It was a decisive day in the Caja Mágica with 16 players searching for a place in the quarter-finals. Everyone wanted to catch a glimpse …
Friday’s OOP: Djokovic, Halep and Nadal
Want to see the best players in the world? The schedule is set for a passionate day of men’s quarter-finals and women’s semi-finals at the …
Nadal, Djokovic and Murray gun for the quarters
Having come through their openers, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic, the last three Mutua Madrid Open champions will be bidding for the quarter-finals …
Nadal: “We have to be proud of what we have in Madrid”
There is nothing like playing at home, and nobody knows this better than Rafael Nadal, who spoke about the Caja Mágica after a tough test …
Nadal and Djokovic to play their openers on Wednesday
Rafael Nadal, a four-time Mutua Madrid Open champion, will play his opener on Wednesday in the third match on the Manolo Santana centre court. The …
Rafael Nadal: “I do not receive this kind of welcome anywhere else”
Rafael Nadal, one of the favourites to lift the Ion Tiriac trophy, appeared before the media on Monday in a press conference room packed with …
How does the press see the Mutua Madrid Open?
The Mutua Madrid Open is now underway. More than 400 journalists from all over the world have their accreditations so that they can give a …
Alone against the world
A ball of dandelion seeds dances by Rafael Nadal as he sits pensive on his bench. The Spaniard is playing in the semi-finals of the …
No man’s land
Rafael Nadal is a master on the clay. Nobody has dominated the theory, skill and technique like he has. His record on the surface outshines …
A decade of the Big Four in Madrid
The world named them The Big Four and it was certainly right to do so. From the start, the quartet formed by Roger Federer, Rafael …
History lurks in the Caja Mágica
One of the indicators of the stature of a tournament is the memories it is capable of generating, for itself or for the tennis world …
Madrid Experience
I spent a little over a year living in Madrid between 2009 and 2010 which happened to be around the same time the Caja Magica …