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Current ranking: 14

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

Next tournament: Roland Garros

72 Comments on Rafael Nadal

  3. I don’t understand why didn’t they put Rafa’s match the first one on CC just like Roger’s on Court 1? Now he most definitely starts his match behind the others.

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    • Maria/Kerber are the only ones who have not played their 4th round match. They were supposed to play yesterday.

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  4. Rafa arrives home to Mallorca. I have no idea how he doesn’t go bonkers with people always asking him for pictures, autographs, and so on. He’s kind to all of them. Interestingly, he’s alone during the last part of the video. No team with him. Rafa, you enjoy your vacation…fish, swim, golf, relax.

    http://youtu.be/J_UMjD9N5Lw

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  6. Wimbledon 2014: Nick Kyrgios admits Rafael Nadal win left him tired
    Wimbledon 2014: Nick Kyrgios admits that his fitness let him down during his 6-7 6-2 6-4 7-6 defeat by Milos Raonic

    The Sport Review
    By The Sport Review and Marianne Bevis at Wimbledon
    Thursday 3 July 2014, 10:02 UK

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    Nick Kyrgios admits that his fitness let him down during his 6-7 6-2 6-4 7-6 defeat by Milos Raonic in the Wimbledon quarter-finals.

    The 19-year-old Australian conceded that his surprise fourth-round win over Rafael Nadal took a physical toll during his loss to the eighth seed on Court One on Wednesday.

    “[The Nadal match] had a pretty big impact,” said Kyrgios. “I was struggling physically about halfway through the second set. I was feeling sore in a couple of places.

    “I have nothing left to give. Beating Rafa took a lot out of me but I will work on my fitness and conditioning.

    “But I’m not going to take any credit away from him. He served unbelievably. I thought I came out strong on his first return game. I made him earn that.

    “All the other service games it looked like he was in such a rhythm that I just couldn’t do anything out there.”

    Raonic, meanwhile, expressed his delight at setting up a semi-final showdown with seven-time champion Roger Federer.

    “It’s a good feeling,” said Raonic. “It was a very difficult match today. A lot of not knowing what to expect because I knew I played him three weeks ago, but it was very different circumstances this time around.

    “I’m happy with the result I was able to get out of it.”

    http://www.thesportreview.com/tsr/2014/07/wimbledon-2014-nick-kyrgios-admits-rafael-nadal-win-left-him-tired/

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  7. Why don’t they just give him the whole dang island 🙂

    http://www.tennisworldusa.org/Rafael-Nadal-to-get-the-prestigious-Son-of-Mallorca-Award-articolo18924.html

    It has been announced that world number one Rafael Nadal will be presented the Son of Mallorca award which is the highest honour at the island is awarded by the Council of Mallorca.

    Although, Nadal faced a disappointment recently as he lost to a low ranked player Nick Kyrgios in the fourth round of Wimbledon but it did not affect his status as one of best players in tennis history and one of the best ambassadors for the island of Mallorca.

    Just last month, he won record extending ninth French Open which also brought him to a joint second spot in the list of most Grand Slam titles. He also won Olympics Gold for his country at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

    The Council made the decision of awarding Nadal unanimously as all three parties voted in the favour. On the occasion, President of the Council Maria Salom stated that Nadal’s honesty and nobility makes him a role model for sportsmen not only in Mallorca but all over the world and he is one of the best ambassadors of Mallorca. She also stressed that Nadal’s image helps in promoting image and tourism on the island of Mallorca.

    Nadal is already back to Mallorca after the end of his campaign at Wimbledon but it is expected that the award will be presented to him during the main event of Day of Mallorca on 12th September.

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  9. Commenting in another thread reminded me of my mistake here last months. I want to correct it.
    Unfortunately, I somehow started to believe (I didn’t hear it) that Rafa was booed at Roland Garros in 2009. It’s not true! I have surfed the Internet and I haven’t found any evidences. I didn’t find any evidences that Rafa has ever been booed by the spectators at his RG matches! (I only found several threads/myths created to convince gullible people that he has been booed).

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      • And when they don’t whistle Rafa, they cheer loudly for his opponent to beat him.

        And here they hiss the scoreboard when it shows Isner beats Rafa on another court.

