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Nadal 5

Current ranking: 14

Last result: Australian Open second round (lost to Mackenzie McDonald)

Next tournament: Roland Garros

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  3. even sean randall is out in force posting on wimbledon after-thoughts saying that along with just about everyone else he thinks that rafa has to get a super coach. he’s saying what a lot of us have been saying ie keep toni but add someone like becker or edberg on the djoker-vajda-becker model. randall also says what most of us think ie that that won’t happen because of the whole nadal family situation and his conclusion is that without outside help rafa won’t bite on a slam trophy again. i have to say that is kind of what i am feeling right now….

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      • I’ve just called Benito! He was very nice and everything.

        He told me to just call him Beni.

        We are meeting for lunch early next week as I have to arrange travel.

        He told me that Rafa constantly lurks here on Tenngrand and even occasionally posts under Anonymous!!!

        He said that while he thinks gussie-bot is his No. 1 fan, he is unhappy with how gussiebot attacks and judges other Rafans and wants her to knock it off. He thinks that it could be part of the reason for his slump.

        To be fair, he doesn’t like me posting pictures of Nole and Roger on his page but when I explained, he completely understood and would pass it along to Rafa!

        I told him I would bring our collective thoughts with me about a new coach and everything. He said it was an interesting thought and wanted to meet in person!

        He said that he was very grateful that gussiebot passed along his contact info or none of this would be possible!

        Wish me luck everybody!!!

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      • hahahahaha hawkeye…one of your best.
        do give beni our love….(& tell him to tell rafa to stop lurking….maybe that’s why he’s losing it atm…)

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      • Beni told me that Rafa just read gussiebot’s post and was disappointed with her as this was a perfect example of the type of thing he was talking about just showing one side out of context.

        He fears that his slump may continue to worsen if this hypocritical behaviour continues from her.

        Amy, I agree, his concern for us could be contributing to his slump!

        Good point.
        I will discuss this with Beni next week.

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      • hawkeye, Beni confirmed that the lunch scheduled for next week is meant for Fed or Djoko fans (kind of a PR exercise). He might uninvite you as I told him you are actually a Rafa fan. Apparently lurking Rafa did not understand. Now he ( Rafa) wants to hire hawkeye as his trollese tutor so he can understand what’s going on.

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      • yes, hawkeye, before you ask, I gave you a glowing recommendation. It is no more than you deserve as you are my Master. Just imagine, you may spend months with Rafa at Mallorca!!! Could you sneak me in as your assistant?

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    • amy,

      Unfortunately, I think that you are right and so is Sean Randall. I have been saying that there are some things that people cannot always fix on their own. I think that is the case with Rafa. Other top players have sought the help of psychiatrists, sports psychologists and the like. There is a reason for that.

      Also, I don’t believe that any of us sending a message to Rafa’s public relations manager is going to make a difference. It’s up to Rafa.

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      • nny, well i wish that i didn’t feel this quite so strongly! but that’s what my gut is telling me…..i think the vast majority of people interested in tennis think that rafa needs help, unfortunately most also think that he won’t be able to go down that route. at least not in the immediate future……for me the fear is that will only happen after a long stretch of time with things pretty much remaining the same and there being a lot of prevarication….sigh!!

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      • i saw yesterday that courier said that he thought that the match against brown was the worst rafa had ever played: hard to disagree with that….was an utter horror show.

