Wednesday 10 August 2011

Rafael Nadal

Rafael Nadal
Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera (Catalan pronunciation: [rəfɛɫ nəðaɫ pəɾeɾə], Spanish pronunciation: [Rafael Nadal paɾeɾa], born June 3, 1986) is a Spanish former world number one tennis player World Of August 8, 2011, was ranked No. 2 for the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). And 'as one of the greatest players of all time, his success on clay has been dubbed the "King of Clay", and has led many experts to keep the most clay court player of all time.

Nadal has won ten Grand Slam titles, including six French Open titles, the 2008 Olympic gold medal in singles, a record 19 Masters 1000 ATP World Tour and was also part of Spain's team that won the Davis Cup final in 2004, 2008 and 2009. He completed the Grand Slam by winning the U.S. Open 2010 is the seventh player in history, and the youngest in the Open Era, to get there. It is the second male player to complete a career Golden Slam (winning all four Grand Slam and Olympic gold medal), just after Andre Agassi.

Nadal had a background of 32 straight games in 2008, from 2008 Masters Series Hamburg 2008 Western and Southern Financial Group Masters and Open Women, which included titles in Hamburg, the French (Open, where he has not lost a set), Club of the Queen, his first title at Wimbledon and Rogers Cup. In 2011, winning the Monte Carlo Masters, he was the only player won seven editions of the tournament in a row at the ATP. Nadal has been ranked World No. 2 behind Roger Federer for a week of record 160 in a row before getting the top spot he held from August 18, 2008 to July 5, 2009. [8] He took over the No. 1 world ranking on June 7, 2010, after winning his fifth French Open title. He served until July 3, 2011, when Novak Djokovic was replaced as world number 1

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