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      • hawkeye63 (at 6:22 pm),
        ¤ Cheering loudly isn’t disrespectful behavoiur!
        ¤ I am wondering how you (or somebody else) know WHY some people hiss the scoreboard on another court??? These people could have been the Americans who booed Isner! Isner has been booed in the USA. Have you any evidences? Cheryl’s story isn’t an evidence.

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      • Simon Cambers and others also confirmed what Cheryl wrote:

        “Crowds on Court Suzanne Lenglen hiss about a Nadal match they haven’t even witnessed. The French love an underdog. It looked like it could be the day of the underdog when John Isner took Rafael Nadal to five sets in the first round of the French Open in 2011. But as he so often does, Nadal managed to grind out the win. When the result was flashed on to the screens of the Court Suzanne Lenglen, the news was met with some boos and hisses.”

        Evidence? Hahahahahaha. Those nasty nasty Americans!!!!

        And no, cheering loudly on its own is not disrespectful. Cheering extremely loud when a journeyman is in the process of eliminating a four-time RG champion and sitting quietly when said champion wins points IS disrespectful.

        It’s all about context gussie, something you conveniently choose to ignore.

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      • hawkeye63@July 4, 2014 at 7:15 pm
        —Simon Cambers and others also confirmed what Cheryl wrote–

        HOW did he confirm??? There is NO evidences in this text!
        Did you notice that S. Cambers used the word ‘some’: ¤¤ When the result was flashed on to the screens of the Court Suzanne Lenglen, the news was met with SOME [!!!] boos and hisses.¤¤

        Cheryl wrote ‘ half the stadium’: ¤¤ When Nadal finally won the fifth set, the result was flashed on the scoreboard in neighboring Suzanne Lenglen stadium. And in response to Nadal’s victory, HALF [???] the stadium booed him.¤¤

        Funny, no?
        That’s how myths are created. 😆

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        • Yes you’ve made it quite clear that on this point you are in the minority on a site dominated by Rafans.

          By confirm, I mean he agrees with Cheryl’s point that the crowd booed.

          If it was true, and I believe it was, I am not surprised as it is in line with past petty behaviour from the French crowd towards Rafa (and other players I might add) in the past.

          They are uncivil.

          #HopeThisHelps

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  10. Toni Says:
    “There is only one set of supporters that is worse than the French and that is the Parisians. They say it themselves and it’s true, the Parisian crowd is pretty stupid. I think the French don’t like it when a Spaniard wins. Wanting someone to lose is a slightly conceited way of amusing yourself. They show the stupidity of people who think themselves superior.”

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    • By the way, Cheryl didn’t like at all what U.Toni said! She wrote that Toni should keep quiet!

      Cheryl, Tennistalk, June 10, 2009: ¤¤ Reflections from the French Open
      3. Sometimes Uncle Toni would do better to keep quiet. Toni Nadal has been very busy talking to the press recently. Busy bemoaning the French crowd and making dire predictions about his nephew’s chances of playing Wimbledon. In some ways, I can understand why he is the way he is. After all, his relationship with his pupil is not that of a typical coach and player. He loves his nephew. I have no doubt that he really was concerned over the knee problems (it turned out to be another symptom of Rafa’s tendinitis). I’m sure he was irritated that the crowd was actively cheering for his nephew’s loss, but what is to be gained by going after them on the radio? [U.Toni was interviewed by a Spanish radio station.] It won’t help the French fans warm to him any better. Why be all doom and gloom about an injury when you don’t know the extent of it? ¤¤

      Shouldn’t the writer have kept quiet?

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    • I think the Russians were happy that Rafa retired.

      Speaking of Russians, there is a lot of Russians in France. Historically, France and Russia have been close friends. The Russian nobility preferred French to Russian for everyday use.
      Internet: ¤¤ After the October Revolution of 1917, Paris, along with Berlin and Prague, was one of the three principal cities of Russian emigration in Europe. ¤¤

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      • Yes gussie, I will never argue your right to believe that only russian/american/tourists dislike Rafa.

        There are a whole lot more French in France than Russians and Americans combined in Paris.

        Lovely commercial a few year’s back on French TV implying Rafa’s blood could fuel a car but let’s not get into that because the French LOVE Rafa of course. Could have been an Aeroflot or Lada commercial though.

        Whatever works for you. To each his/her own.

