RafaLint: April 18th
Articles:
- Racquet Reaction: Nadal d. Nieminen – by Hannah Wilks (tennis.com)
- Nadal Opens Title Defence – by the ATP
- Nadal irrepressible on Monaco clay – by Dan Quarrell (eurosport.yahoo.com)
- Djokovic, Nadal make Monte Carlo third round – by Gregory Blachier (Reuters)
- Djokovic seeks Monte Carlo crown – by Richard Evans (foxsports.com)
- Nadal, Djokovic roll at Monte Carlo Masters – from the AP
- The Most Useful Talent – by Steve Tignor (tennis.com)
- Catching the Tape: So…What Changed? – Steve Tignor tries to figure out what’s changed in the Nadal/Djokovic dynamic.
- Nadal: ´La rodilla está bien, pero necesito partidos´ – by Sebastian Fest (mangle).
Videos:
- Follow MadAliceCudlip’s YouTube Channel for Monte-Carlo videos.
- Video from the ‘El Larguero’ radio interview. (Is that a different watch?)
- Flashback: Miami 2010 R3 Nalbandian vs Nadal; Battle of Surfaces 2007 Nadal vs Federer.
Photos:
- Rafa always gives good presser face: one, two, three, four, and five (photos by Neal Simpson/Empics Sports Photography Ltd.).



Both Tignor’s pieces were excellent. Thanks.
For the ppl that speak spanish here is the whole interview of “El Larguero”
http://www.cadenaser.com/deportes/audios/larguero-parte-16-04-2012/csrcsrpor/20120417csrcsrdep_1/Aes/
Links to this were included in yesterday’s lint post. Thanks