In this excerpt of The Warrior, a new biography of Nadal, author Christopher Clarey dives into the tennis player’s famous ...

Big moment for me. The Warrior publishes today in the USA and Canada. 22 years in the making. 2 years in the writing. I went ...

Carlos Alcaraz has recalled the first time he played Rafael Nadal and admitted he was intimidated by his legendary countryman’s routines. Nadal’s intense pre-match warmup routine, which ...

Carlos Alcaraz makes confession about Rafael Nadal’s iconic pre-match routines Comparing Rafael ... our drive (forehand), our backhand, or our serve. “We never could get the serve right ...

And his ferocity was even evident in the locker room. Novak Djokovic has previously told stories of Nadal’s intimidating pre-match routines, admitting the Spaniard’s actions “p***ed him off”.

While a routine victory for the younger man, Nadal was clearly the fan favourite. The Spaniard and his great rival will meet for the 61st and final time in Saturday’s third-place play-off at the ...

Everything just feels off when you're up against them." Nadal, though not known for having a massive serve compared to some of his contemporaries, made his delivery devastatingly effective simply ...