French Tennis Open in Paris
First seeded Rafael Nadal of Spain reacts after loosing a point to Robin Soderling of Sweden during their fourth round match of the French Tennis Open near Paris May 31, 2009. Nadal was upset won 6-2, 7-6, 6-4, 7-6. (UPI Photo/Eco Clement)
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BARCELONA, Spain, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Rafael Nadal, the world's No. 2-ranked tennis player, said he will play for Spain against the Czech Republic in next month's Davis Cup finals.
PARIS, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic were victorious in quarterfinal play at the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris but Fernando Verdasco was the big winner Friday.
PARIS, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Roger Federer lost 3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 to Frenchman Julien Benneteau Wednesday at the Paribas Masters tennis tournament at Paris.
LONDON, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- Novak Djokovic returned to No. 3 and Nikolay Davydenko jumped to sixth in men's world tennis rankings released Monday.
SHANGHAI, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Russian Nikolay Davydenko beat top-seed Rafael Nadal in straight sets in the Shanghai ATP Masters final Sunday, his fourth title of the year.
SHANGHAI, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Rafael Nadal advanced to Sunday's Shanghai Open final when fellow Spaniard Feliciano Lopez retired with a right ankle injury in the second set.
SHANGHAI, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- World No. 2 Rafael Nadal and No. 4 Novak Djokovic each won in straight sets Thursday in the third round of the $5.3 million Shanghai ATP Masters in China.
SHANGHAI, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Igor Kunitsyn, Feliciano Lopez, Shao-Xuan Zeng and Andreas Beck were first-round winners Sunday in the Shanghai ATP Masters.
BEIJING, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- No. 1-seeded Rafael Nadal beat former world No. 1 Marat Safin and Novak Djokovic downed Spaniard Fernando Verdasco Friday to reach the China Open semifinals.
BEIJING, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- Rafael Nadal failed twice while serving for the match in the second set Thursday but escaped with a victory over James Blake at the $3.3 million China Open.