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If Rafael Nadal is going to win Wimbledon for a third time, he'll have to do it the hard way.

Wimbledon is a critical time for the ultra-talented Nicolas Almagro. He's in a bad place right now and his past failures are weighing on him.

Anyone outside the big four and Serena Williams is considered an outsider for the title, but there are others worth looking out for on the lawns of SW19.

French Open finalist David Ferrer lost his first-round match Tuesday at the Topshelf Open, a grass-court tournament held the week before Wimbledon.

For all the extraordinary aspects of tennis, the game has its issues. Fortunately, we have solutions that might solve most of the problems.

So there we all were, seated in Court Philippe Chatrier, already in a mild state of alert. Would David Ferrer figure out a way to mount a real challenge to Rafael Nadal, after losing to him 16 consecutive times on clay? Would the overcast sky have me...

In case you were busy accidentally watching a performance art piece in which the notion of sports was approached from many perspectives without any sports actually happening, here's what you missed in sports last weekend: The Miami Heat bounced ...

Eight-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal drops from No. 4 to No. 5 in the ATP rankings this week, swapping places with David Ferrer, the man he beat in the Roland Garros final.

• Greeny and Golic can't believe that David Ferrer moved ahead of Rafael Nadal in the ATP rankings even though Nadal beat Ferrer in the final of the French Open. Joaquin wonders if anything in the world of sports makes less sense than this. Lis...

Everything was go swimmingly for Rafael Nadal -- until a protestor disrupted play.

It came as no surprise that Rafael Nadal ruled the French Open again, but there were some shockers during the fortnight (see Federer, Roger).

A shirtless man holding a flaming, sparking flare aloft made his way onto the court Sunday during the men's final between Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer, delaying the match for several minutes.

With Rafael Nadal's eighth French Open title, he's now set a new standard in tennis.

Rafael Nadal's final shot at the French Open was a typically ferocious fallaway forehand, and when it landed for a winner, his momentum and emotions sent him splaying backward onto the clay he loves.

Two hours before her French Open final, Serena Williams practiced on center court, the stands deserted as she whacked one winner after another to the distant sounds of a brass band playing on the plaza.

Rafael Nadal pulled out of the Gerry Weber Open on Saturday to rest ahead of Wimbledon.