Rafael Nadal

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Nadal 5

Current ranking: 14

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

Next tournament: Roland Garros

46 Comments on Rafael Nadal

  1. Support from fans makes Rafa very happy.
    Rafa on Twitter: “THANKS to each and every one of you who follow me on Twitter! Your support and kind messages make me very happy.”

    Vamos Rafa! 🙂

  2. Video of Rafa practicing in Manacor and an interview. He was asked something about Buenos Aires bu I don’t understand Spanish. Maybe someone could translate it.

    He’s had a haircut.

  3. Ricky (AT 3:44 PM),

    A consistent shaking from C. Moya – he keeps repeating the same. 🙂

    Carlos Moya’s interview with L’Équipe (a French newspaper devoted to sports) in January 2016:
    http://www.lequipe.fr/Tennis/Article/Carlos-moya-raonic-un-des-mecs-les-plus-pros/627555

    An excerpt translated from French by Mark Nixon:
    CARLOS MOYA: “…I’m convinced Rafa will end his career with Toni and with the same team that’s been around him for years…”
    .
    Question: “Do you think he’ll win another Slam?”
    CARLOS MOYA: “Of course I believe that. He’s not yet thirty. He needs to improve in certain areas and he knows that. He works. It’s a normal process: first of all, you try the new things in practice, and then you apply them in a match, under pressure, and then you don’t think about them any more. It worked at the end of last season, but not here [Melbourne]…”

    • TennisTV.com will show the Buenos Aires tournament and live stream should be available in UK.
      Click on the blue text here: “Check out the tournament calendar…”
      http://help.tennistv.com/what-is-geoblocking/
      .
      I have watched LiveScoreHunter if my subscribed streams haven’t shown matches. But the free streams are dangerous – your computer can get viruses.

      • This is what I was afraid of, that there would not be any live coverage of this tournament in the states. Tennis channel is not showing it and tennis tv costs too much. I am wary of live streams because I have gotten viruses. This is frustrating.

        • Nny, whoever types in the schedule for Tennis Channel doesn’t get it. I just went scrolled through it day by day and what the have as a definition of live coverage is: …”WTA St. Petersburg or ATP Buenos Aires” starting Tuesday morning 3:00 am. No way is Buenos Aires having any tennis live coverage at that time – that’s St. Petersburg! Then at 3:00pm the have the same, WTA St. Petersburg or ATP Buenos Aires. That would be Buenos Aires!

          TC will show it. If they can cover Quito, they will definitely cover Buenos Aires, the better!

          Tennis Channel should have ME on speed dial for support 😀

          • rc,

            So are you saying that TC will show Buenos Aires? I checked the program listing for tomorrow and they are showing Rotterdam.

            I have found their guide very confusing this week. That’s why I gave up trying to watch any of the tennis. Whenever I checked, it was women’s tennis and not Montpelier or the other tournaments. Finally I just gave up because it was so confusing.

            I know that Buenos Aires is not eastern time, but I think it’s only three hours ahead. I know that South America isn’t that far off from my time zone. So if I get to see it, the times of the matches are pretty convenient.

            I would really like to have a chance to see Rafa in action again. I will keep my eye out as the tournament gets underway. Rafa isn’t playing the first day anyway.

            Yes, you should be on speed dial! Thanks for the info! 🙂

  4. TheNational (Abu Dhabi Media’s first English-language publication), updated on February 9, 2016 : ¤¤ Rafael Nadal walking confidence tightrope as he looks for clay comfort in South America …
    In 2013 he made a return from knee surgery on South American clay courts and reached three consecutive finals…¤¤
    http://www.thenational.ae/blogs/kit-bag/tuesday-cover-rafael-nadal-goes-back-to-the-basics-on-clay

    As for Rafa’s knee, TheNational is wrong – Rafa has never had knee surgery. Rafa was diagnosed with Hoffa’s syndrome in the middle of 2012 and he suffered with it until he underwent stem cell treatment at the end of 2013. He was playing through the pain in 2013.

  5. All the presidents in SA are star struck with Rafa, they treat him like a visiting head of state. Actually, everyone is star struck with Rafa. He’ll soon be asked to inspect a guard of honour.

  6. Rafa got PCB round one. They’ve only played twice but I feel like they’ve played more. Not an easy draw for Rafa, who really needs to do well here in Rio.

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