Person: Mariano Puerta

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Weary Nadal sees off Hewitt in tough battle

DEFENDING champion Rafael Nadal admits he is feeling the strain of playing too much tennis in recent days after advancing to the quarter-finals of the French Open.

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Puerta smashed by severity of tennis ban

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Puerta lawyer: Verdict undermines battle against drugs

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Puerta set to appeal eight-year drug ban

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Puerta mulls over ban appeal

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Puerta banned for eight years

Safin blows Srichaphan away as Federer opens with easy win

ROGER FEDERER’S quest for a third straight Wimbledon title got off to a strong start.

Tue, 21 Jun, 2005

Grass could cause problems for Nadal

Rafael Nadal believes he has little chance this year of fulfilling his childhood dream of becoming Wimbledon champion.

Sat, 18 Jun, 2005

Nadal takes French Open in thrilling final

RAFAEL NADAL clinched his first grand slam crown yesterday with a thrilling victory over Mariano Puerta at the French Open.

Mon, 06 Jun, 2005

Teen Spaniard on top in Paris

Rafael Nadal clinched his first grand slam crown today with a thrilling victory over Mariano Puerta at the French Open.

Sun, 05 Jun, 2005

Nadal wins Roland Garros in four

Nineteen-year-old Spaniard Rafael Nadal has won the French Open.

Sun, 05 Jun, 2005

Nadal wins third set with ease

Rafael Nadal controlled the third set of his French Open men's final against Mariano Puerta, winning it 6-1. He now leads the Argentinian by two sets to one.

Sun, 05 Jun, 2005

Puerta takes first set

Argentinian left-hander Mariano Puerta has won the first set of the French Open men's final, beating Rafael Nadal 8-6 in a tie-break.

Sun, 05 Jun, 2005

Puerta reaches French Open final

Mariano Puerta booked his place in the final of the French Open on Friday with a thrilling five-set victory over 12th seeded Russian Nikolay Davydenko.

Fri, 03 Jun, 2005

Men's semi-finals to get underway at Roland Garros

The French Open men's semi-finals are due to get underway at Roland Garros in Paris today.

Fri, 03 Jun, 2005

Davydenko wins endurance test

Nikolay Davydenko bustled into the semi-finals of the French Open and will face unseeded Argentinian Mariano Puerta for the right to contest the men’s singles crown.

Wed, 01 Jun, 2005

Robredo digs deep to send ‘unlucky’ Safin crashing out

MARAT Safin claimed he was deserted by Lady Luck as he crashed out of the French Open following a five-set, fourth-round thriller with 15th seed Tommy Robredo.

Tue, 31 May, 2005

Nadal anger despite sending champ Grosjean crashing out

Spanish prodigy Rafael Nadal blasted the Roland Garros crowd for “behaving so badly” during his four-set victory over Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean in the fourth round of the French Open on Monday.

Mon, 30 May, 2005

Safin stays on course

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have been receiving most of the attention at Roland Garros but Marat Safin could end up surprising everyone again.

Sat, 28 May, 2005

Agassi agony as Andre crashes out

Andre Agassi blamed a trapped nerve in his back for his shock exit at the hands of Finland’s Jarkko Nieminen in the French Open, but insists he is not yet ready to call time on his career.

Tue, 24 May, 2005

Federer through as Safin ousted in Hamburg

Switzerland’s Roger Federer wanted revenge for an Olympic loss and got it.

Wed, 11 May, 2005

No drugs crisis in tennis: McNamee

Australian Open tournament director Paul McNamee insisted today that drugs are not a problem in tennis, despite revelations that Greg Rusedski has tested positive for nandrolone.

Fri, 09 Jan, 2004

Rusedski maintains his innocence

Greg Rusedski “fully expects” to be found innocent at the ATP hearing into his positive test for the banned drug nandrolone.

Fri, 09 Jan, 2004

Former champ Hewitt cruises into second round of US open

LEYTON HEWITT, the 2001 champion, cruised into the second round of the US Open at Flushing Meadows as he thrashed Victor Hanescu of Romania 6-3 6-2 6-2.

Wed, 27 Aug, 2003

Hewitt cruises into round two

Former champion Lleyton Hewitt cruised into the second round of the US Open at Flushing Meadow as he thrashed Victor Hanescu of Romania 6-3 6-2 6-2.

Tue, 26 Aug, 2003

Agassi expects, Henman just hopes

WORLD number one Andre Agassi insists his desire to add to his solitary Wimbledon title of 11 years ago grows stronger with each passing year.

Wed, 25 Jun, 2003

Wimbledon: Results so far

Results so far from Round 1 at Wimbledon.

Tue, 24 Jun, 2003

Nalbandian set on more success

David Nalbandian set out to prove his appearance in last year’s final was no flash in the pan with an impressive first round victory at Wimbledon.

Tue, 24 Jun, 2003

Serena and Henin-Hardenne cruise through

DEFENDING champion Serena Williams raced into the third round of the French Open along with Belgian fourth seed Justine Henin-Hardenne. However, Slovak ninth seed Daniela Hantuchova and former champion Yevgeny Kafelnikov headed for the exit.

Thu, 29 May, 2003

Patty Schnyder through to next round of French Open

French Open, Roland Garros, Paris

Wed, 28 May, 2003