It all feels rather neat. As one left-hander with a nuclear forehand leaves the stage – via Rafael Nadal’s touching farewell ceremony at Roland Garros last week – another is emerging from the pack.

In a match that by and large failed to deliver on its initial promise, Rafael Nadal put in a performance that was well below par, but still won in straight sets against Kei Nishikori, 6-4 6-4.

After holding, a couple of testing points and some nervous errors gave Nadal the break, and he breezed through the set from there, breaking the court open with the big cross-court forehand and hitting ...

Rafael Nadal brought the curtain down on one of the greatest careers in sports history as Spain were knocked out of the 2024 Davis Cup on home soil by the Netherlands on Tuesday. The 38-year-old lost ...

Carlos Alcaraz has overlooked Rafael Nadal when naming the player with the best forehand in ATP history. The two Spaniards have often been linked, not just for their shared nationality, but also for ...