RafaLint: October 2nd
I’m not sure I’m ready to think about this yet:
Articles:
- Rafael Nadal cleared for Australian Open – by Courtney Walsh (theaustralian.com.au)
- Australian Open prize money at record $31 million; says Rafael Nadal still plans to play
- Djokovic, Nadal and Murray head billing for Abu Dhabi tennis event – by Amith Passela (thenational.ae)
- Nadal in Abu Dhabi fitness bid
- The hard truth for Rafael Nadal – by Ahmed Rizvi (thenational.ae)
- Nadal must write off 2012 – by Chris Wilkinson (espn.co.uk)
- Rafa mentions in this two part series: The Rally: Fall Forecast; The Rally: Season For The Ages – by Steve Tignor and Kamakshi Tandon (tennis.com).
- And he, of course, gets a mention in this one: The top 10 football fans in tennis (via thetennisspace.com)
Photos:
- As shown above, the AO hype machine is already fully functioning.
Rafa does social media:
- Hanging with his sis
- One of the best humble brags of all times. “Look at these shoes! Oh yes…and all those grand slam trophies in the background.”
- Nice legs – and a reminder I need to do my balance ball work. (And, this somehow brought about Inés tweeting a link to this old video of Rafa being forced to show off his famoos ass.)
Tweets about Rafa:
#Rafa told @craigtiley he’s planning for #AusOpen 2013 to be his first tournament back from injury!
— Australian Open (@AustralianOpen) October 2, 2012
.@craigtiley chatted to @rafaelnadal recently & #Rafa‘s doing everything possible to get body right for #AusOpen 2013 twitter.com/AustralianOpen…
— Australian Open (@AustralianOpen) October 2, 2012
.@craigtiley: “Knowing @rafaelnadal‘s incredible will, I would be amazed if he didn’t make it to #AusOpen 2013.”
— Australian Open (@AustralianOpen) October 2, 2012
.@craigtiley: “@rafaelnadal’s huge heart is being tested once more. His body has been failing him. But, true to form he is fighting hard.”
— Australian Open (@AustralianOpen) October 2, 2012
Omg, look who I’ve just seen while driving along!!! Had 2 stop briefly on double yellow lines to take a pic <3 :) twitter.com/creamola_foam/…
— creamola_foam (@creamola_foam) October 2, 2012
@nadalnews Cute Pico interview, talks a bit about Rafa in the middle, won’t discuss what they “bet” in video games. ;) youtube.com/watch?v=2nR2rP…
— Dianne(@diannada) October 2, 2012
(Sorry, I know a lot of embeds goofs up the links to the comments, but I really wanted to preserve the original sources here.)


That last line of the AO video. “Did we forget anyone?” Yes – David Ferrer AGAIN! The forgotten man of tennis. Ah well, nevermind, still nice to see even an old glimpse of Rafa.