Rafael Nadal's Coach Sexist? Don't Want a Woman Captain

BARCELONA, Spain - Rafael Nadal's coach complains about the naming of Gala Leon as the captain of Spain's Davis Cup team. He argues that there are huge differences between the men's and women's games.

Gala Leon is a retired WTA player she became the 1st woman to be appointed captain of the Spain's Davis Cup team on Sunday, she supersede Carlos Moya.

Toni Nadal, the uncle and coach of Rafael Nadal said on a radio interview, "It is preferable that (captain) is someone with a background in the world of men's tennis. I have nothing against her, I don't know what her capabilities are, and I hope she does her job well, but in theory she is a person that doesn't know men's tennis, because men's tennis isn't the same as women's tennis. The truth is that the men's game isn't the same as the women's game on the tactical level, not that one is better than the other."

Rafael Nadal Defeated Roger Federer in straight sets to reach Australian Open final

World Number 1 ranked Rafael Nadal was too strong against his great rival Roger Federer. He crushed Federer 7-6 (7/4), 6-3, 6-3 to move to the Australian Open finals against Stanislas Wawrinka for the Australian Open title.

Roger Federer vs Novak Djokovic at Paris Masters

Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer will meet each other for the first time this year at the Paris Masters tournament on Friday Nov 2, for the Semifinals match. While Rafael Nadal will be against fellow Spaniards David Ferrer.

Djokovic force his way into the semi-finals with a big win 6-1, 6-4 over Stanislas Wawrinka, while Federer manage to edge Juan Martin del Potro 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.

US Open final: Men's Rafael Nadal(2) vs Novak Djokovic (1), Women's Victoria Azarenka (2) vs Serena Williams (1)

Rafael Nadal has an easy time going into the US Open final with a 21-match hardcourt unbeaten streak while world number one Novak Djokovic had to withstand a five-set, limit-testing struggle to join him.

Second-ranked Spaniard Nadal, whose 12 Grand Slam titles include the 2010 US Open, routed French eighth seed Richard Gasquet 6-4, 7-6 (7/1), 6-2, to reach his third final in four years. Nadal missed the 2012 event with knee injuries.

 

While in Women's, World number one Serena Williams 31, will try to capture her 17th Grand Slam title and become the oldest women's champion in US Open history in a repeat of last year's final which she won in three sets. She will be against familiar foe world number two Victoria Azarenka on Sunday.

Azarenka, a 24-year-old from Belarus, sees herself as a more versatile and dangerous player than when she lost to Williams 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 in the final a year ago.

Nadal beats Ferrer for record 8th French Open win (2013)

Rafael Nadal is now in a class of his own in the history of tennis after beating David Ferrer for his eighth French Open title on Sunday at Roland Garros. He is now the only man in tennis history to win the same Grand Slam eight times.

Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal win Madrid Open

Serena Williams defeated Maria Sharapova to keep her No. 1 seed at the Madrid Open finals 6-1, 6-4. And in Men's tennis Rafael Nadal beat Stanislas Wawrinka 6-2, 6-4 for his fifth title since returning from a knee injury.

Sharapova 2nd seed would have overtaken Serena is she won the game. Williams build an early lead as Sharapova struggled with her serve. This is Serena's 50th title.

Williams improved her record against Sharapova to 13-2, with her only two losses coming in 2004.

Nadal in 2nd straight final since return

SAO PAULO (AP) -- Spaniard Rafael Nadal beat 111th-ranked Martin Alund 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-1 at the Brazil Open on Saturday, making it to his second straight final after a long layoff to treat his ailing left knee.

Nadal next plays David Nalbandian, the former world No. 3 who defeated Simone Bolelli of Italy 6-3, 7-5 to make it to his first final since being disqualified for injuring a line judge at Queen's Club last year.

Nadal said he struggled with his sore knee throughout Saturday's match at the indoor clay-court tournament.

He eliminated two-time defending Brazil Open champion Nicolas Almagro of Spain in the quarterfinals.