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Rafael Nadal Owns The Dirt And Anyone Standing On It

Watch this guy here, the blond guy playing frantic, brilliant tennis, tracking down a lob for a whirling dervish winner.

Pablo Cuevas Hits Incredible Behind-The-Back Winner, Downs Alexander Zverev

Early in the second set of 31-year-old Pablo Cuevas’s three-set quarterfinal win over young phenom Alexander Zverev in the Madrid Open, the veteran Argentine chased down a lob on the baseline and nailed this incredible no-look, crosscourt winner.

Borna Coric, Lucky Loser, Puts Slumping No. 1 Andy Murray To Bed

It’s been an extremely Andy Murray series of events. The ornery Scot played blisteringly good, 28-wins-straight tennis to finally claim the No. 1 spot for the first time in his career, but has since looked much easier to topple, taking losses to names you wouldn’t immediately recognize: older brother Mischa Zverev at…

Novak Djokovic Is Flying Solo And Looks No Steadier

Playing his first match after firing his whole coaching staff, Novak Djokovic struggled. Today, in the second round of the Madrid Open, he squared up against world No. 76 Nicolas Almagro—a player he had defeated in all four previous matches, losing only one set in a tiebreak—and teetered on the brink of loss, but came…