Hi! I’m Rafael Nadal

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19 Jan 2010 | by miri | 6 Comments

iB3 report on Abu Dhabi & Doha draw

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3 Jan 2010 | by miri | 2 Comments

Abu Dhabi final videos

Lots of them here!

Rafa’s post-match interview:

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Last game and trophy ceremony:

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First set tie break
TVE coverage of the match

Mom and Xisca having a laugh
Bad tournament promo – but Rafa’s cute at the end

2 Jan 2010 | by miri | 12 Comments

Abu Dhabi final photos

Photos by REUTERS/Karl Jeffs and AP Photo/Nousha Salimi

2 Jan 2010 | by miri | 72 Comments

Ah, victory

Rafa met world #8 Robin Soderling in the Abu Dhabi final today. Yeah, it was just an exhibition, but who the heck cares – Rafa won and has another trophy to bite. Playing well, he won it two tight sets. There were no breaks of serve in the first set as it went to a tie-breaker that Rafa dominated. Things went back and forth a bit in the second set, but Rafa broke in the final game to take it: 7-6(3), 7-5.

2 Jan 2010 | by miri | 89 Comments

Abu Dhabi SF videopalooza

Report from ib3:

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rtve.es report
First set tie break
End of set 2
Post match interviews

1 Jan 2010 | by miri | 9 Comments

Abu Dhabi SF photos

Photos by KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images and REUTERS/Karl Jeffs

1 Jan 2010 | by miri | 18 Comments

Starting 2010 on the right foot

Rafa greeted the 2010 season by playing David Ferrer in the second round of a high dollar exhibition match in Abu Dhabi today. While his tennis wasn’t the best we’ve seen from him, it was a huge improvement over the WTF. He was hitting the ball harder, deeper and more consistently. Ferrer played a good first set, but couldn’t pull it out despite having 5 break points. The second set was more one-sided as Rafa broke early and rolled on through. He wins 7-6(3), 6-3.

1 Jan 2010 | by miri | 68 Comments

Abu Dhabi photos

A few photos from a presser and Rafa/Rog promotional hit session (I’m sure more of these will pop up later).

Photos by KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images, REUTERS/Karl Jeffs, and AP Photo/Capitala World Tennis Championship

31 Dec 2009 | by miri | 35 Comments

1 visit to the airport = oodles of tv coverage

Even more footage from Rafa leaving for Abu Dhabi.

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30 Dec 2009 | by miri | 28 Comments