PARIS, May 22 (UPI) -- Rafael Nadal opens his bid for a fifth straight French Open title Sunday, taking on a qualifier in the first round.
MADRID, May 17 (UPI) -- Roger Federer beat Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-4 Sunday in the title match of the Madrid Open, ending the Spaniard's 33-match win streak on clay courts.
MELBOURNE, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Rafael Nadal became the first Spaniard to win the Australian Open Sunday, besting Roger Federer, 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 6-2 at Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena.
MELBOURNE, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- World No.1-ranked tennis player Rafael Nadal defeated fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco Friday in a marathon match at the Australian Open in Melbourne.
LONDON, July 6 (UPI) -- Spaniard Rafael Nadal won a long and tense fifth set 9-7 Sunday, ending Roger Federer's five-year streak of Wimbledon championships.
LONDON, July 7 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Roger Federer takes on No. 2 Rafael Nadal in Sunday's Wimbledon final at the All England Club in their second championship battle in a month.
ROME, May 14 (UPI) -- Spain's Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer, 6-7 (0-7), 7-6 (7-5), 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (7-5), in a near six-hour title match Sunday at the Italian Masters in Rome.
