ARTICLES: He first encountered a 17-year-old Nadal in Monte Carlo in 2003. A wild-card recipient, the Spaniard earned his maiden Monte Carlo win by dispatching the gifted Slovak with the sky-high ball toss, Karol Kucera. (In the next round, he beat Roland Garros champion Albert Costa.) Nadal didn’t speak much English, but the pair coped thanks […]
ARTICLES: He first encountered a 17-year-old Nadal in Monte Carlo in 2003. A wild-card recipient, the Spaniard earned his maiden Monte Carlo win by dispatching the gifted Slovak with the sky-high ball toss, Karol Kucera. (In the next round, he beat Roland Garros champion Albert Costa.) Nadal didn’t speak much English, but the pair coped thanks […]