MADRID(AP) Davis Cup defending champion Spain will play without injured Rafael Nadal ... Ferrer is out with a muscle strain. Fernando Verdasco will play Andreas Beck and Tommy Robredo will face ...

Nadal saw off Federer in three straight finals from 2006-08 and then beat Djokovic in 2009, before further victories over Fernando Verdasco in 2010 and David Ferrer in 2011. The former world No 1 ...

Rafael Nadal ... time in the final. Nadal, en route to the showpiece match, had beaten Rainer Schuttler, Fernando Verdasco, Ivan Ljubicic, Thomas Johansson, and David Ferrer.

There are no prizes for guessing who is the most successful Monte Carlo Masters champion – with Rafael Nadal ... of Fernando Verdasco in 2009, and victory against David Ferrer in 2010.

Rafael Nadal – 2014 2013 ... fellow countryman Fernando Verdasco, Dustin Brown, and big-serving Ivo Karlovic to reach the final in Doha Once there, Ferrer wouldn’t be denied – beating ...