenal. Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera (Catalan: [rəfəˈɛɫ nəˈðaɫ pəˈɾeɾə], Spaingie: [rafaˈel naˈðal paˈɾeɾa]; born 3 Juin 1986) is a Spaingie professional tennis player c Interestingly, haed he won, he wad hae faced Roger Federer in the next roond. Rafael „Rafa“ Nadal Parera (* 3. června 1986 Manacor, Mallorca) je španělský profesionální tenista, nejlepší antukář historie tenisu a jediný hráč s třinácti tituly z dvouhry konkrétního grandslamu, které vybojoval na Roland-Garros. He then won the first Masters 1000 event of the year at Indian Wells. Unlik thair previous twa Wimbledon feenals, tho, Federer wis nae the prohibitive favorite, an mony analysts picked Nadal tae win. [81][82], At the 2009 Indian Wells Masters, Nadal won his thirteent Masters 1000 series tournament. This wis an aa the first time that Nadal won twa Grand Slam tournaments back-tae-back. He beat Nikolay Davydenko, ane o the few players tae haud a positive heid tae heid record ower Nadal, in straucht sets. He defeatit Federer in the feenal o the Masters Series Monte Carlo in fower sets. Efter the tournament, Nadal will drop tae nummer 10 in the ATP-rankings, his lowest ranking in ower a decade. Houiver, he wis defeatit bi compatriot Feliciano López. [146], In the Australian Open Nadal began the tournament bi breezing past qualifier Alex Kuznetsov o Unitit States. 690, upset Nadal in the seicont roond o the Stockholm Open. He made his return at the 2014 China Open. He has rivalries against Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray. About. Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera (Catalan: [rəfəˈɛɫ nəˈðaɫ pəˈɾeɾə], Spaingie: [rafaˈel naˈðal paˈɾeɾa]; born 3 Juin 1986) is a Spaingie professional tennis player currently ranked warld No. ", "Rafael Nadal Is Challenging Roger Federer for the Title Of 'Greatest of All Time, "Wiedmer: Nadal may now argue for best ever", "Becker questions whether Federer is greatest ever", "Roger Federer is greatest player of all time says Australian tennis legend Rod Laver", "Roger Federer just made Rafael Nadal's case for greatest of all time", "Tennis: Nadal will overtake Federer - Sampras", "Andre Agassi picks Rafael Nadal ahead of Roger Federer as tennis's greatest all-time player", "Rafael Nadal beats Isner to win 26th Masters 1000 title in Cincinnati", "Rafael Nadal wins Madrid Masters after Kei Nishikori retires", "US Open Final - Nadal Completes Career Grand Slam - Tennis - ATP World Tour", "Rafael Nadal, Barely 19, He's Got Game, Looks and Remarkably Good Manners", "At Home with Humble yet Ambitious Nadal", "Wimbledon Tennis: An unusual comfort zone", "Teen Nadal gives Spain reign over French Open", "Foot injury delays Rafael Nadal's comeback", "With Vilas in stands, Nadal makes history", "Roger's reign on hold with Nadal's dominance", "Shoulder Forces Nadal To Quit London Match", "Men's Grand Slam Titles Without Losing A Set", "Federer, Nadal set for Wimbledon showdown", "Nadal enters Wimbledon final with clear mental edge", "Federer-Nadal rivalry as good as it gets", "Wimbledon 2008: John McEnroe hails Rafael Nadal victory as greatest final ever", "Nadal Clinches Year End No. The follaein week, he defeatit Tommy Robredo in the feenal o the Open Sabadell Atlántico tournament in Barcelona. Nadal began his Asian tour at the 2010 PTT Thailand Open in Bangkok whaur he reached the semifeenals, losin tae compatriot Guillermo García-López. [90] Roger Federer went on tae win the teetle, an Nadal consequently dropped back tae warld No. On 8 Julie 2010, it wis reportit that he haed acome a shareholder o RCD Mallorca, his local club bi birth, in an attempt tae assist the club frae debt. Nadal then returned tae the American haurd courts efter a year, playin the Indian Wells Masters as the fift seed.