FB – Tenis Pro

Wooffie sent in these Tenis Pro vids…you’ll see why if you watch. My personal theory is that they were playing strip PlayStation and Rafa was losing.

Posted by RafaelNadalChannel.

31 Jul 2009 | by miri | 28 Comments

FB – 08 Queens

Rafa apologizes to a lady for hitting her with a ball, manages to lob over a freaky-tall guy, and smiles because he returns a killer serve with a two-handed forehand.

Posted by claudiacelestialgirl and sent in by Atch2.

30 Jul 2009 | by miri | 24 Comments

Can less be more?

Interesting article sent in by RC and appearing in the google feed below. It points out the catch-22 Rafa is in now. He’s often stated that he needs tons of court time (either during match play or practice) to play at his best, but tons of court time could continue to hurt the knees. Can he play his best without that court time? I’m sure he can physically, but what about mentally? I think that, perhaps, this is the most important hurdle he has to overcome right now. He has to learn how to feel confident in his play

29 Jul 2009 | by miri | 14 Comments

FB – Rafa-lution

Atch2 sent in this 2005 article from The Independent. Excerpts:

Last Sunday, 24 hours before the Godo tournament got under way on the manicured acres of the Real Tenis Club de Barcelona, the magazine Tenis A Fondo put on display a thousand posters of Nadal at their sales kiosk to give away as inducements to buy the publication. They were gone inside an hour.

Hey, his fans were just following his thieving ways…posters, towels…what’s the difference?

Nadal’s first emergence

29 Jul 2009 | by miri | 13 Comments

Australian Open final on DVD

A DVD of the Australian Open final is available for pre-order on Amazon.com. I wish they’d put the semi-final on DVD as well.

Thanks to RC for the heads up.

28 Jul 2009 | by miri | 33 Comments

TVE interview

The video is up now. Enjoy!

Google translation of the article.

AnaR has translated the interview, you can find her translation in the comments here and here.

28 Jul 2009 | by miri | 84 Comments

He’s working hard, people

Another teaser for the soon to air video can be found on the TVE site.

And here it is on YouTube as well – thanks to vamosrafelnadal.

28 Jul 2009 | by miri | 42 Comments

A new house for Rafa

Rafa has purchased a house in the residential complex of Playa Nueva Romana, in the Dominican Republic.

The residential complex, located in one of the most exclusive areas of the Caribbean, will have 1,200 luxury homes, a marina, a five-star hotel, and an 18-hole golf course. This new development represents an investment of more than US$180 million and covers an area of 620 acres of coconut groves, just 45 minutes from Santo Domingo’s international airport.

Island, boats, golf course and promoted by a Spanish company – no wonder he bought there.

Photos via prnewswire.com:

And a video:

28 Jul 2009 | by miri | 29 Comments

FB – 06 interview with Corretja

I have no idea what they are saying, but they both look nice while chatting. I love it when Rafa appears to be talking about his socks as if it’s no big deal getting them in the right configuration, but then kind of loses himself into getting them into the right configuration. Me? I get lost in all the leg stroking.

Posted by RafaelNadalChannel.

28 Jul 2009 | by miri | 30 Comments

TVE interview preview

If they are putting make-up on him, couldn’t they have dried his hair too? Sheesh.

Posted by vamosrafelnadal.

27 Jul 2009 | by miri | 31 Comments