A page and forum to discuss all things Rafael Nadal.
Current ranking: 14
Last result: Australian Open second round (lost to Mackenzie McDonald)
Next tournament: Roland Garros
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A page and forum to discuss all things Rafael Nadal.
Current ranking: 14
Last result: Australian Open second round (lost to Mackenzie McDonald)
Next tournament: Roland Garros
Copyright © 2024 | MH Magazine WordPress Theme by MH Themes
Sleeveless Rafa and fans (mainly young people!):
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CCkQ4mUVEAAyx-P.jpg
Photo: Nice Matin
Spies are everywhere.
Video by Roland Garros. Top 5 moments at Roland Garros: Rafael Nadal’s matches
Published on Apr 14, 2015
¤¤ Roland-Garros chose five matches among the best ones played by Rafael Nadal in Paris. A subjective choice as the list is pretty endless! Discover this top 5 of glorious’ Spanish moments! ¤¤
5. Rafa vs N. Almagro, 2008 QF
4. Rafa vs M.Puerta, 2005 F
3. Rafa vs R. Federer, 2006 F
2. Rafa vs N.Djokovic, 2013 SF
1. Rafa vs R.Federer, 2011 F
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pI8bCZ2FM0
Video. ATP Monte Carlo: Rafael Nadal – “Rafa”-Mania in Monte Carlo!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=23&v=yyf86b5oH9Q
tennisworldusa, April 14, 2015: ¤¤ New racket for Rafael Nadal! PHOTOS INSIDE!
The Spaniard, when interviewed about it by Sky Sports, said a few words, “I hope that this change will serve me to play better …” though he didn’t reveal any further details. ¤¤
http://www.tennisworldusa.org/New-racket-for-Rafael-Nadal-PHOTOS-INSIDE-articolo23375.html
Rafa was also interviewed about it after today’s match.
tennistopic.com, April 15, 2015 (in Spanish)
http://www.tennistopic.com/rod-laver-arena/cronicas/nadal-tritura-pouille/
(See excerpts translated from Spanish in Reply)
Excerpts translated from Spanish:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CCpV8rQWYAEjn7B.png
By more effects does he mean more spin (more revolutions per second)?
Yes, more power and spin to keep his opponent pinned further back. God knows he’s not hitting deep enough this year.
This is why Roger’s legion of rent-a-spies were peeking through holes at Rafa’s practise.
#Reconnaissance
Rafa tweeks his racquet almost every year.
#NothingNew
I am not sure less control is what Rafa needs returning Isner’s serves in his next match.
If Rafa gets enough confidence back, or let’s better say when, then the thinking goes that he will have enough precision, control even with this tweak.
Maybe he needs a racquet with more confidence.
The real reason why the French booed Nadal’s close victory over Isner while Fed was still alive…
“The big winner at Monte Carlo in a world without Rafa would have been Federer, ”
http://espn.go.com/tennis/story/_/id/12693951/monte-carlo-masters-imagine-less-dominant-rafael-nadal
Same is true at Roland Garros as was shown in 2009, for sure, no?
#PoorBodo
https://tenngrand.com/2015/04/11/djokovic-nadal-on-same-side-of-monte-carlo-draw/comment-page-1/#comment-189100
https://tenngrand.com/2015/04/11/djokovic-nadal-on-same-side-of-monte-carlo-draw/comment-page-1/#comment-189128
I don’t click on links from unreliable sources.
PoorBodo indeed. This article is an example of trying hard to make a point. Had Rafa not been around, who knows how each of those matches would have gone.
You might as well ask. Had Rafa been born 5 years earlier, same year as Roger, how would Roger’s accomplishments stack up then?
Or, had there been another player besides Rafa, between 2002 and 2011 who would be more or less Roger’s equal, what then?
Roger’s minions reporting in on Rafa’s new racquet…
https://twitter.com/rogerfederer/status/588371474852921344
#SpiesAreEverywhere
Roger’s minions reporting in on Rafa’s new racquet…
Roger Federer Verified account @rogerfederer
#peekaboo
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CCpQuQdUsAAb6PU.jpg
#SpiesAreEverywhere
How does he amass so many screen tear awards so quickly (in a single practice it seems)?
Photoshop.
#UnreliableSources
Unreliable sources are everywhere!!!
#TrustNo1
#WhoIsNo1
I guess then by definition Uncle Toni is another unreliable source…
“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.”
