RafaLint: October 28th

Articles:

We Get It Already, Rafael Nadal Is Really Good At Sports by Burnsy. Really bad photoshopping, but I have to admit that the dog show one made me snort.
Kia Motors launches new global brand campaign – press release about the “Like” campaign.
Someone is suing Rafa because they want recognition for teaching him the 2010 US Open serve. (mangle)
Form & Fitness: Muscular Power by Matt Fitzgerald (atpworldtour.com)
Toni Nadal: “Sé hasta donde tensar la cuerda con Rafa”

28 Oct 2011 | by miri | 19 Comments

Getting ready for Paris

IB3 video of Rafa’s Paris prep:

27 Oct 2011 | by miri | 19 Comments

Tiebreak videos

Carlos Costa was on the Spanish TV show Tiebreak recently. Thanks to Inés, we have some videos.

Behind the scenes of the Armani shoot:

Costa’s office at IMG:

27 Oct 2011 | by miri | 11 Comments

RafaLint: October 26th

You know that warning I often give you? That “make sure you are sitting” one? And perhaps the “you might not want to click on this if you are at work” one? Yeah. They apply here. Rafa’s on the cover of an insert to the current issue of FHM in Spain. Here’s a link to a description of the magazine that includes a picture of Rafa’s cover. Scroll down past the images of women being objectified to the one of Rafa being objectified.

26 Oct 2011 | by miri | 10 Comments

New KIA commercial: What Rafa likes

New commercial for KIA:

Rafa looking very slick.

26 Oct 2011 | by miri | 31 Comments

RafaLint: October 25th

Articles:

John Carlin: “Nadal es un animal competitivo” by Lluís Regàs (mangle).
John Carlin: “Nadal es de una madera especial” by Carlos R. Galindo (mangle). WARNING: loud auto-loading video on the page.
Quite a few Rafa mentions in this interview with Moya (mangle) – thanks, Genie.
Rafa mention in this interview with a high school tennis player.

Videos:

JC posted a link to this presser vid in the comments – didn’t want people to miss it.

Photos:

Juan Hernandez has posted some golf photos

25 Oct 2011 | by miri | 13 Comments

RafaLint: October 24th

Articles:

Rafa is confirmed for Abu Dhabi next year: Djokovic to make Abu Dhabi debut by M. Satya Narayan (gulfnews.com); Novak Djokovic to lead star cast for Mubadala World Tennis Championship by The National.
Rafa gets a mention on golf.com.
Toni Nadal destaca la «capacidad de aguante» de Rafa via ultimahora.es. (Mangle)

Photos:

A last Shanghai photoset from smallfish wu.
A small album of photos from the Gimeno event via the Equipo Español de Copa Davis’s Facebook page.

Rafa does social

24 Oct 2011 | by miri | 7 Comments

Exhibition for Andrés Gimeno

The rtve has the whole event up here. If that doesn’t work for you or you just want to see the Rafa tiebreaks, Inés has uploaded them.

Tiebreak One:

Tiebreak Two:

Tiebreak Three:

23 Oct 2011 | by miri | 21 Comments

RafaLint: October 22nd

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Articles:

Nadal, tan agresivo como con la raqueta by Mario Díaz (elmundo.es) – seems to be about the mechanics of Rafa’s golf swing. Article includes a video. (Headache inducing mangle)
Nadal no es un producto de marketing, es él mismo – an interview with Benito. @genny_ss has put up a translation/mangle clean-up on her Facebook. If that doesn’t work for you, try the mangle.
“Yo no aguantaría ni un día en la piel de

23 Oct 2011 | by miri | 23 Comments

RafaLint: October 19th

Articles:

Article in the Castelló Masters Facebook. From the mangle (you’ll have to self-mangle, Google refuses to provide a link-able mangle), it sounds like Rafa’s team won.
Rafa Nadal campeón también de golf al ganar el Pro-Am via abc.es. Again, from the mangle, sounds like Rafa’s team won.

Rafael Nadal Lobs Tom Lewis Words of Advice via the Daily Express (WARNING: annoying autoloading video on the page).

Rafael no ha jugado bien y eso le ha pasado

19 Oct 2011 | by miri | 13 Comments