Rome: Rafa 1, the windy & Granollers 0
Rafa played fellow countryman Marcel Granollers in the 3rd round in Rome today. He didn’t start things off well – 2 double faults in a row – but he (and the wind) eventually settled down. The score looks like the match was easy, but in the first set things were tight with games lasting up to 8 minutes and often containing many deuces. In the second set, the score pretty much tells the story. Rafa is through to the quarterfinals where he will meet Berdych: 6-1, 6-1.
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Thanks to today’s 2nd round match in Rome, there’s one less player on the tour that holds a winning head-to-head against Rafa. That’s because Rafa beat Florian Mayer 6-1, 7-5. I didn’t get to see the match thanks to a killer migraine – couldn’t take the light from my TV set. Those who did see it, please let us know how you think it went.
RafaLint: May 15th
First up, Rafa’s pre-tournament (and fidgety!) interview in: English and Spanish. His first match will be tomorrow (Wednesday) not before 7:30pm. Vamos!
Articles:
Old Bosses, New Bosses – Tignor’s wrap up on Madrid.
Toni Nadal: “Es más fácil ser buena persona que ser buen tenista” – interview with Toni from puntodebreak.com. (mangle)
Roland Garros preview edition of Tennis 15-30.
Audio/Video:
Entrevista a Rafa Nadal, en Londres – a Spanish interview with Rafa about the Olympics. One of the kind
Rome: Rafa and rugrats
Rafa and tots…always a winning combo. First, a video from the ATP:
Now one from gazzetta.it.
And here’s some photos:
Photos by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images
RafaLint: May 14th
Light lint day – a few Madrid left-overs, a clip of Rafa’s pre-Rome interview and some photos from same.
Rome: Pre-tournament presser
A transcript of Rafa’s pre-tournament presser has been posted to the tournament site.
Q: Rafa, how was your fishing day the other day.
NADAL: Good. I had a day off in Majorca the other day. My first feeling after the match was to come to Rome to the next day but after talking to the people around me we decided to come home for some days and spend some time with my sister. She lives in Barcelona and I don’t have a
RafaLint: May 13th
Rome previews and practice photos, Roland Garros promo, and Rafa’s nipples – today’s lint.
Rankings: May 14th
The post Madrid rankings are up. Rafa and Fed switched places, and Del Potro popped back up into the top ten.
Madrid Friday ramblings
Random Thoughts because there was no Rafa today
Some additional thoughts on Rafa’s loss
I read in the comments that some people thought Rafa was not trying to win his match against Verdasco. I don’t believe that and for evidence I will site the last game. If he didn’t want to win, he could have spun his serves in and let Fernando whack them, or even thrown in one or two double faults. No instead he threw down 3 aces. Unfortunately, you need
Rome: The draw
The draw came out earlier today (sorry I’m tardy). Here it is in HTML and pdf formats. After a first round bye, Rafa will play the winner of a match between Raonic and F. Mayer. Tough start!
RafaLint: May 11th
A really big fish, Toni talks, and even more yammering about blue clay – today’s lint.
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