Nadal

Rafael Nadal reflects on his fourth-round loss against Frances Tiafoe at the US Open, where he was pursuing his 23rd Grand Slam title.

The lefty made the semi-finals at [Wimbledon](https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview) before withdrawing due to injury. [Fabio Fognini](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/fabio-fognini/f510/overview). 7 [Richard Gasquet](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/richard-gasquet/g628/overview). “I was not able to do anything, any of these things this afternoon. I had a Love-30 in the first set, second serve, I missed the return. “But at the end of the day I need to analyse myself more than the opponent. I had that break, then I had again a 15/40. At the end the only thing that happened is we went to the fourth round of the That's the only way to improve or that's the only way that I understand you are able to find solutions.” “I was not able to hold a high level of tennis for a long time. Or maybe I lost [other] things because I was not able to create this interior power after all that injuries. “We can make lamentations or we can complain now about a lot of things, but I don't think that [is] going to change any situation,” Nadal said.

Pour son retour à New York depuis son titre en 2019, Rafael Nadal est tombé de haut : l'Espagnol a été éliminé lundi dès les huitièmes de finale des ...

Il y a deux semaines, elle avait été sortie au premier tour d’un tournoi du circuit ITF de catégorie inférieure dans le Bronx. J’ai joué un tennis incroyable, je ne sais pas ce qui s’est passé», a-t-il confié à chaud, sur un nuage, avant de quitter le court Arthur-Ashe où l’exploit et l’ovation du public lui avaient embué les yeux. Mais il est 0 en 2 à cette étape à New York - et 0-5 dans l’ensemble des tournois majeurs. Probablement bien soulagée d’avoir évité sa première défaite en Grand Chelem face à une joueuse classée au-delà du 100e rang mondial. Lui a su le faire, il a joué avec la bonne détermination», a-t-il ajouté. De mon côté, j’ai eu mes chances, et si je veux être en quarts, je dois jouer mieux que ça», a estimé l’Espagnol de 36 ans.

Rafa Nadal said he needed to "fix things" and was unsure about his return to competitive tennis after his bid for a men's record-extending 23rd Grand Slam ...

23-25 Laver Cup in London alongside his great rivals Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray. "I need to fix things, life, then I don't know when I (am) going to come back. It was Nadal's first tournament at Flushing Meadows since he lifted his fourth U.S. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com I (am) going to try to be ready mentally.

Bradley Beal found out he's yet another person's favorite player -- the guy who upset Rafael Nadal in the U.S. Open.

“I mean, they’re going to remember today for the rest of their lives.” His parents both emigrated to the United States from Sierra Leone in West Africa amid its civil war in the 1990s. Open since Andy Roddick in 2006, but this was not a case of a one-sided crowd backing one of its own. For them, I can’t imagine what was going through their heads,” said Tiafoe, a 24-year-old American seeded 22nd at the U.S. “My favorite basketball player in the NBA Bradley Beal got to watch this,” Tiafoe said. Open quarterfinals for the first time.

Frances Tiafoe's vision was blurry from the tears. He was thrilled — overwhelmed, even — when the last point was over and it hit him that, yes, ...

"At the end that's it." "It signifies that the years go by," Nadal said. Tiafoe now meets No. The 21-year-old from Poland will face another first-time U.S. 9 Andrey Rublev, who beat No. "I mean, they're going to remember today for the rest of their lives." "I felt like the world stopped," Tiafoe said. And he kept his cool, remained in the moment and never let the stakes or the opponent get to him. They ended up in Maryland, where Constant helped construct a tennis training centre for juniors, then became a maintenance man there; Alphina, Frances said, was "a nurse, working two jobs, working overtime through the nights." He served better than No. For them, I can't imagine what was going through their heads," said Tiafoe, a 24-year-old American seeded 22nd at the U.S. Open quarter-finals for the first time.

Il a même remporté les trois premiers tournois qu'il a joués en 2022. Puis il a atteint la finale du Masters 1000 d'Indian Wells où, diminué par une blessure ...

Peut-être que je manquais un peu de fraîcheur, de rodage, de choses difficiles à expliquer, et de tranquillité», a-t-il relevé en assurant, comme à son habitude, ne surtout pas chercher d'excuses. «Pour moi, c'est un miracle que Rafa ait gagné en Australie et à Roland-Garros, alors que dire? Mais pas de quoi ternir la saison du champion, selon son compatriote et ex N.2 mondial Alex Corretja. Physiquement remis, il est revenu à New York pour la première fois depuis son titre en 2019. Si l'US Open se termine sur une note amère, le Majorquin pourrait néanmoins avoir récupéré la place de N.1 mondial, automatiquement cédée par Daniil Medvedev qui n'a pas su défendre son titre américain au-delà des 8es de finale. Selon des médias espagnols, elle a été hospitalisée mais, sans démentir, Nadal avait assuré en début de tournoi qu'elle «allait bien».