        We just have a difference in opinion on this.

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  13. More often than not they cheer against him.

    The French have strongly disliked Rafael Nadal.

    Just watch the Soderling win over Rafa. Enthusiastic cheering for Soderling points (including UEs from Rafa) and virtual silence for Rafa’s points.

    #Technicality

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    • @hawkeye,

      Thanks for fighting the good fight and keeping it real. I will never forget the way the French crowd acted when Rafa lost to Soderling at the 2009 RG. There is simply no way of getting around the immutable truth regarding their behavior.

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  14. gussie says:
    Cheering loudly isn’t disrespectful behavoiur!

    No, but not letting Rafa serve while he’s on the service line for five minutes by booing the match is disrespectful to Rafa.

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    • hawkeye63( at 7:25 pm),

      Probably you think in 2005. The crowd booed the UMPIRE!!!
      Don’t try to convince me that they booed Rafa!
      I have read threads created by the Federazzi to convince people that Rafa was booed and I have read also Rafa fans replies that’s not true (with video evidences that are not available any more, unfortunately).

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  16. Why are augusta08 and nadline so fierce in attacking anyone who dared to question the French Tennis Association and the French crowd’s behaviour toward Nadal and treated them as enemies?

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    • @liz,

      All I can say is a big – thank you – for this comment! I would like to know the answer to your question.

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    • liz ( at 2:26 am),
      I am wondering WHY hawkeye63 so fiercely supports the Federazzi’s (or anyone’s) efforts in creating the myths that Rafa has been booed at Roland Garros.

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      • augusta, not only hawkeye, there is the lynch mob as well who will lead the cheerleading at anything negative about Rafa.

        I’ve just accepted that some people are just Rafa fans in name only. (Not you, hawkeye) At least we know where the Federazzi are coming from.

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      • nadline says:
        augusta, not only hawkeye, there is the lynch mob as well who will lead the cheerleading at anything negative about Rafa.

        How is that negative about Rafa? hahahaha

        It is negative about the uncivil French crowd, not Rafa.

        Hilarious.

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    • Wrong!

      I have always praised the French Tennis Association for their untiring adulation of Rafa by celebrating him and his birthday every year with the most elaborate birthday cake and press coverage. L’Equipe can’t get enough of Rafa during the FO tournament. Also, I have never criticized the French crowd, on the contrary, I have always maintained that the French crowd love Rafa it’s just that the minority Federazzi element in the crowd shout louder than the rest.

      You only have to see the love Rafa is shown on the practice courts and around Paris to know how much he is adored. Even the French Radio’s prank calling him is evidence of their obsession with him. Listen to this and see what I mean.

      http://larrybrownsports.com/tennis/rafael-nadal-prank-called-french-radio-station/139034

      Get your facts right, in future.

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      • Using the phrase “lynch mob” is absolutely outrageous, especially in reference to anyone here. That is way over the line.

        Some people just cannot have a disagreement without resorting to cheap shots.

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      • lynch mob ! LOL.

        to liz and all the new posters here..some ‘real’ rafa fans here have a criteria before they hand out licences to posters for entering the loyal rafa nadal club…. the standard is quite high and there is no flexbility …..Pay attention!

        There is one ,and only one criterion : SHUT YOUR BRAIN.This is no place to discuss tennis !! Don’t anyone dare analyze the losses of rafa or other players. If rafa loses a match , just refrain from commenting about the match and his prospects. If his opponents win a match, it’s your utmost duty to bash them ! Even if you acquire the license , it will be cancelled immediately if you say anything positive about rafa’s rivals or say they will be a threat to rafa. Just make sure to keep saying that rafa will keep bagelling every one of his opponents regardless of what the scenario is.

        Bonus recommendation: NEVER say that rafa was EVER not given the best of treatments by the french people. ok?

        and oh ,there is no room for disgreeing with the set rules. Good luck fellows ,or ‘fake fans’! You are all federrazi’s no matter how hard you try. sorry

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      • and oh ,if anyone here THINKS that if djkovic had lost this match ,he would have struggle d big time mentally going forward .How dare you THINK about this? it somehow implies you are ‘concernedd’ about djokovic !! you are federrazi ! caught red handed !

