MALAGA, Spain — Rafael Nadal’s last match as a professional was a 6-4, 6-4 loss to No. “I’ll speak in the name of Spanish tennis and in the name of the tennis world,” Spain captain David Ferrer said moments earlier. It was a really tough match, but yeah, happy I got it done in the end.” It wasn’t clear if …
Taylor Fritz celebrated his 24th birthday by beating doubles partner Tommy Paul 7-6, 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals of the St. Petersburg Open on Thursday. “It’s never easy playing against a really close friend.” The California native jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first set and capitalized on Paul’s early double-fault in the tiebreaker. In another upset, …