Expect plenty of entertaining tennis on day two at the ATP Madrid Open, with a certain Spanish superstar set to make what may be a final appearance at La Caja Magica.
Rafael Nadal will play at the 2024 Madrid Open, but he declared himself not 100% ready to play at the ATP Masters 1000 event. Nadal's latest tennis comeback happened last week at the Barcelona Open, where he played two matches in total.
There are some great ATP matchups on the second day of the Madrid Open. This includes a very exciting battle of the talented teenagers. As always, we at LWOT predict that match and the rest of the day’s at the ATP Madrid Open, including Rafael Nadal vs Darwin Blanch and Felix Auger-Aliassime vs Yoshihito Nishioka.
Day two in Madrid will see the legendary Rafael Nadal join what could be his last outing at the ATP Madrid Open. Other big guns enter the fray and as, always we here at LWOT will be offering our predictions for every match on the slate, including Richard Gasquet vs Lorenzo Sonego, Rafael Nadal vs Darwin Blanch and Alex Michelsen vs Joao Fonseca.
Spanish ace Rafael Nadal had some extremely strong words about Roland Garros in an interview today. Along with a health update ahead of the Madrid Open, the Spaniard also spoke about the possibility of missing the French Open.
Novak Djokovic won't play at the Madrid Open this year, but he's still hoping to face Rafael Nadal again before the Spaniard retires. The way Nadal's story unfolded in recent weeks, it seems like 2024 will surely be his last season.
Roger Federer played his last match of his career when he joined Rafael Nadal for a doubles match at the 2022 Laver Cup. Nadal, who missed 11 months of tennis last year due to injury, will be featuring at the Laver Cup for the fourth time.
The draw for this year's Madrid Open was released, and Rafael Nadal was presented with an unusual opening match to kick off his campaign. Main draw action at the tournament begins on April 24th, and five-time champion Nadal is among the 96 men looking to get into rhythm ahead of Roland Garros.
Casper Ruud won his first ATP 500 trophy on the court named after Rafael Nadal, and he paid tribute to the Spaniard after his win. Ruud put together an amazing week in Barcelona, where Nadal reigned supreme for years.
Rafael Nadal's comeback effort ended Wednesday with a second-round loss to No. 4 seed Alex De Minaur at the Barcelona Open in Spain. Competing for the first time since early January, Nadal began his Spanish homecoming Tuesday with a 6-2, 6-3 win against Italy's Flavio Cobolli.
Rafael Nadal began his Spanish homecoming with a breezy 6-2, 6-3 victory over Italian Flavio Cobolli in opening-round action at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell on Tuesday in Spain.
It's looking increasingly likely that Nadal won't be able to go out on a high note.
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