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/jun/01/rafael-nadal-soderling-french-open-crowd
Later Toni said…
“Rafa is a good man. What happened to him against Soderling, it was just unthinkable. A four-time winner of Roland Garros cannot be whistled against a player who was not exactly the friendliest in the world! The French love the beautiful game. Rafael is Spanish, it is another [game]. And he also beat Federer.”
#UnreliableSourcesAreEverywhere
Et tu Rafa?
After his defeat by Soderling Rafael Nadal said it appeared the crowd had been supporting the Swede rather than him at one point, which he considered a sad reflection on the spectators’ attitude to the game. “This tournament is so important, such a beautiful tournament for me. Well, that’s the way it is,” he said. “But I wish when I’m back they can support me a bit more in key moments.”
#UnreliableSourcesAreEverywhere
Alas, Rafa Nadal, the King of Clay, and King of RG, is an unreliable source as to what happen in that infamous match at RG>
Neither is Toni reliable, alas.
http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2015/04/looking-down-both-barrels/54637/#.VS8EEly5LUk
hawkeye and chloro,
Thanks for keeping it real! 🙂
April 16, 2015 at 1:50 am
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It’s not news that people who appreciate imaginary stories are thankful for the people who keep the stories alive. To each their own! 😆
Now Uncle Toni and Rafa are telling “imaginary stories”.
Hilarious!!!
#GussiesWorld
#TwistedWeb
Hey gussie, how’s about another imaginary story about American Tourists In Paris?
Too funny!!!
Augusta,
Why do you call Raphael Nadal and Toni Nadal liers?
I thought you like Rafa and trust his word?
I would think that you would also trust Toni’s word.
April 19, 2015 at 7:02 pm,
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https://tenngrand.com/2015/04/11/djokovic-nadal-on-same-side-of-monte-carlo-draw/comment-page-1/#comment-189128
So that’s a yes, Augusta?
Oh what a tangled web she weaves, when first she practises to (self) deceive.
The “reliable” sources grow smaller and smaller to protect the so-called “truth”.
Hilarious!
https://tenngrand.com/social/player-pages/rafael-nadal/comment-page-55/#comment-189312
Reliable? Or unreliable.
Rafa is going to play in Stuttgart on grass (before playing at the Queen’s Club in London):
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CCtFMIZXIAEz3bz.jpg
Fans are everywhere.
https://instagram.com/p/1kTrFUsv3O/
https://instagram.com/p/1nB7WgwFKK/
You mean the thousands of fans watching Nole in that pic?
#Curious
The Barcelona Open draw
http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2015/425/mds.pdf
Rafa has a brutal Barcelona draw: Starting with Almagro then possibles Fognini, Andujar, Ferrer (again!) and then Nishikori.
Gosh, if he isn’t well and truly marinated, cooked and basted come FO I don’t know what will.
Vamos Rafito!
Rafa is already practicing in Barcelona, Uncle Toni is with him:
(via Planeta Tennis)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CC9s2AUW0AAjSQZ.jpg
From Rafa:
https://www.facebook.com/Nadal/photos/a.405503576025.183849.64822581025/10152962326826026/?type=1&theater
Rafa will play his first match on Wednesday.
Fans are everywhere.
On Sunday in Barcelona:
https://www.facebook.com/barcelonaopenbancsabadell/photos/pb.394317181022.-2207520000.1429515642./10153156798806023/?type=3&theater
Rafa and K.Nishikori posed at the pre-tournament photo shoot at the former Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (In English: Hospital of the Holy Cross and Saint Paul) today.
Wikpipedia: ¤¤ It’s a complex built between 1901 and 1930, designed by the Catalan modernist architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner. Together with Palau de la Música Catalana, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was a fully functioning hospital until June 2009, it is currently undergoing restoration for use as a museum and cultural center. ¤¤
https://twitter.com/bcnopenbs/status/590085662675755008/photo/1
A summary of the pre-tournament press conference held today (on Monday):
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CDB-vm_UkAE78lj.png
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CDCYK0qXIAAVsdz.png
Good job, Rafa! VAMOS!
There were two coaches at Rafa’s practice on Monday:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CDDJiuAUEAAy1Dy.png
Hopefully the new coach is reliable enough for some.
https://tenngrand.com/social/player-pages/rafael-nadal/comment-page-55/#comment-189312
Reliable? Or unreliable.
Rafa’s coaches have nothing to do with imaginary stories constructed by somebodies to whom It’s their bread and butter.
https://tenngrand.com/2015/04/11/djokovic-nadal-on-same-side-of-monte-carlo-draw/comment-page-1/#comment-189128
Rafa always has Uncle Toni and Roig in Barcelona.
