Nadal’s inability to serve at a sufficient level is driving him away from tennis more than anything else. It was never the strongest part of his game — when he first burst onto the scene, it ...

What made the moment even more amusing—and meaningful—was the irony that Naomi Osaka was imitating Rafel Nadal’s ritual on the very surface he dominates.

In the space of a year, Nadal improved his second-serve points won from 56 percent in 2007 to a significantly-higher 60 percent the following year, which was when he made his Wimbledon breakthrough.

Rafael Nadal just really loved playing tennis When Rafael Nadal retires from professional tennis next month, the sport will lose a few things. It will lose a powerful athlete whose explosions on ...

The seventh-seeded Portuguese player broke the Nadal serve five times on his way to a first ATP tour victory. It was Nadal's first final since the 2022 French Open.

Second-seeded Rafa Nadal has not lost serve once in three one-sided victories at the U.S. Open this week but feels his service game needs improving in his drive for another title at Flushing Meadows.

Naomi Osaka has had an exhausting week on clay, but she found a way to be her jovial self with a light-hearted tribute to Rafael Nadal following her recent title win in Saint-Malo, France. The ...

When Rafael Nadal retires from professional tennis next month, the sport will lose a few things. It will lose a powerful athlete whose explosions on the court were always about sending tennis ball ...