Wimbly: Head-over-heels victorious

Rafa in Reader’s Digest UK

Atch2 let me know that she spotted Rafa on the cover of Reader’s Digest UK in a bookshop today. She says the article is pretty short and didn’t really have anything new to say, but thought she’d pass it along. And now I’m doing the same. (And I agree, Atch2, that’s totally a “posed plastic smile” on the cover. Oh well.)

27 Jul 2010 | by miri | 12 Comments

Toronto & Cincy?

According to the Google mangling of this article/video, Rafa will play both tournaments.

The video has interviews with Toni and Emilio Sanchez who appear to have taken part in some sort of “Tennis Congress” per this video and title.

And for those of us who are confused about the differences in hard courts, Mind the Racket tries to break things down for us. Problem is, there’s still confusing info out there.

25 Jul 2010 | by miri | 19 Comments

Tumblr

I know some people lurve tumblr almost more than life itself (heh). Since I *heart* it too, I’ve created a mirror for the posts on this site to tumblr. You can see the Nadal News tumblr here and get your RafaNews fix without having to leave your tumblr dashboard.

(I wanted to port all the all posts over there, but I’m having trouble getting the template to deal with the bizarre image tags WordPress uses to allow for captions…I’m working on it. If I can’t figure it out, future posts will show up on tumblr until I get tired

23 Jul 2010 | by miri | 10 Comments

Pau Gasol talks Rafa

Sadly, I have no idea what he’s saying, but there isn’t exactly a lot of Rafa news out there today and vamosrafelnadal saw fit to post it, so it must be good. :)

23 Jul 2010 | by miri | 4 Comments

Thailand Open added to the schedule

According to two items (one; two) sitting in my in-box when I woke up this morning, Rafa has once again added the Thailand Open to his schedule. He’s scheduled and had to pull out before due to injuries, so let’s hope the people of Thailand get to see Rafa in person this year.

“This year with my health and body in good shape, I am really looking forward to playing some great tennis for the Thai fans,” Nadal said in

22 Jul 2010 | by miri | 54 Comments

RafaLint: July 21st

Hey, it’s getting dusty out here on the wide wide web. Let’s clean a bit.

kefuoe let me know about a poll Tennis Magazine (French) is having for their year end issue. They have decided the cover story is Rafa, and you can help them decide which photo of him will grace the cover. Cast your vote.

Rafael Nadal, man or myth? (by Anna Nicholas) talks about how Rafa’s a true Mallorcan in his values and bearing.

This article pretends

21 Jul 2010 | by miri | 35 Comments

Knee update

Looks like Rafa went back to the doctor yesterday. First, here’s a video with old footage (pre-World Cup) from the iB3. Google mangling of the text:

The Manacor Rafael Nadal on Monday visited a third time consulting the doctor Mikel Sanchez in Vitoria. The world’s number 1 followed by treatment of infiltration to its knees after suffering back problems at Wimbledon, who won last July 4.

The Mallorcan received injections of plasma enriched with growth factors that has already been applied to the left knee

20 Jul 2010 | by miri | 36 Comments

Practice resumes on Thursday

Per Rafa’s official site, he’ll resume practice on Thursday:

After a deserved holiday, Rafa Nadal will begin training on Thursday for the last part of the season in America. The year so far couldn’t have been better for the world No.1. He ended the clay-court season with an impeccable record and 4 titles, and if that wasn’t already a great feat, he completed (a very short) but perfect grass season with a second Wimbledon title.

Rafa will be looking at improving his game and probably

19 Jul 2010 | by miri | 25 Comments

More random video…

…of Rafa enjoying some gum, um, the World Cup final.

Posted by georgekifai.

19 Jul 2010 | by miri | 25 Comments

Enjoying some golf [Updated]

Looks like Rafa’s been enjoying some golf.

Bee sends in the following sum-up of the vid:

I can’t give a full translation of the video but can give a brief synopsis…

From next week Rafa Nadal will start training having taken advantage of time to receive treatment on his knees. Now he has his sights on the US tour and the only Grand Slam that he doesn’t have, the US Open.

Rafa: I haven’t got a thorn in my side about the US Open, no, I am not obliged to win the 4. I have

17 Jul 2010 | by miri | 32 Comments