RafaLint: February 28th
Photo by Kathy Yanez Tenorio
Articles:
- Rafael Nadal says his knee is ‘better’ following Mexico win – via bbc.co.uk
- Nadal, positivo con la rodilla en Acapulco – via puntodebreak.com (mangle)
- Beating the Pain and the Drain – by Tom Perotta (wsj.com)
- Rafael Nadal, Victoria Azarenka among storylines to watch at Indian Wells – by Courtney Nguyen (si.com)
- Ferrer, Nadal Breeze Into Acapulco QFs – via atpworldtour.com
Videos/Audio:
- Post-match interview
- Match highlights
- Another highlight reel.
- Interview with Toni*
- iB3 report
- Rafa and Almagro practice side by side – Rafa arrives around the 3rd minute. (Is that a camera the lady is wearing? Wouldn’t it be cool if they put a little camera in Rafa’s headband and took photos so we could see what tennis looks like to him?)
Photos:
- A photoset on flickr by a fan.
Rafa does social media:
- Rafa shared a photo of his breakfast. I have to refrain from making sausage jokes.
Social media related to Rafa:
- Champions Drink Responsibly let us know that a lovely photo of Rafa appears in ShortList Magazine in the UK.
Rafa Nadal entrevistado hoy por Adela Micha. Buena entrevista. Muy agradable. Se emite mañana. Gracias. twitter.com/b1pr/status/30…
— B1PR (@b1pr) February 27, 2013
Two greats working in the gym. Who are they? twitter.com/b1pr/status/30…
— B1PR (@b1pr) February 28, 2013
En el set de Los Capitanes en ESPN. Son amigos. twitter.com/b1pr/status/30…
— B1PR (@b1pr) February 28, 2013
Ahora en Los Capitanes de ESPN, @rafaelnadal con @carolinapadron @luisamodotenis y Rafa Puente yfrog.com/occ0tuej
— Juan Ceballos (@JuaniCeballos) February 28, 2013
Not stalkery at all…
Hace un par de horas, Rafa Nadal compartió gym con David Nalbandian (son ellos, prometo…) yfrog.com/kk8nnhaj
— Juan Ceballos (@JuaniCeballos) February 28, 2013
* Inés took the time to translate some of @davidjnadal‘s tweets on the interview:
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Translation: Toni Nadal talked to @ esportsib3tv: “If the knee is going well, we will go to Indian Wells. There should be any problem to play there”
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Translation: Toni Nadal: “The problem is not the surface. Doctors tell us that the problem lies in play many tournaments in a row”
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Translation: “And before Indian Wells, Rafael will have had a week of rest. What worries us is the level of the rivals. If he is not at 100% it is difficult …
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Translation: “… It is difficult to compete on hardcourt with top players,” said Toni Nadal to @esportsib3tv
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Translation: Toni Nadal: “For the moment is going well and it seems that we’ll go. But Rafa prefers to wait until the end of the week to decide”
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Translation: Toni Nadal: “It also suit us to go to play Indian Wells to avoid being one month without playing before the clay season”
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Translation: Toni Nadal talks to @ esportsib3tv about how he sees to Rafel in Acapulco: “I have seen Rafel much better than in the first two tournaments ”
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Translation: “And what is most important. It seems that the knee is on the right road now,” says Toni Nadal to @ esportsib3tv
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Translation: Toni Nadal: “In Sao Paulo we had more doubts, Rafel had more problems with his body. there But now it looks as if it goes well ”
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Translation: Toni Nadal: “When I got up to watch the match he wasalready 4-0 and I have seen the end of the set. And It looked as if he has played already at a good level
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Translation: “The normal thing is that if the knee is responding, Rafel will gain confidence and mobility, and the game will improve. Like today,” says Toni Nadal
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Translation: Toni Nadal to @ esportsib3tv: “If we beat Mayer, we could face Almagro. That would be a good test, one of a very high caliber”
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“The problem is not the surface. Doctors tell us that the problem lies in play many tournaments in a row”
This. Ideally he skips IW or miami. I prefer he skip IW, miami is a little slower and the ball is also easier to control there.
After that monte carlo, then barcelona. Spain should then boycott the madrid open if nadal enters this year. Enter Rome and then RG. Vamos. :)
Looked really good vs. Mayer I thought. Nadal’s been popping the serve in all of these matches. Nice to see since he rarely does that on clay.
Rafa prefers the conditions of IW to Miami. He plays much better and more confidently in IW. Miami is humid which doesn’t do good things to his shots. Plus, he like Ellison (and the near-by golf courses). If he skips either of them, my bet would be on Miami.
On average he has done better at IW, but in 6 out of the 9 years he has done just as well or better at miami as IW. Also even though he’s only had relatively easy matches on hard courts starting around 2009 (imo), he’s always gone relatively deep at IW, which put him at a slight disadvantage heading into miami immediately after IW. In 2005 he already made the Final in miami, possibly because he didn’t play IW that year.
I also like the above schedule because it puts him in a nice rhythm of playing and resting with no long layoffs. If he played IW and skipped miami, that’s about 25 days in between match play.
In anycase hopefully he drops madrid (or rome) and decompresses his CC schedule, but in interviews he still speaks like his injury last year came out of the blue, so I am not getting my hopes up.