2012-01-29: Sad news today as Rafael lost his match in Australian Open tournament losing in the final 5 sets against Serbia`s Novak Djokovic, a 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7, 7-5 loss.
2012-01-26: Good news today as Rafael won his match in the Australian Open tournament semifinals posting a 4 sets win against Switzerland`s Roger Federer, a 6-7, 6-2, 7-6, 6-4 win. In the final, Rafael will face Novak Djokovic or Andy Murray on Sunday.
2012-01-22: Good news today as Rafael won his match in the Australian Open tournament 4th round posting a 3 sets win against Spain`s Feliciano Lopez, a 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 win. In the quarterfinals, Rafael will face Thomas Berdych.
2012-01-20: Good news today as Rafael won his match in the Australian Open tournament 3rd round posting a 3 sets win against Slovenia`s Lukas Lacko, a 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 win. In the 4th round, Rafael will face Feliciano Lopez.
2012-01-18: Good news today as Rafael won his match in the Australian Open tournament 2nd round posting a 3 sets win against Germany`s Tommy Haas, a 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 win. In the 3rd round, Rafael will face Lukas Lacko.
2012-01-16: Good news today as Rafael won his match in the Australian Open tournament 3rd round posting a 3 sets win against USA`s Alex Kuznetsov, a 6-4, 6-1, 6-1 win. In the 4th round, Rafael will face Tommy Haas.
2012-01-15: In a rare moment of criticism of Roger Federer, Rafa said that Roger should be more vocal about the tough conditions that pro players face these days on the ATP, read more about it here.
2012-01-13: Rafael is in action next week as he will be playing the Australian Open tournament. In his opening match he will face . You can see the full Australian Open draw here.
2012-01-06: Sad news today as Rafael lost his match in Qatar ExxonMobil Open tournament losing in the semifinals 2 sets against France`s Gael Monfils, a 6-3, 6-4 loss.
2012-01-07: Good news today as Rafael won his match in the Qatar ExxonMobil Open tournament quarterfinals posting a 2 sets win against Russia`s Mikhail Youzhny, a 6-4, 6-4 win. In the semifinals, Rafael will face Gael Monfils.
2012-01-04: Very convincing effort today as Rafael won his match in the Qatar ExxonMobil Open tournament 2nd round posting a 2 sets win against Germany`s Denis Gremelmayer, a 6-2, 6-2 win. In the quarterfinals, Rafael will face Mikhail Youzhny.
2012-01-03: Good news today as Rafael won his match in the Qatar ExxonMobil Open tournament 1st round posting a 3 sets win against Germany`s Philipp Kohlschreiber, a 6-3, 6-7, 6-3 win. In the 2nd round, Rafael will face Denis Gremelmayer.
2011-12-31: Rafael is in action next week as he will be playing the Doha tournament. In his opening match he will face Philipp Kohlschreiber. You can see the full Doha draw here.
2011-12-16: Very interesting piece in the Telegraph about Rafa's season ending where he said among other things that he had lost a bit of passion for the game, read the article here.
2011-12-04: Amazing performance as Rafael won his match in the Davis Cup Final tournament posting a 4 sets win against Argentina's Juan Martin Del Potro, a 1-6, 6-4, 6-1, 7-6 win giving Spain the win as they take a decisive 3-1 lead!
2011-11-28: Very good day today as Rafael won his match in the Davis Cup Final tournament posting a 3 sets win against Argentina's Juan Monaco, a 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 win. Then, teammate David Ferrer won a huge match against Juan Martin Del Potro in 5 sets to give Spain a big 2-0 lead going into Saturday where doubles will be played.
2011-11-28: Rafa is tired to be sure, you can read a post about it here as he discusses his determination to lead Spain to another Davis Cup title as he will be in action with David Ferrer, Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco when they will face Argentina.
2011-11-24: Sad news today as Rafael lost his match in Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, Group B tournament losing in the 3 sets against France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, a 7-6, 4-6, 6-3 loss.
2011-11-22: Sad news today as Rafael lost his match in Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, Group B tournament losing in the 2 sets against Switzerland's Roger Federer, a 6-3, 6-0 loss. Rafael is now 1-1 and will face Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who has the same record in his final match, which should determine the 2nd place of Group B. Expect a great one!
2011-11-15: Rafael will of course be playing in the ATP Masters Final next week in London and he is part of the group B for the opening round robbin. Group B includes Roger Federer Rafael Nadal, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Mardy Fish.
2011-11-04: Rafa announced that he would be unable to play in the Paris Masters and will try to be at 100% in time for the year ending Masters Final Event in London.
2011-10-13: Rafa announced he would not be playing in Queens next year because of tax issues, you can read an interesting article about it here.
2011-10-13: Sad news today as Rafael lost his match in Shanghai Rolex Masters tournament losing in the 3rd round 2 sets against Germany`s Florian Mayer, a 7-6, 6-3 loss.
2011-10-12: Good news today as Rafael won his match in the Shanghai Rolex Masters tournament 2nd round posting a 2 sets win against Spain`s Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, a 6-3, 6-2 win. In the 3rd round, Rafael will face Florian Mayer.
2011-10-08: Good news today as Rafael won his match in the Tokyo tournament semifinals posting a 2 sets win against USA`s Mardy Fish, a 7-5, 6-1 win. In the final, Rafael will face Andy Murray.
2011-10-08: Rafael is in action next week as he will be playing the Shanghai tournament. In his opening round, he will have a bye. You can see the full Shanghai draw here.
2011-10-07: Good news today as Rafael won his match in the Tokyo tournament quarterfinals posting a 2 sets win against Columbia`s Santiago Giraldo, a 7-6, 6-3 win. In the semifinals, Rafael will face Mardy Fish.
2011-10-06: Good news today as Rafael won his match in the Tokyo tournament 2nd round posting a 2 sets win against Canada`s Milos Raonic, a 7-5, 6-3 win. In the quarterfinals, Rafael will face Santiago Giraldo.
2011-10-04: Good news today as Rafael won his match in the Tokyo tournament 1st round posting a 2 sets win against `s G. Soeda, a 6-3, 6-2 win. In the 2nd round, Rafael will face Milos Raonic.
2011-10-01: Rafael is in action next week as he will be playing the AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships tournament. In his opening match he will face G. Soeda. You can see the full AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships draw here.
