RafaLint: September 15th
Photo by Beth Wilson
Articles:
- Las lesiones de Rafael Nadal (mangle)
- Tennis Shorts: The 2012 U.S. Open – by Michael Catarevas (tennis.com). Don’t be dropping Rafa’s name in a rude manner!
- 50 parting shots from U.S. Open – by Jon Wertheim (si.com) – includes some thoughts on Rafa’s absence.
- Ferrer would rather have Rafa than high ranking – via sport.co.uk
- Will Rafael Nadal Play Tennis Again In 2012? – by Mark Hodgkinson (wimbledon.com)
- Las vacaciones forzosas descolocan a Rafa Nadal – by Lola Galán (elpais.com) (mangle)
- Wilander writes about Rafa’s path post recovery in this issue of Tennis 15-30
- Andy Murray showed Rafa some love in his interview on Charlie Rose: Five best quotes from Andy Murray’s interview with Charlie Rose.
- ATP Board Approves Change In Time Violation Penalty – the penalty is not quite as severe, but I think it’s to encourage umpires to call players on it more often.
Videos/Audio:
Photos:
- A very nice promo poster for Bercy that includes Rafa…even if he’s not going to be there.
- Love this photo.
Rafa does social media:
- Ready for a quiz? Here’s the answer.
- Rafa *hearts Daveeed.
- Working on his ballet moves.
- Congratulating Andy
- Already started missing Juan Carlos Ferrero.
- Enjoying some dinner
- Cheering on the Armada
- A workout in the pool
#VamosFerru!! Luchando por el primer partido! Os echo de menos #armada
— Rafa Nadal (@RafaelNadal) September 14, 2012
Día importante para la #armada! A por el punto que necesitamos! #Vamos!!
— Rafa Nadal (@RafaelNadal) September 15, 2012
Tweets about Rafa:
Look who I ran into shopping at Macy’s? Hello Rafa. #NikeSectionOfCourse twitter.com/Jeannab64/stat…
— Jeanna (@Jeannab64) September 12, 2012
Shopping for a boat, Rafa?
We were ecstatic to have pro tennis star @rafaelnadal visit our stand at @plaisancecannes this weekend! twitter.com/SealineInt/sta…
— Sealine Int. (@SealineInt) September 14, 2012
#cannesyachtshow – Day 5 : Rafa Nadal came at #Ferretti stand yesterday, visiting 70-80′ flybridge vessels twitter.com/ABYSYachting/s…
— ABYS Yachting (@ABYSYachting) September 15, 2012
Coincidences of life 10 years ago today @rafaelnadal and T. Salva won the World Championship team to the U.S. cadets twitter.com/davidjnadal/st…
— David J. Nadal (@davidjnadal) September 14, 2012
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GREAT to read about Rafa again!:-)
“GREAT to read about Rafa again!:-)” (2)
70-80 ft boat. “Big Ass Boat” – good lord. Is this for fishing or other types of pleasures with friends? He looks happy.
Planning his retirement already?! And what about that pool workout photo: what recovery is he talking about? Scuba?
I totally agree with Wilander on the questions he asks about Rafa’s comeback. I Know Rafa is a great fighter, probably the greatest out there, but I do wonder how many times he will be able to find the courage to come back to the level he had before the injury-he is, after all, a player who needs match play and, as Wilander says, it will take some time for the confidence to come back. And while playing to get the confidence back, how do you trust your body again? How do you go that extra mile? The competition will be fierce, with Andy freed of his doubts and Roger and Novak still in great shape. I hope Rafa finds the answer to all those questions, we certainly miss his best tennis a lot!