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...He then booted a tennis ball into the crowd before climbing to the player’s box to embrace his friends, family and coach Juan Carlos Ferrero, a former Spanish champion....
...Nadal was victorious at the 2008 Beijing Games.Djokovic holds a bronze medal from 2008, but lost to Argentine Juan-Martin Del Potro at both the London 2012 and Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympics, the latter a...
...In the other men’s quarter final on Tuesday, third-seed Juan Martin del Potro edged past John Isner in four sets....
...Mr Nadal kept alive his quest for a third Wimbledon crown after taking four hours and 47 minutes to get past valiant Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro....
...Mr Djokovic, 31, trails only Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer in total Grand Slam wins, the two with 17 and 20, respectively....
...The Argentine Juan Martin del Potro, US Open winner in 2009, has missed large parts of the tour over the past few years because of a wrist injury....
...The Scot will play Argentina’s Juan Martin Del Potro, who knocked out Rafael Nadal in an epic three-set match that lasted more than three hours....
...The book is particularly strong on Federer’s place in tennis history — and funny about Rafael Nadal, Federer’s nemesis....
...of Federer, Nadal and Djokovic....
...His victim, Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain, was briefly ranked world number one. But he was never a grass-court player in his pomp, and his pomp has long gone....
...Then he went out and hammered Juan Martin del Potro in straight sets, and thought that maybe it would be OK. This week Federer and his nemesis Rafael Nadal returned to the tour in Montreal....
...According to Juan Antonio Samaranch, a Catalan financier and member of the International Olympic Committee, Spain’s emergence as a global sporting stage is closely linked to its role as an incubator of talent...
...So the event’s “bang” should come from the likes of Andy Murray, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Juan Martin del Potro taking on the established stars with big money and immense prestige at stake....
...That set the tone: like many of Spain’s new sporting heroes, Rafael Nadal speaks Catalan, but identifies unashamedly with the unitary state. Nadal grew into the world’s best tennis player....
...Yet, the world number two seems to have become even better since last year, in spite of suffering a rare defeat on clay three weeks ago in Rome, against former French Open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero....
...Technical director Juan Sánchez resigned this week after falling out with the new regime....
...Before that he would probably have to face once again Juan Ignacio Chela, the 31st seed, whom he has played here for the last two years....
...And he has yet to beat Nadal....
...■TENNIS Top-seeded Rafael Nadal reached the semi-finals of the Mercedes Cup on Friday with a 6-1, 6-3 win against Argentina’s Juan Monaco....
...Defending men’s champion Marat Safin, world number two Rafael Nadal and Andre Agassi have all pulled out, and one or both of the Williams sisters may yet withdraw on account of injury....
...To please the Iraqis, Mr Aznar reopened Spain’s diplomatic mission in Baghdad and sent Miquel Nadal, his deputy foreign minister, and Juan Costa, his top trade minister, on official visits to Iraq....
...Hewitt played in two marathon five-set matches against Nadal and Nalbandian, and needed over 17 hours of play to reach the last round....
...However, Spain's clay-court specialists Carlos Moya and Juan Carlos Ferrero, assisted by doubles duo Rafael Nadal and Tommy Robredo, are expected to put a weakened French team to the sword in the converted...
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