RafaLint: June 20th

Articles:

• Wimbledon seedings are out – with no change in the top of the men’s order from the official rankings.
• Reading the Readers: Get Your Kicks Edition – by Steve Tignor. I love his answer to the GOAT kvetching.
• Wimbledon Stock Check: Players to watch heading into Wimbledon – by Courtney Nguyen (si.com)
• Wimbledon: it’s a myth that the grass is slower – by Mark Hodgkinson (thetennisspace.com)
• What Rafael Nadal must do to win another Wimbledon – by Douglas Perry (oregonlive.com)
• What’s next for Djokovic-Nadal? – by Kamakshi Tandon (ESPN.com)
• The World’s 100 Highest-Paid Athletes – Rafa’s at #16 (forbes.com) But the prize money shown there is well off compared to his ATP profile page.
• Rafa Nadal será el abanderado español en los Juegos Olímpicos de Londres 2012 – via rtve.es (mangle)
• A newish gear-centric Rafa site

Video/Audio:

• Spanish athletes show their support and admiration for Rafa. (Thanks, elated)
• tve report on Rafa being chosen as the Spanish flag-bearer in the Olympics.
• Nadal: “Será un honor sel el abanderado”
• iB3 report on the announcement of the Olympics flag bearer decision.

Photos:

• Rafa practice pics starting around 10.
• Pico posted a photo and his congrats to Rafa.
• As did KIA.
• I’m sure we’ve seen these before, but some things are worth repeating.
• And a gallery full of lovely images from Roland Garros.

Rafa does social media:

• Rafa let us know he’s at Wimbledon.

20 Jun 2012 | by miri | 4 Comments