Comments on: RafaLint: June 29th

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 07:12:08 +0000

I saw the video of the match- Rafa did NOT bump into that Rosol- all Rafa did was brush the towel. But these losers in the media (Jon Wertheim, Greg Garber, etc.) want to SLANDER Rafa, by saying he intentionally “bumped” into Rosol. These losers in the media should be very thankful that Rafa is not suing them for slander.

By the way, Wertheim and Garber (and others) also said that Rafa would have a bad red-clay season after Rafa withdrew from Miami this year. Well, Rafa proved that Wertheim and Garber (and others) are 100% WRONG, didn’t he?

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 07:00:35 +0000

The media has always been overly harsh on Rafa. They often want to write off Rafa’s career. These media pundits should be ashamed of themselves!

Certain parts of the media are also very anti-Hispanic, accusing Rafa and other Hispanic players of doping.

What do you all think?

By: Cristina

Cristina — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 22:26:45 +0000

What Rafa has done in managing to beat Djokovic – and not just one time, but three times in a row – after being dominated by him it’s truly, truly remarkable, and I think these people know it too. He has dome something that other all time greats, like Borg and Fed, were/have not been able to do.

By: Cristina

Cristina — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 22:20:51 +0000

Oh, just ignore them. It’s like I said above, some kinds of people feel they can pick on someone like Rafa sue to his kind disposition.
But they CAN’T write his career off. Let them try, lol.

By: Cristina

Cristina — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 22:16:06 +0000

Yeah, I think that may have to do with it as well.

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 17:49:24 +0000

They’re writing Rafa off? Discounting the FO win?? How truly short-sighted (and ignorant) they are. Glad I’ve avoided media trash this week…

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:11:48 +0000

Awww, poor baby. I knew something was bothering him at Wimbly. Thank goodness he’s had them out now as this is at least the 3rd time they’ve caused him problems in a few years.
Expect him to be rampant at the Olympics!!

By: beegee

beegee — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 14:26:42 +0000

Rafa posted on Facebook that he had his wisdom teeth out yesterday …

https://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=10150962790061026&set=a.456161351025.251362.64822581025&type=1&theater

By: micamica

micamica — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 12:04:38 +0000

I’ve said on Yahoo eurosport, most of the Djokovic fans I have spoken to seem to have only become fans last year but they are no where near as vile as the Federer fans on most websites including Youtube.

@Kevin, I said it before that Rafa gets less respect than Djokovic and Federer, despite Djokovic’s questionable behaviour on the court sometimes, the media seem to be in awe of his achievements in 2011. I love the fact that McEnroe and Becker (i believe) said he can not be called a legend until he has achieved some where near what Rafa and Federer have done consistently, remain in the top 2 for over 5 years, and win numerous majors.

The recent media coverage of Rafa’s loss has been extreme and it always makes me laugh the way they write him off. They said he was over when he had his injuries in 2009, then he came back and stunned everyone in 2010.

The fact that he’s won the French open has been completely sidelined by this Wimbledon loss but the commentators are still gushing over Federer’s grandslam total and Djokovic’s incredible year.

By: Tina

Tina — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 11:37:09 +0000

Let´s hope so.