RAFAEL NADAL

Roger Federer has decided to play the Rotterdam Open beginning 12 February and a run to the semi-finals will see him being crowned the new world number one.

Novak Djokovic has posted a video updating his rehabilitation from a small medical intervention he underwent last week.

Gael Monfils has heaped praise on Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, labelling them as legends despite having not retired from tennis.

Stan Wawrinka is one of four players to have won Grand Slams apart from Federer, Nadal and Djokovic since 2008.

Roger Federer may have given up on becoming world number one for now after indicating he could miss the Dubai Tennis Championships.

The Madrid center will have sports traumatology unit, diagnostic imaging, sports cardiology, functional biomechanics and chiropody, nutrition and sports rehabilitation.

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.

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.

Real Madrid should look to the example set by tennis icons Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer to help them through a current crisis that has seen them fall 19 points behind Barcelona.

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.

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.

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.