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  4. @Hawkeye, that was hilarious 🙂
    Since you’re already on a first name basis, can you deliver a message from Littlefoot to Beni? Rafa doesn’t inspire fear anymore with his looks. First the pirata pants and sleeveless shirts fell along the wayside. Then his hair fell, too. It wasn’t that noticeable as long as his game was intact and fear inspiring. But now his game followed the shirts, the pants and the hair. Some players are openly doubting that this is really the Bull from Manacor. I’m all for a new coacfh but as a woman I know that a new haircut and a new dress can work wonders for your self-confidence. Rafa, cut your hair off!!! Go Agassi’s way! It did work for Andre and for many other players. Boris even did it without losing hair. The new respect inspiring look got him another Australian Open trophy. Rafa, reinvent yourself. And while we are at it: no more pink shirt, shoes, socks, wristbands – no more pink anything! You should know by now that it always ends in tears. Remember the simple black USOpen10 look, or the single gray USOpen13 look? That’s what I call commanding style! You look good in bright colors. But you’re not on court for looking good. You’re there for winning matches. And if you win you will look good again. Also just imagine how much time could be saved without the rest of your pesky hair when you serve! One of your many time consuming rituals could be easily eliminated. That will throw your opponents off their rhythm alright. They wouldn’t know what to expect anymore. Hawkeye will relate my message to his new friend Beni and he will hopefully help you to reinvent yourself. That’s the job of a good PR manager after all.
    I left the Grandstand last year when I realized that I might not be a true Rafafan. To be honest, that thought had never crossed my mind. Foremost I’m a tennisfan. And I will remain a tennis fan when Rafa’s great career is over – which hopefully will come later than we fear right now. I decided to leave last year before anyone might find out that I’m not a real Rafafan and I had no desire to participate in a civil war between real and unreally real Rafafans. But I continued lurking once in a while on special occasions like the slams. And while I didn’t want to jump into the ring anymore I still enjoyed many of your comments. And when I read that Hawkeye had a business lunch scheduled with his friend Beni I decided to unretire in order to deliver a short message to all Rafafans here: I share your concerns, and I don’t know if Rafa has the physical and mental strength to climb out of the pit one more time. We expect it because he’s done it so often. But maybe he just can’t do it again. Which would be a pity and and a terrible loss for the game because he’s one of a kind. There will probably never be another player quite like him. But he held out already much longer than most pundits predicted. And even we as fans would’ve never dreamed that he would win 14 slams, including a career GS, an Olympic gold medal and several DCs. He topped Pistol Pete! Who would’ve thunk? Only Fed is still in front of him – and will probably remain there if we’re realistic. Possibly Novak might catch up with him. We have to face that possibility. Because Novak might be the lucky one who held out into a new weak era. But he also earned it by surviving the toughest era in tennis history. We will see. But being a Rafafan has been one hell of a ride, no?

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    • amy,

      I wish that I didn’t feel this way so strongly either. But I have watched this sport for too long not to recognize when my favorite player is in some serious trouble. I am not going to contact Rafa’s PR manager. I don’t see why he would care about what fans want and whether Rafa would even need to know about it. I am sure he’s got better things to do with his time. We don’t have any input. All we can do is brainstorm here and try to talk it through. My opinion is that Rafa must get help to get out of this downward spiral. ASAP!

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    • Fed won 12 slams in the so- called weak era 2003-2007. So if no young genius arrives to stop Djoko, he will win 3 or 4 slams every year and become the greatest of all time with multiple Calendar slams and maybe 30 or 40 slams making the Fed era seem competitive and exciting by contrast! I am going to follow golf or football or formula one which are my second favorites. Poor Rafa, already scorned and condemned by his fans, will probably be a footnote to the legacy of Djoko!

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  6. Agree with ed.

    Rafa hasn’t played dc in years.

    Just another example of a poster not living my the same set of made up rules she applies to everybody else.

    DC talk except for GB belongs on the rest page.

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  10. just got in to see jo make his customary hash of things to give up the first set. but surprisingly he has broken andy at the start of the second..

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  14. Is there a way we can send Rusedski back to Canada? He had to slip in Murray beating Nadal in Madrid before the Jo match as if it had any relevance.

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  18. Rafa will meet Tommy in New York.