Exactly ritb. Nothing new.
So then Uncle Toni saying the French were rude to Rafa is reliable? Or unreliable.
And Rafa’s statement calling out the French crowd by saying he hoped they would be more supportive to him in the future is reliable? Or unreliable.
https://tenngrand.com/social/player-pages/rafael-nadal/comment-page-55/#comment-189312
Hilarious!
April 20, 2015 at 5:32 pm,
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Uncle Toni and Rafa have nothing to do with the imaginary stories constructed by somebodies to whom It’s their bread and butter:
https://tenngrand.com/2015/04/11/djokovic-nadal-on-same-side-of-monte-carlo-draw/comment-page-1/#comment-189128
According to Rafa and uncle Toni, the French crowd have been unfair to Rafa.
Reliable source? Or unreliable source.
Hilarious!
April 20, 2015 at 8:59 pm
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Rafa & Toni Nadal have nothing to do with the imaginary stories constructed by those to whom It’s their bread and butter:
https://tenngrand.com/2015/04/11/djokovic-nadal-on-same-side-of-monte-carlo-draw/comment-page-1/#comment-189128
No, we are talking about somebody’s accusation that sources that claim that the French crowd is disrespectful towards Rafa are unreliable.
Uncle Toni and Rafa themselves have said the same about the French crowd in the past. It is no surprise that the French crowd booed the scoreboard when Rafa came back to defeat Isner. Someone claims (in desperation) without any facts that it was American fans.
Hilarious!
April 21, 2015 at 12:45 pm,
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We are talking about IMAGINARY stories constructed by those to whom It’s their bread and butter:
https://tenngrand.com/2015/04/11/djokovic-nadal-on-same-side-of-monte-carlo-draw/comment-page-1/#comment-189128
No, that is what you are talking about to avoid my pointing out your inconsistent delusional arguments about the French crowd being unfair and disrespectful to Rafa, something that even Uncle Toni and Rafa have alluded to.
Hilarious!
#HeadInTheSand
#SeeNoEvil
April 21, 2015 at 2:05 pm.
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The IMAGINARY story
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CDH894iVAAAHr3F.png
There are only one so-called fans I know who believe this is an imaginary story.
I believe Darren Cahill and Cheryl Murray of whom I have the utmost respect. This is the commonly accepted view, not the view of delusional revisionists who claim to be real Rafans (one of which continues to defend Cry Baby behaviour).
This behaviour is in alignment with the French crowd’s disrespectful behaviour when Nadal lost to Soderling which you have also denied even though Uncle Toni and Rafa confirmed.
Hilarious!
April 21, 2015 at 3:12 pm,
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Imaginary stories wouldn’t survive, if there weren’t people who keep them alive.
https://tenngrand.com/2015/04/11/djokovic-nadal-on-same-side-of-monte-carlo-draw/comment-page-1/#comment-189128
Your continual inability to address your inconsistencies (that contradict Uncle Toni and Rafa’s statements about the French crowd) as a result of delusional revisionism is an admission of being caught up in your own (self) deceit.
Hilarious!
I also believe John McEnroe…
“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.”
That’s Uncle Toni Nadal talking to Spanish radio after his nephew, Rafa, got bumped out of Roland Garros on Sunday to Robin Soderling. (via The Guardian)
The Swede underdog was buoyed by the cheers of the French crowd, which offered little love to the four-time defending champion. In key points of the match, the stands shuddered under cheers of “Ro-bin! Ro-bin!” John McEnroe quipped that Soderling had never experienced such support – in Sweden.
Nadal noticed, too:
“This tournament is so important, such a beautiful tournament for me. . .I wish when I’m back they (the crowd) can support me a bit more in key moments.”
April 21, 2015 at 3:43 pm,
April 21, 2015 at 3:48 pm.
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Your issues.
No, they are yours. You are alone in your denial that the French crowd has been disrespectful towards Rafa. You have called such opinions unreliable and with questionable motivations. Opinions shared by Rafa and Toni..
Hilarious!
I am pleased to read Rafa’s words. He sounds like a man who has lifted a great burden off himself. It’s a wonderful thing when the demons and fears are out of the way and Rafa can play freely. He also was right to remind everyone that this is what happens when a player is off for a long time.
This is why it’s such a mistake to write off Rafa. He had to struggle to get back to his best form. Meanwhile, the eyes of everyone are on him and they are putting their own expectations on him. But Rafa has been smart enough to just stay the course and realize that it will take time for him to sort it out.
I just rejoice in seeing Rafa playing so well now. It’s a good thing! 🙂