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Tennis legends James Blake and Andre Agassi are convinced that Rafael Nadal's game has evolved to higher levels ever since they played against him for the first time in the early 2000s.
Rafael Nadal is ready to kick start his push for the year-end world's No.1 ranking, already starting his training for the last ATP 1000 Masters tournament of the year - the Paris Masters.
Tennis legend Boris Becker believes Rafael Nadal will eventually surpass the Grand Slam record set by Roger Federer and go on to claim the title as the greatest tennis player of all time.
Rafael Nadal might be the No.1 men's singles player in the world right now, but the threat of Novak Djokovic to reclaim his old spot atop the ATP world rankings looms large.
Nadal joined NBA superstar Kobe Bryant, world's No.1 golfer Tiger Woods, and former NFL Defensive Player of the Year winner Troy Polamalu on a roster of elite athletes that underwent PRP therapy.
Rafael Nadal, coming off a 6-3, 6-4 loss at the hands of Novak Djokovic in the finals of China Open, admitted that he's still experiencing pain on his left knee as he blasted the ATP for staging more hard court tournaments despite the health repercussion of playing on this surface.
World's No.1 Rafael Nadal believed his archrival Novak Djokovic did extremely well during their final showdown at the recently concluded China Open, admitting the Serb had him in a bad position the entire match.
Rafael Nadal, who recently reclaimed the top spot in the ATP world rankings, believes he might need three or four years of good health and solid results for him to surpass Roger Federer as the greatest tennis player of all time
Rafael Nadal admitted he cheated during the crucial moment of his final showdown with Novak Djokovic in the 2013 US Open. The 13-time Grand Slam champion bared it all in an interview with Spanish Newspaper El Pais.
Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic easily punched their way to the next round while Serena Williams struggled to get by a former Grand Slam champion on the second day of the 2013 China Open in Beijing China.
Tennis legend Andre Agassi believes Rafael Nadal is very close to surpass Roger Federer as the greatest player of all-time, adding the Spanish tennis sensation has now the accomplishment to prove he's the best to ever play the game.
Rafael Nadal enters the Asian circuit of the ATP Tour still trailing Novak Djokovic for the no. 1 spot in the world rankings. But for tennis writer Adam Gardner, Nadal did not only prove he's the best tennis player right now, but perhaps the greatest of all time.
Rafael Nadal said tennis will remain as it is even if Roger Federer and the other members of the fabled Big Four decided to retire. Yet, he believes his generation has produced one of the most dominant eras in the history of the sport.
U.S. Open champion Rafael Nadal will be taking his amazing hard court season to Asia, where he has a chance to take back the world's No.1 ranking from Novak Djokovic at the Beijing Open and Shanghai Masters.
Fresh from winning his second US Open title and 13th Grand Slam victory of still growing career, Rafael Nadal was quick to downplay the possibility of pulling off a rare calendar Grand Slam, saying the competitiveness of tennis in this era makes it impossible to rack up all major tournaments in the same calendar year.