World number one Rafael Nadal dug his way out of deep trouble to gain revenge over his 2012 Wimbledon conqueror Lukas Rosol.

Rafael Nadal revisits his worst Wimbledon nightmare on Thursday when he tackles Czech player Lukas Rosol in the second round.

Rafael Nadal began life back at world number one with a convincing victory at the Shanghai Masters to join Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer in the third round.

Rafael Nadal’s bid to regain the world number one ranking got off to a fine start with a routine 6-2 6-4 win over Colombian qualifier Santiago Giraldo in the first round of the China Open in Beijing.

Rafael Nadal went out of a grand slam in the opening round for the first time in his career today as his Wimbledon agony continued against Steve Darcis.

Andy Murray was confirmed as the second seed for the Wimbledon men’s singles today and French Open champion Rafael Nadal is a potential quarter-final opponent.

Novak Djokovic is a man on a mission at the French Open – just do not mention Rafael Nadal.

Andy Murray and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga both enjoyed energy-conserving straight-set wins at the Australian Open today.

Rafael Nadal will miss next month’s Australian Open due to a stomach virus as his long-awaited return was put on hold again yesterday.

Rafael Nadal will miss next month’s Australian Open due to a stomach virus as his long-awaited return was put on hold again today.

Rafael Nadal’s long-awaited return from injury has been delayed further after he pulled out of this week’s exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi with a virus.

Rafael Nadal has targeted a return to full fitness by April after dismissing his chances of making a winning comeback to grand slam tennis at the Australian Open.

Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from the Paris Masters and the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London because of his left knee problem.

Rafael Nadal concedes it is unlikely he will play tennis again in 2012.

Rafael Nadal is hoping to return from his knee injury having banished any doubts about his long-term tennis future – but the world number three admits his lay-off may include next year’s Australian Open.

Rafael Nadal has pulled out of next week’s Rogers Cup due to the knee injury which prevented him from defending his Olympic title.

Reigning Olympic champion Rafael Nadal will not be competing at London 2012 due to injury.

Andy Murray feels Wimbledon’s Centre Court roof policy is still very much a work in progress.

Lukas Rosol had lost his giant-killing touch as he bowed out of Wimbledon today in the third round at the hands of Philipp Kohlschreiber.

Roger Federer narrowly avoided joining Rafael Nadal in a second-round exit at Wimbledon, and then declared the Spaniard’s loss good for the sport.

Roger Federer was two points away from following Rafael Nadal out of Wimbledon last night before staging a thrilling fightback to beat Julien Benneteau on Centre Court.

Roger Federer managed by the skin of his teeth to avoid following Rafael Nadal out of Wimbledon and then claimed it is great to see giant-killings back in the men’s game.

Two-time champion Rafael Nadal was dumped out of Wimbledon by unsung Czech Lukas Rosol who described his triumph as “a miracle” last night.

Unsung Czech Lukas Rosol pulled off one of the biggest Wimbledon shocks in living memory by dumping two-time champion Rafael Nadal out at the second-round stage last night.

Unsung Czech Lukas Rosol pulled off one of the biggest Wimbledon shocks in living memory by dumping two-time champion Rafael Nadal out at the second-round stage tonight.

Rafael Nadal will look to join chief title rivals Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer in the third round of Wimbledon when he takes on Czech Lukas Rosol on Centre Court this evening.

Rafael Nadal was in ominously good form as he made it only nine games dropped in two matches with a 6-2 6-2 6-0 victory over Denis Istomin in the third round of the French Open today.

Venus Williams marked her return to competitive action for the first time in over six months with a straight-sets win over Kimiko Date-Krumm in the first round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami.

Novak Djokovic returned to action for the first time since his Australian Open triumph with a solid 6-4 6-2 win over Germany's Cedrik-Marcel Stebe in the first round of the Dubai Tennis Championships last night.