RafaLint: June 19th
Screen grab from the Nike Training video
Articles:
- Exclusive: Wimbledon aim to avoid dash for the grass with schedule change – by Mike Dickson (dailymail.co.uk). Wonder if they can make it happen?
- Rafael Nadal’s Historic French Open Win Will Boost His Bank Account – by Kurt Badenhausen (forbes.com)
- A different experience for Wimbledon – by Ron Atkin (wimbledon.org). Different, but it’s okay to hope for a photo like that one, right?
It’s flashback time:
- Speaking of the Olympics…anyone want to watch the 2008 final? (Thanks, Inés.)
- Want a more recent flashback? How about the 2012 Australian Open semifinal between Rafa and Roger.
Photos:
- Rafa’s on the cover of Tenis World magazine.
- Nike Tennis gets all mushy on us.
- @TheSliceTweets ran into Rafa on her vacation in Spain.
Rafa does social media:
- Rafa posted a photo of a his very happy self surrounded by cousins.
Random:
- Feli shows he’s a better line-reader than Rafa and Marc! (In support of ALMA NADAL.)
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I love the link to the FULL Beijing Gold medal finals match! :o)
Thanks for the 2008 flashback!Was great!
Thank you Miri for this site.
Interesting to read that in the olympics that the final will be the best of 5 sets, but best of 3 for the
previous rounds. Hopefully our boy wont need that, but good to know!! ;)
Thanks Inez. Vintage Rafa, hair, shirt, shorts and didn’t he enjoy the medal ceremony. Good to see Fernando Gonzales too, will miss him now he’s retired. Enjoyed the Badenhausen piece too Miri.
The Badenhausen article was interesting from many angles, but it’s odd that the author could have so missed a salient point — that Rafa transcends (probably far more than Federer) the tennis demographic. One commenter to the article pointed out (as we all know) that Rafa has real pull with the female buyer as a “romantic lead.” I think TV viewing stats have consistently shown that Rafa makes the stats go up notably among female viewers, especially non-tennis fans, just as Tebow has done for pro football.
Thanks for the link, Miri!
I think the Forbes article was interesting and I think Rafa will overtake Federer as the greatest tennis player and I think he can top Federer’s endorsement deals.
I agree with John McEnroe that Rafa will retire as the greatest of the open era.
Rafa has an appeal and style which resonates more with younger fans and women.
The Nike outfits he wears are daring and bold, he takes more risks. He is charming, humble, honest but slightly mysterious, like one person said in the comments section on the Forbes website, Rafa is the romantic leading man.
A Spanish journalist said Spanish youngsters don’t want to be sportsmen and women, they want to be the next Rafa and I think with youngsters having so much buying power right now with movies, books, clothes and music being created to satisfy their tastes (e.g. Twilight, The hunger games, Justin Bieber) I think companies will capitalise on Rafa’s appeal on the younger generation.
The article also points out that Rafa could end up as number 1 again by the end of year, I don’t understand why there’s so much talk of Federer overtaking Djokovic as world number 1. I really like Federer but if Rafa stays consistent this year surely he will be the world number 1 by the ATP finals.