Began playing tennis at age five...Older sister, Barbara was Czech Republic national champion when growing up and is now a tennis coach so he followed her exam ... Read Full Bio
Tuesday night in Vina Del Mar. Nadal teamed with good friend Juan Monaco to beat the No. 2 seeded Czech team of Frantisek Cermak and Lukas Dlouhy 63, 62 in the first round of the VTR Open.
"It was a great feeling to play again and I'm very happy for doing it with a friend like Mona...
point of the year in doubles tonight when he and Argentine pal Juan Monaco take the court against the second-seeded Czech team of Cermak/Dlouhy.
Doubles, you say? Maybe the knee isn't such a worry afterall?
The real fun comes tomorrow when with the world watching, Nadal meets...
[10] G Simon (FRA) - ATP
Not Before 7:00 PM
[13] J Jankovic (SRB) vs [7] F Schiavone (ITA) - WTA
[1] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) vs L Dlouhy (CZE) / A Dolgopolov (UKR) - ATP
COURT 3 start 11:00 am
[Q] A Bogomolov Jr. (USA) vs [4] A Murray (GBR) - ATP
[9] N Almagro (ESP) vs [...
vs [8] G Monfils (FRA)
Not Before 1:30 PM
[1] R Nadal (ESP) vs J Nieminen (FIN)
[3] [WC] A Murray (GBR) vs [WC] R Stepanek (CZE)
L Dlouhy (CZE) / J Tipsarevic (SRB) vs G Monfils (FRA) / J Tsonga (FRA)
COURT DES PRINCES start 10:30 am
F Lopez (ESP) vs [4] D Ferrer (ESP)
No...
vs [12] S Wawrinka (SUI) - ATP
[18] R Gasquet (FRA) vs [10] J Melzer (AUT) - ATP
[WC] M Raonic (CAN) vs [WC] R Harrison (USA) - ATP
L Dlouhy (CZE) / P Hanley (AUS) vs M Lopez (ESP) / R Nadal (ESP) - ATP
[1] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) vs A Dolgopolov (UKR) / X Malisse (BEL) - ...
ATP: Dent vs. Almagro2. Kuznetsova vs. Paszek3. ATP: Robredo vs. Hernych4. Wozniacki vs. Dokic5. Pavlyuchenkova vs. Azarenka6. ATP: Dlouhy/Paes vs. Gonzalez/Monaco (NB 18.30hrs)Court 3 (from 10.00hrs)1. Bammer vs. Stosur2. Safarova vs. Schnyder3. Schiavone vs. Szavay4. Yakimova...
Benesova/Zahlavova Strycova vs. Kops-Jones/Spears2. ATP: Ferrer/Montanes vs. Fyrstenberg/Matkowski3. ATP: del Potro/Nalbandian vs. Dlouhy/Paes4. ATP: Mathieu/Safin vs. Melo/Sa5. Dulko/Peer vs. Hsieh/Peng...
© ATP