RafaLint: March 16th

Tomorrow will be a busy day for Rafa – he’ll play his singles semi against Federer and then the doubles final with Marc! against Querrey and Isner. Here’s the OOP.

Articles:

• Breaking down the men’s quarterfinals – by Courtney Nguyen (si.com)
• Stadium 2: the best place on earth – by Arienna Lee (includes pictures and a description of the Team Cuteness quarterfinal match).
• Raquet Reaction: Nadal d. Nalbandian – by Hannah Wilks (tennis.com)
• Calling in the Closer – by Steve Tignor (tennis.com)
• Federer and Nadal to meet in last four – by Mark Lamport-Stokes (reuters.com)
• Inside Stories – by Steve Tignor (tennis.com)
• Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal advance – AP via espn.com
• BNP Paribas Open owner Larry Ellison going big – by Leighton Ginn (Desert Sun). I totally agree with Ellison’s statements on learning on hard court vs clay.
• Oddballs and Oddities – by Alexandra Willis (thetennisspace.com)

Videos:

• Rafa congratulates RM in its 110th anniversary (thanks, genny_ss)

Photos:

• Rafa and Ben Stiller
• Practice and warm-up photos by Arienna Lee
• Rafa and the Boston U tennis team (thanks, genny_ss)
• Doubles pictures

Tweets about Rafa:

Passed Nadal and Lopez practicing yesterday. After two of Lopez’s serves, Rafa told him to hit “harder.” Price you pay, I guess. #bnpp012

— Steve Tignor (@SteveTignor) March 16, 2012

Random:

• Making the 2012 Olympic Book: a first look – by Emily Forder-White (a fun insider look at the photoshoots for the upcoming tennis book for the Olympics).
• A look at the athletes apartments for the Olympics.

17 Mar 2012 | by miri | One Comment