RafaLint: September 3
Photo by REUTERS/Mike Segar
Some lint before I power down this creaky old computer and attempt to hook up my new one. Cross your fingers that I can get all my software installed. It looks like I might have problems getting Eudora working under Windows 7. My life might not be worth living without it. (Stop laughing; I love it and have email archives going back to the 1990s.)
Book reviews/promos:
- Rafa: My Story by Rafael Nadal with John Carlin — review by William Skidelsky (The Observer)
- Rafael Nadal faces facts over matters of self-expression via the gardian.co.uk
Today’s recommended read:
- Not Rafa related, but a wonderful read: Holding Court with Joel Drucker: Time Past, Time Present (get a tissue before you read).
Match articles:
There were a lot of these out there, but most were pretty short…much like the match. So, here’s a few.
- Nadal d. Mahut – Raquet Reaction by Richard Pagliaro (tennis.com)
- Nadal coasts into third round as Mahut retires by Clair Maciel (usopen.org)
Articles:
- Toni talks: Rafael Nadal’s Coach: ‘Djokovic Is Better Than Us’ by Jordan Schultz (huffingtonpost.com)
- Nadal gets locks chopped
Video:
- Post Mahut match interview in Spanish
- Practice video from Spanish TV.
- Practice video from fans
- Interview with Toni
Photos:
- Rafa at Letterman via CelebriGum.
- Match photos from the US Open site.
- Lovely tweet from a proud parent whose child is watching her idol.
- Rafael Nadal: Shirtless at the U.S. Open! via Just Jared
Rafa does social media:
- Rafa posted a photo of himself and Toni having a chat during a practice session.
Random stuff:
- Rafa might have some passport issues. Tweet one
Rafael Nadal better win today. Why? Because his passport is at the Chinese embassy.
Applying for visa for Shanghai event, Nadal forgot to take his photo with a white backdrop. Oops…Embassy reopens Tuesday
- The Tennis Monster via the New Yorker
- U.S. Open Point/Counterpoint: Jimmy Connors vs. Rafael Nadal via NY Times
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I always love the haircut he gets in New York. Hope it brings him luck. I was in the nosebleeds at the Mahut match. Couldn’t even find his team with my binos…so his Dad walking by the media center but didn’t see his gf.
It’s almost torture to go to a rafa match and be so far away that he looks like a little ant on the court. Won’t do that again.
OK, you guys, I don’t usually have much use for fantasy matches between players from different eras, but the NY Times’ Point/Counterpoint “tournament” is kind of fun to try to picture. So please run over there and vote Rafa vs Jimmy Connors! Rafa is currently leading but not by a lot.
I did run over there and vote for Rafa, I always make sure!!! I vote for Rafa no matter what!
All the articles, photos, vids, tweets are amazing. Thanks, Miri.
I’m a little bit worried that a lot of people seem to focus on the Rafa-Toni relationship too much lately. Although it’s nothing new for us fans, it made major headlines mostly because of the book and it surprised many people (this kind of bahaviour by Toni). Rafa chose to make it the top story, so to speak, in his book and I think, whether it’s a coming of age thing or a career turning point, there’s a changing of the guards feeling to most of the interviews and articles I’ve read. I’m not saying it’a good thing or a bad thing, but there’s so much talk lately, it sometimes becomes too much.
It’s nice to see that most top tennis journalists identify Rafa as having the heart and the most determination to win out of all tennis players. That he does.
On a personal note, I was sad to hear the news about Venus, mostly because I know what she has to go through to fight this and amazed at how much she has accomplished even despite having it. Then came Joel Drucker’s article about his late wife and that also hit close to home for me. I also was diagnosed with lupus when I was 23 and although some days are better than others, I have the will to fight and try to have a normal life going and that is what tennis and Rafa and you guys have taught me.
Hi Maria, You have my very best wishes, living with a chronic illness is difficult at best. Isn’t being a Rafa fan one of the best “distractions” from the unpleasantess, what a joy he is!
That he most certainly is. Thank you, Isabelle.
I have to say that picture of Rafa hitting balls to the crowd is just gorgeous.
He somehow manages to always look gorgeous while doing that.
He reminds me of a child, who’s finally let out of the class room and into the school yard: Playtime! :-)
Lovely Rafa lint, I wish I could understand the Uncle T interview! sighs at not being able to speak or understand Spanish/catalan!