USO: I can do it

(Also available on YouTube because someone has taken the vid, slapped their name on it and uploaded it.)

31 Aug 2010 | by miri | 12 Comments

Nightline video

Here it is:

Or go here to see it nice and big (they don’t allow embedding of the large size).

31 Aug 2010 | by miri | 25 Comments

USO: Rafa on Nightline

Rafa will be on the US TV show Nightline tonight. (ABC at 11:35pm ET) There’s a preview of the interview up here.

When Nadal steps onto the court his is relentlessly focused. He already holds eight Grand Slam titles although never one for the U.S. Open. What is he thinking about?

“Nothing! Try to put the ball inside,” Nadal, whose first language is Spanish, told Nightline at a U.S. Open Series event just outside Cincinnati. “The important thing is the shots. It’s easier to

30 Aug 2010 | by miri | 22 Comments

Proust Questionnaire

Vanity Fair has a new Proust Questionnaire up and this one’s with Rafa: here.

30 Aug 2010 | by miri | 31 Comments

Cincy: I am Rafa

Video from a pre-tournament presser – taken and posted by Forty Deuce:

22 Aug 2010 | by miri | 13 Comments

RC: Post 2nd round interviews [Updated]

Rafa’s on court interview from tennistv.com:
English
Spanish

Now on YouTube:

Posted by ATPWorldTour.

11 Aug 2010 | by miri | 5 Comments

RC: Pre-tournament interview

For all my fellow non-Canadians, here’s something to distract you from the fact you are missing Rafole….

Rafa’s pre-tournament interview on tennistv.com – you know, the same place that shows singles matches. And no, I have no idea why it’s so dark. Looking at the interviews that are available, seems like they only turned on the lights for Fed. (They are also the same place that refuses to answer any emails about the referral fees they owe me for last year, but that’s another story.)

And it’s now on YouTube:

9 Aug 2010 | by miri | 18 Comments

iB3 coverage of practice session

The iB3 has a report up on the practice session featuring interviews with Rafa and Toni:

Google mangling of the text on the page:

The last few days of preparation Manacor in Manacor before starting this Thursday to Canada on Monday after the U.S. tour begins with the 1000 Toronto Masters, a tournament that you can follow live on television IB3. The world number one wants to get in the best conditions.

This Tuesday was trained for two and a half hours in a high intensity. A good example for younger viewers. Rafael has

3 Aug 2010 | by miri | 4 Comments

Enjoying some golf [Updated]

Looks like Rafa’s been enjoying some golf.

Bee sends in the following sum-up of the vid:

I can’t give a full translation of the video but can give a brief synopsis…

From next week Rafa Nadal will start training having taken advantage of time to receive treatment on his knees. Now he has his sights on the US tour and the only Grand Slam that he doesn’t have, the US Open.

Rafa: I haven’t got a thorn in my side about the US Open, no, I am not obliged to win the 4. I have

17 Jul 2010 | by miri | 32 Comments

Q&A with the glorious Rafa

Jon Wertheim just posted this post-Wimbly Q&A with Rafa on the SI site – good stuff there-in.

SI.com: How much does history motivate you? Do you know, for instance, whose record you tied today?

Rafael Nadal: The history is there for sure, being part of these players — Connors, Agassi, Lendl — it’s amazing. Just an honor to be close to these players. But I am 24 years old and it’s very difficult to talk about the history now, where I am. In

16 Jul 2010 | by miri | 47 Comments