    Milano Finanza, July 17, 2015: ¤¤ Hilfiger, waiting for Nadal.
    Tailoring and sport are mixed at New York men’s fashion week : On the 25th August, it will be unveiled in the underwear campaign with the testimonial of tennis champion, who will also be the ambassador, in spring 2016 collection, the Tailored Line, in which created the Flex capsule collection.
    Tailoring meets sport. A trend is emerging in the scene of menswear world during inaugural New York fashion week: men’s. The recovery of a tailoring soul from one part mixed with the historical sports DNA, close to the vocation of the brand in stars and stripes. It is also told by the powerful entrance of major sport’s route as ambassadors. And if in the fashion shows, it is a riot of players from the arenas, also Tommy Hilfiger comes to the field, who is preparing for a debut with Rafael Nadal. In fact the next 25th August, the global campaign with Rafael Nadal as the testimonial of Tommy Hilfiger underwear’s collection will be launched in New York. The tennis star is also the representation of the Tailored line for spring/summer 2016 collection. And for this occasion, a Flex capsule collection will come to the market: always tailoring but with technical and innovative materials, combining tailored world with the universe of sports. And the Tailored collection , along with a hint of Flex, was held at The Glasshouses in the penthouse of the Chelsea Arts Tower. “The Tailored collection is inspired by the mood of 1950s holiday, when the style was also important during the trip, as well as the arrival of their destination,” Tommy Hilfiger said to MFF. And for the Tailored TH Flex Rafael Nadal Edition capsule collection was set up in a space similar to a tennis court, where models posed in installation of red, white and blue tennis balls.¤¤

    http://www.mffashion.com/en/coverstory/2015/07/17/hilfiger-waiting-for-nadal

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    • i clicked on the link to read this article which has a co-article with it suggesting 5 new coaches:
      1. gilbert 2. cahill 3. agassi 4. annacone 5. moya

      all these articles (not just these 2 but recent others) end in the same way though ie saying that rafa won’t make changes and therefore most likely will cease to be a slam contender
      is quite hard to imagine anyone working with toni anyway……(these articles say that he should fire toni but it surely would be better to add someone as per djoker-becker-vajda)

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      • I can understand Rafa fans wanting Rafa to get a new coach. Don’t understand the attempts to paint Uncle T as a monster. It is unfair both to Toni who moulded Rafa into a Champion and to Rafa who I am sure is his own man.

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      • well if i thought toni was a monster then i wouldn’t say that i think he should stay on would i?? i most certainly do not think that he is a monster or a bad man but i do think that there should be changes..

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      • In my opinion, Uncle T loves Rafa like a son. When Rafa lost Wimbledon 2007, Uncle T suggested a new coach but Rafa did not agree. Is it likely that now when Rafa is so obviously in a slump, Uncle T would stand in Rafa’s way? Besides, Rafa’s parents have a lot to say in Rafa’s career. When Rafa’s foot deformity was threatening to be career ending, it was Rafa’s father who explored and found solutions. Why do some of the fans here think that Uncle T is the only one who can decide anything about Rafa ? Besides, now that Rafa is 29, I am sure he can make his own decisions.
        I am not sure what is wrong with Rafa but I am sure Uncle T is not the problem.

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      • “Why do some of the fans here think that Uncle T is the only one who can decide anything about Rafa ?”

        Strawman bait. False conclusion.

        However, Rafa is the best to decide for himself, for sure, no?

        And therein lies the conundrum.

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      • thanks maestro!!!! i guess i do accept your explanation over your new name although some might find it suspicious…..beni would get quite the shock if Himself were to turn up replete with halo and useful tips for rafa…….

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      • oh and BTW..the main reason i left the paraphrase of the co-article as per sanju’s link was because i thought nny might like to read it and/or be interested…..

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      • Uninformed comment as usual from you hawkeye. I refer to numerous posts of Amy where she has practically made out Uncle T to be a monster. She and your gang have claimed Uncle Toni is controlling and selfish. I agree with augusta. The hate remarks directed toward Toni are more appropriate for Fed or Djoker fans. Rafa loves Toni. Last year when he won RG, who did he run to? The monster. Clearly there is a very powerful connection between the two when Rafa is on court and that is why Uncle T cannot help talking aloud which has been interpreted always as coaching by haters although many do not even know Spanish.

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    • Mary says:
      July 19, 2015 at 3:36 pm
      — Don’t understand the attempts to paint Uncle T as a monster.—
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      People who have attempted to paint Uncle Toni as a monster have obviously been under the influence of Fedfans. Fedfans have always described Rafa as an orphan, who was raised by Toni, his cruel uncle; later Rafa has worked as a slave for U.Toni, who has taken most of the money Rafa has earned – U.Toni became a millionaire thanks to this; the millionaire has power over Rafa, who can’t do anything without U.Toni’s approval; Toni has hired Xisca to play a role of Rafa’s girlfriend.
      I have read all this on the Internet (on different sites). 😆

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