Tennis stars Serena Williams, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. (Photos: AFP/Michael Reaves/CLIVE BRUNSKILL/Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon) That’s because the landscape in both the ATP and WTA has changed. After all, who would have predicted that none of Serena Williams, Novak Djokovic, Naomi Osaka or Rafael Nadal would play a final at either Indian Wells or the Miami Open in March? Here are a half-dozen questions raised by the move to clay as we head toward the French Open: CAN RAFAEL NADAL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE? World number two Rafael Nadal hopes to be ready to launch his claycourt season in World number two Rafael Nadal hopes to be ready to launch his claycourt season in April after a right knee injury forced him out of the ATP Indian Wells Masters semi-finals. (Photo: AFP/Yong Teck Lim) The reflexive answer to the question is a hearty yes. Nadal is the defending champion – as well as a mind-blowing 11-time winner – at the grandest clay event of them all, the French Open. Beyond that, he owns the record for most wins at the prestigious Masters 1000 tournaments (33), largely because the “King of Clay” has played with otherworldly consistency at the clay Masters events. The… Read full this story
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