Indian Wells draw

iB3 promo/preview for Hit for Haiti

…and summary of yesterday’s action.

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I’m off to Watts, then Palm Springs and then, finally, Indian Wells. Yay!

12 Mar 2010 | 5 Comments

IW practice footage

First Roger than Rafa. Rafa starts just before the 3 minute mark.

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12 Mar 2010 | 9 Comments

Rafa confirmed for Queen’s Club

Per my Google alerts, Atch2 and the official site, Rafa’s confirmed for this year’s Queen’s Club tournament in London.

“I always look forward to coming to England to play at The Queen’s Club and Wimbledon but this year there is even more motivation because I could not defend my titles last year,” said Nadal, who joins the US Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro in making early commitments to the field at the AEGON Championships.

“No-one was more disappointed than me that I couldn’t play because I love those tournaments,” added Nadal. “Queen’s is a big, important tournament played at a

11 Mar 2010 | 13 Comments

IW doubles draw

The doubles draw is out and guess who’s on it? Yes! The cutest doubles team evah! Rafa and Marc! will team up to play the #3 seeds in the first round. It’ll be tough…can they do it? If they do and if Feli and Nando win their first round, they would play each other. The court might explode from the hotness.

10 Mar 2010 | 37 Comments

Don’t count this man out

If you aren’t following @JamesLaRosa on twitter you should. If for no other reason than kefuoe and I need more donations to the “JamesLaRosa streaks the Hit for Haiti” fund. Any way…he just tweeted a link to his “He’s Rafa, Dammit” article. Read it. Chill. Be happy – RafaTennis resumes soon.

10 Mar 2010 | 23 Comments

First IW Facebook update

Posted just a few minutes ago:

Ya en Indian Wells desde ayer. El jet lag hace que me levante a las 6 de la mañana cada dia! Ahora me voy a entrenar, a las 8! Despues mandare un video de bienvenida | In Indian Wells since yesterday. Jet lag terrible, waking up at 6 am. I am going to practice now at 8 am and will send a video later

Isn’t it 7am there now?

10 Mar 2010 | 10 Comments

What can you do with a ball?

*ahem*

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10 Mar 2010 | 27 Comments

[Updated] Of course injury casts doubt

Part two of the as.com interview is up. (Google translation)

When asked about is chances at Indian Wells and Miami:

Basically, the bottom line is that I feel good physically, strong … and knees no longer hurt. The pain is forgotten now. I have come to make tennis workouts up to three hours. Lack of competition … and take confidence. I’ll summarize by saying that trying out with options in every tournament. Options, at least to compete.

10 Mar 2010 | 22 Comments

IW: Practice photos

Trying out this wonky flash embed that fotoglif.com has – figure it’s more polite than, uh, borrowing the photos. (Thanks, DS) Visit their site to see the photos larger.

9 Mar 2010 | 26 Comments

[Updated] I need to continue to play well and win

mary sends in this interview with as.com (Google translation). When asked if the knees and torn tendon were 100%, he answered…kind of.

I’ve been training hard three weeks, from which I was medically discharged for doing so. We’ve done as a pre-season work with the idea of recovering the early-season form, which was to reach Australia. I feel strong and knees do not hurt. Now it is competing.

He goes on to say that during Doha and the AO

9 Mar 2010 | 31 Comments