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“I missed a great opportunity”

Rafael Nadal refused to blame the pressure of the occasion after his semi-final loss to Daniil Medvedev at the Nitto ATP Finals on Saturday. Nadal was aiming to win the season-ending event for the first time in his career, and seemed on his way to reaching the final when he …

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100 at the French Open, 172 vs Top 10, 86 titles

1:51 pm IST Manoj BhagavatulaESPN Less than a month after joining Roger Federer as the second man with 20 Grand Slam singles titles, Rafael Nadal now joins the Swiss at another exclusive club. Nadal’s victory in the opening match of the Paris Masters over compatriot Feliciano López makes him the …

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Rafael Nadal reaches the 13th final of the French Open

PARIS – After talking so much about all the reasons why this French Open postponed by the pandemic could be more difficult: cooler fall weather, slightly heavier tennis balls, lack of preparation for the match, Rafael Nadal is on back where it normally is: at the end. And this time, …

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