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      • I am also sick and tired of the implication that some here are not true Rafa fans. No one is in any position to make that judgment. No one here is God, nor should they put themselves in the position of presuming to look down at others.

        This is a constant refrain, this nonsense about “some” here not being true Rafa fans. Who gets to say who is a true Rafa fan? Anyone who thinks that they are the only ones who know, is just full of themselves.

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    • So the ridiculous comparisons of who is the most ‘loyal’ rafa fan is back. tsk tsk…pitiful

      All of you just end it. The support the French have given to rafa is >>>> than the support they have given to all french players in the history of tennis. Ok? happy? I hope !

      DUH !!

      How difficult is this to absorb: Rafa has a big fan base in Paris …but he is not their top preference , it has always been Federer. and what’s wrong with that? There are areas in the world where rafa must be more popular!

      Have the french been disrespectful toward rafa? yes ,occasionally ! stop all this CID for heavens sake !

      When rafa plays a local player anywhere else , he still has plenty of support. In paris ,….sorry… watch his match against Grosjean and Mathieu….

      RAFA HAS A BIG FAN BASE THERE BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THEY HAVE OFTEN HAD OTHER PREFERENCES

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      • I wonder when this outrageous propaganda of calling literally everyone rafa fan here a fake fan or federrazi would end. Extremely counterproductive for having healthy discussions. it’s as if some people cannot tolerate it when tennis is being discussed here so they HAVE to resort to the same old crap.

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      • Ok, ok, I confess (breaks down and sobs): I’ve never been a Rafafan and never will be! The last 10 years were pure torture, as I had to watch how this Spanish beast started to grab at everything, which belongs by law of nature to the one and only Swiss GOAT. I was just cloaking myself in the Spanish flag, ready to pounce, when no one here would be suspecting it.
        Now, before you tie me on a stake and burn me, I will slink back into the dense German woodworks, where I came from. I’ve larger chickens to fry anyway. I have to root for the German national team against Brazil. That’s hard and arduous work. There’s no space in my heart for the most prominent athlet supporting the abysmal Spanish team.
        😉

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  18. Google translate
    July 5, 2014: ¤¤ Rafa Nadal sends a message of support to Anora Rural Olympics
    Nadal’s words have raised a round of applause and a big surprise at the time, because the message arrived shortly before the ceremony and has been kept secret by the organization until the player has appeared on a screen. Musical entertainment has served as the basis for the opening ceremony of the seventh edition of Rural Olympics. More than 20 people volunteer of Rural Olympics have developed a wide array of music interpretation and with different styles. Salsa, rock, bachata, pop, among other genres, have characterized the performance of the components of this amateur group.
    However, the starting point of the event was the presentation of the 48 participating teams, who come from throughout the region Pedroches, Ciudad Real, Valencia, Granada, Jaén, Montilla, Lucena, Sevilla and Scotland. Besides, this year there is a team, the number 48, consisting of mixed Tunisian, Turkish, Estonian and Italian. They have all come through the Erasmus exchange program. ¤¤
    http://copepozoblanco.blogspot.com/2014/07/rafa-nadal-envia-un-mensaje-de-apoyo.html

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    • i came here to share this ! haha….

      google translation sucked…one thing that was understandable was that connors said that rafa not only has the talent but he brings the most excitement,passion and emotion to the game

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    • Here is the translation:
      “-We need Rafa Nadal, world number one still.

      -In this game, Nadal puts emotion and passion. Nadal always excites me. Federer and Djokovic have all the talent. It’s almost perfect, but Nadal brings much talent as them … and more excitement. I could not believe how he returned to tennis in 2013, winning that series. It was incredible. He is a special player. For everything. And what happened here …?”

      http://tenis.as.com/tenis/2014/07/05…00_274981.html

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    • This is what caught my eye about the Connors comment, “Win or lose, Nadal always excited me”

      Connors is a Rafan. This is the way I feel too, win or lose.

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      • Here is a rough translation of the 3rd paragraph:
        Connors also believes Rafa has a great return of serve. “A great returner must always be aggressive and aim towards the baseline. During this Wimbledon, Rafa was able to win matches with a great return of server; however, when he lost to Kyrgios, he did not have a good serving day. Kyrgios had a great serving day, but in crucial points, I think Nadal should have been more aggressive in the return of serve. Or at least tried to.”

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