World number one Rafael Nadal is into the quarter-finals of the Barcelona Open after a 6-3 6-3 win over Croatian Ivan Dodig. Nadal has won the tournament eight times so far, his only defeat being on his debut in 2003 when he lost to compatriot Alex Corretja.
Nadal loses out to Djokovic in Miami
Novak Djokovic claimed his fourth Miami title and took his winning run against world number one Rafael Nadal to three matches with a 6-3, 6-3 victory in the Sony Open final.
Nadal winning streak comes to an end in Beijing
Rafael Nadal may be set to overtake Novak Djokovic and regain the world number one spot on Monday, but he was comprehensively beaten 6-3, 6-4 by the Serb in the China Open final. Nadal failed to engineer even a single break point as his unbeaten run of 21 matches came to an end
Nadal regains top spot
Rafael Nadal will return to number one in the world rankings on Monday after reaching the final of the China Open. Nadal, who last topped the rankings in 2011, returned to action in February after eight months out with knee problems and has won 10 of the 12 finals he has contested since making his comeback, taking his Grand Slam …
Nadal wins the Rogers Cup
Rafael Nadal breezed past Canada’s Milos Raonic with a brilliant performance to win the Rogers Cup in Montreal. Nadal needed just 68 minutes to win 6-2 6-2 and claim his eighth title and fourth Masters 1000 victory of 2013.
Nadal through to Paris final
Seven-time champion Rafael Nadal 27, came through against world number one Novak Djokovic 6-4 3-6 6-1 6-7 (3-7) 9-7 in four hours and 37 minutes to reach his eighth French Open final. Nadal will play either compatriot David Ferrer or France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in Sunday’s final.
Nadal wins seventh Italian Open title
Rafael Nadal won his seventh Italian Open title, beating Roger Federer 6-1 6-3 in the final at Rome’s Foro Italico. Nadal, the world number five, has now won six of his eight tournaments since returning in February from a seven-month break due to injury. He was runner-up in the other two tournaments.
Nadal wins Madrid Open
Rafael Nadal beat Switzerland’s Stanislas Wawrinka 6-2 6-4 to win the Madrid Open for the third time. Nadal went through the match without dropping serve to win his fifth title of the year since returning from a long lay-off because of a knee injury.
Nadal’s winning run comes to an end
World number one Novak Djokovic ended Rafael Nadal’s eight-year reign at the Monte Carlo Masters, beating him in straight sets in Sunday’s final. It was Nadal’s first defeat in Monte Carlo in 47 matches. Djokovic won the first set 6-2 in 46 minutes and completed the job 7-6 (7-1) in the second set.
Ferrer loses to Murray in Miami final
Britain’s Andy Murray saved a match point on the way to beating Spain’s David Ferrer in the final of the Miami Open on Sunday, the score 2-6 6-4 7-6 (7-1).