Bastad
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Alcaraz to play apprentice to sorcerer Nadal
- By Bill Scott
- . July 23, 2024
Carlos Alcaraz will be keeping his mouth shut when he plays alongside Rafael Nadal in Paris Olympic doubles, with the young gun world No. 3
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Nadal rates his Bastad showing a modest success
- By Bill Scott
- . July 22, 2024
Rafael Nadal contained his disappointment at losing to a Portuguese outsider in the Bastad title match, giving his finals performance on Sunday a passing grade. “The level
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Portuguese Borgas bowls over Nadal
- By Bill Scott
- . July 21, 2024
Portuguese outsider Nuno Borges brought an end to Rafael Nadal’s nostalgia run at the ATP Bastad event on Sunday, dispatching the 22-time Grand Slam winner
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Nadal back in familiar finals territory
- By Bill Scott
- . July 20, 2024
Rafael Nadal moved back into his comfort zone on Saturday as he reached his first final in more than two years with a fightback from a
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Berrettini seizes another Gstaad title chance
- By Bill Scott
- . July 20, 2024
Big-hitting Matteo Berrettini pounded 27 winners as he booked a third career final on the Swiss Open Gstaad clay with the hopes of repeating history
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Nadal needs four hours to survive in Bastad
- By Bill Scott
- . July 19, 2024
Rafael Nadal got an unexpected fitness check as the player who has been hurt for much of the past two seasons struggled into the semi-finals of the
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Nadal rips Norrie to advance in Bastad
- By Bill Scott
- . July 18, 2024
Rafael Nadal reached a Tour quarter-final for the first time since the first week of the year on Thursday with his 6-4, 6-4 defeat of Briton Cam Norrie
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Rublev repels three match points; Ruud rallies in Hamburg
- By Bill Scott
- . July 26, 2023
Top seed Andrey Rublev fought to save three match points, finding his way past Spaniard Bernabe Zapata Miralles 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (7) to begin with a victory
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Rublev routs Ruud to win Bastad
- By Bill Scott
- . July 23, 2023
Wimbledon quarter-finalist Andrey Rublev added to his spring Monte Carlo title by winning a second this season on clay, upsetting top seed Casper Ruud 7-6(3),
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Swedish final banishes Wimbledon disappointment for Ruud
- By Bill Scott
- . July 22, 2023
Casper Ruud erased at least some of the hurt from this month’s Wimbledon second-round loss by Saturday reaching his second final at the ATP Bastad