Rafael Nadal

Murray, Nadal power into Indian Wells final

Murray, Nadal power into Indian Wells finalIndian Wells, California  - Andy Murray bids for his third title of the season after setting up a final with world number 1 Rafael Nadal at the Indian Wells Masters on Saturday.

Murray stunned error-prone second seed Roger Federer 6-3, 4-6, 6- 1, marking his fourth consecutive victory over the former dominator of the sport since losing to the Swiss in the US Open final six months ago.

Nadal leads unchanged Top 10 tennis rankings

Nadal leads unchanged Top 10 tennis rankings Hamburg  - Spain's Rafael Nadal continues to head an unchanged ATP men's tennis rankings Top 10 issued by the ruling body on Monday, followed by Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.

At the top, Nadal has 14,360 points, while Federer stands on 11,000.

ATP top 10 as of March 9 (previous ranking in parenthesis):

Nadal heads virtually unchanged Top 10

Nadal heads virtually unchanged Top 10Hamburg - Spain's Rafael Nadal continues to head a virtually unchanged ATP men's tennis rankings Top 10 issued by the ruling body on Monday, followed by Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.

The only change saw Frenchman Gael Monfils rise to his best-ever ranking of 9th, swapping places with Spain's Fernando Verdasco.

At the top, Nadal has 14,360 points, while Federer stands on 11,000.

ATP top 10 as of March 2 (previous ranking in parenthesis):

Nadal joins Federer in Dubai pull-out

Nadal joins Federer in Dubai pull-outDubai, UAE  - Rafael Nadal joined Roger Federer on the injury list for next week's Barclays Championships, with the Spanish No. 1 pulling out on Thursday to rest from a knee injury.

Nadal's website said that he had to cancel his trip to Dubai due to doctor's orders.

Separately, Federer withdrew with a back injury, which will also cause him to skip Switzerland's Davis Cup tie in Alabama against the United States March 6-8.

Nadal's injury "seems nothing serious," says coach

Nadal's injury "seems nothing serious," says coach Manacor, Spain  - The injury that hampered world number one Rafael Nadal in the final in Rotterdam "seems nothing serious," says his uncle and coach Toni Nadal.

"In principle it seems nothing serious," he told Deutsche Presse- Agentur dpa Monday.

Nadal - the recent champion at the Australian Open - lost the final Sunday to Andy Murray 6-4, 4-6, 6-0, and evidenced problems in his right knee.

Nadal continues to top unchanged ATP tennis rankings

Rafael-NadalHamburg - Spain's Rafael Nadal continues to head the latest ATP men's tennis rankings issued by the ruling body on Monday.

The top ten remained unchanged for the second week in a row and although Nadal lost in the final of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament to Andy Murray, he continues to hold a convincing lead from former number one Roger Federer.

Nadal has 14,510 points, while Federer stands on 11,000.

ATP top 10 as of February 16 (previous ranking in parenthesis):

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