RafaLint: June 4th
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As a someone who is occasionally a geeky numbers person and is very interested in the display of data, I find this chart to be very interesting. When I looked at this earlier today, Daveed was ahead of Rafa. Now, Rafa’s at the top…despite how dominant Daveeed’s win was today.
Articles:
- Racquet Reaction: Nadal d. Monaco – by Hannah Wilks (tennis.com)
- Rafa’s Best Roland Garros Start Yet! – via the ATP
- Is Rafael Nadal Playing His Best Tennis? – by Bill Connelly (sbnation.com)
- Rafael Nadal cruises into quarters – via ESPN
- Grounds Pass, Day 9, June 4 – by Steve Tignor (tennis.com)
- Pictures from a Cold Island – by Steve Tignor (tennis.com)
- Nadal apologizes after thrashing friend in French Open rout – from CNN
- Stunning Nadal through, Ferrer, Almagro, Tsonga and Del Potro too – by y Kate Battersby (rolandgarros.com)
- French Open Day 9: Rafael Nadal continues tear through Paris – by Courtney Nguyen (si.com)
Videos:
- IB3 birthday and pre-match report – it has old PlayStation footage, but towards the end has the sweatband toss boo-boo of cuteness from Saturday.
- rtve birthday tribute
- >Babolat stringers answer your questions.
Photos:
- Smiley draw ceremony photo.
- More bday photos
- Some presser photos on Zimbio.
Tweets about Rafa:
oh and thanks for talking to us @TennisChannel @RafaelNadal i really appreciate it…. twitter.com/rennaestubbs/s…
— rennae stubbs (@rennaestubbs) June 4, 2012
@RafaelNadal walking back to the locker room, abruptly stopped 2 take photos after his match with the disabled in wheelchairs at his match
— rennae stubbs (@rennaestubbs) June 4, 2012
he is such class and grace and may i say, so freakin good. 13 seed wins 2 GAMES in 3 sets! unbelievable! good luck the rest of the field
— rennae stubbs (@rennaestubbs) June 4, 2012
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I have noticed that the highlights on the tournament site show mostly the good shots of Rafa’s opponent..all the last 4 matches.
Can anyone give me a better highlights link?
I missed the match coz the sports channel telecast the Murray-Gasquet match :(
Live streaming was awful..I got to see only a handful of awesome Rafaness
Stubbsy has always been a Rafa fan. Interviewing is a new gig for her, so she’s still honing her craft, but overall I think she’s doing a great job. I love that Rafa seems to have an awareness of and appreciation for his special needs fans. That’s usually something that’s taught early on. Thank you mama Nadal.
In response to all of these nice articles about Rafa, I just want to say big anti-jinx.
Nobody responds to a booing crowd better than Murray. It’s pretty funny.
Thanks for that chart! I love this kind of stuff–reinforces or corrects my impressions, and is grist for my sports talk with friends.
Once again, you can’t hear it enough–thanks for going to all this trouble day after day, culling and posting. I really appreciate it.
Great lint! thanks. I never thought Rafa would be able to play better than he did in 2008. I am happy to say I was wrong. Vamos #7!!!
I do like Steve Tignors articles and his style of writing.
Agreed..Steve Tignor’s writings are kind of “poetic” and nice to read..
Sorry Miri of the topic.
I hope your mom is well and you are too.
Take care.