TENNIS

Rafael Nadal will mark the tenth anniversary of his first and only triumph at the Queen's Club Championships in 2018. It is his first appearance at the event since 2015.

Rafael Nadal has pinpointed Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic as the two biggest rivals of his tennis career and expects them to challenge his world number one crown.

Nadal revealed that his current injury is not serious and that he expects to be competing again in Acapulco.

Rafael Nadal refused to talk about the controversy around Espanyol and Barcelona clash after Gerard Pique was seen hushing Espanyol fans after he scored the equaliser.

Changes in racquet material, surfaces, speed of the game, training systems are all to blame for the increase in injuries.

Roger Federer is confident that Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic do enjoy their moments on court especially when they are winning.

Rafter had the number on Federer early on in his career, having met him thrice, in the French Open in 1999, ATP Masters Miami in 2001 and again Halle in the same year.

Rafael Nadal and Garbine Muguruza won athlete of the year honours for 2017 in Mundo Deportivo's Grand Gala as the former provided an injury update.

Rafael Nadal expects to be ready to return to action at the upcoming Mexican Open, which starts on 26 February.

Uncle Toni believes something should be done about the injuries that have occurred to the likes of Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray.

Toni bid farewell to his association with his nephew as a coach last year in what was one of the most fulfilling years in the Spaniard's glorious tennis career.

Roger Federer is inclined to choosing his tournaments carefully as he enters the latter years of his career.

Former women's world number one Chris Evert believes players like Roger Federer have the financial means to prolong their tennis careers.

Roger Federer increased his gap over Rafael Nadal to four Grand Slams after his triumph in the Australian Open last month.

Federer's next target would be to reclaim the number one spot from Rafael Nadal, having closed the gap on the Spaniard to 155 points.

Roger Federer has spoken out on how he is able to continually perform on the big stage following his 2018 Australian Open win.

Nadal has played a part in 3 of Spain's 5 Davis Cup wins and is very motivated to make a comeback in 2018 should Spain progress further in the competition.

Federer thought it would be difficult to go through the same journey again, especially when he had come so close to achieving something special.

Chung has ambitions to win a Grand Slam in the future and has set his sights on the French Open in May, having done very well on clay in 2017.

Rafael Nadal wants to be at his best for the clay court swing of the season as he targets titles at the Monte Carlo Masters and Roland Garros.

Nick Kyrsgios and Alexander Zverev have been primed as the players to make it to the top with the German becoming the youngest top-five player since 2007.

Roger Federer defeated Marin Cilic to win his 20th Grand Slam title in the 2018 Australian Open on 28 January.

Nadal had to pull out of his quarter-final clash against Marin Cilic in the Australian Open with a hip injury which has set him back by upto three weks.

Roger Federer won his 20th Grand Slam title at the 2018 Australian Open. Stefan Edberg believes it will be difficult to replace him once the Swiss ace retires.

Roger Federer won his 20th Grand Slam title at the 2018 Australian Open to make it eight titles in just over 12 months.

Former women's world number one Kim Clijsters believes newly crowned Australian Open champion Roger Federer could retire in "two or three years".

Roger Federer won his 20th men's singles Grand Slam title at the 2018 Australian Open to make it three majors in 12 months.

Toni Nadal continually reminds Rafael Nadal to adapt to keep pace with Roger Federer at the summit of men's tennis.

Nadal retired in the fifth set of his quarter-final match against Marin Cilic in the Australian Open because of a hip injury, ending his hopes of a 17th Grand Slam title.