RafaLint: November 8th

Photo by Beth Wilson
Articles:

Fans select top four for AO cover – good job, RafaFans.
Federer spares a thought for absent Nadal – by Martyn Herman (Reuters)
Federer-Rafa still the best rivalry – by Ravi Ubha (ESPN)

Videos/Audio:

k alerted me to a YouTube video of the complete Rafa/Verdasco 2009 Australian Open semifinal. Awesome. Check out the user’s channel for more Rafa matches.

Photos:

Behind the Scenes photos from a Champions Drink Responsibly event.

Rafa does social media:
Rafa had a very tweety day today, check out his

8 Nov 2012 | by miri | 8 Comments

RafaLint: January 26th

I think I’m making a nice soft blankie out of this RafaLint. I could use one now.

First, and most importantly, someone tweeted this earlier today and I meant to post it at lunch but ran out of time. In this article, Toni confirms that Rafa tore a muscle in his hamstring in the second game of yesterday’s (this morning’s) match. I guess now we can look forward to a fully recovered Rafa talking about his broke-ed thigh

26 Jan 2011 | by miri | 41 Comments

AO: Let’s go to the aquarium!

19 Jan 2011 | by miri | 9 Comments

Play tennis!

Adorable promo from Twentyman – Editing & Design.

Tennis Australia – Rafael Nadal from Chad Twentyman on Vimeo.

19 Jan 2011 | by miri | 7 Comments

2009 Match of the Year: Rafa vs Nando

I love this match. The whole darn thing. It was interesting from start to finish – how many 5 hour matches can you say that about? The only thing wrong with it? The last point. No match with this much quality and high level of play should end on a double fault.

From Tennistalk.com

After five hours and 14 minutes of inspirational tennis, Rafael Nadal outlasted fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-6 (2),

17 Dec 2009 | by miri | 43 Comments

The hug

The hug is Cheryl Murray’s “2009’s No. 1 tennis moment” – and I agree for all the same reasons she mentions.

11 Dec 2009 | by miri | 26 Comments

Australian Open final on DVD

A DVD of the Australian Open final is available for pre-order on Amazon.com. I wish they’d put the semi-final on DVD as well.

Thanks to RC for the heads up.

28 Jul 2009 | by miri | 33 Comments

FB – That’s not an awkward question

(The audio is very loud – you stand forewarned.)

Posted by andriulivb.

7 Jul 2009 | by miri | 7 Comments

Rafa the towel thief

I’d heard about these on-court interviews at the Australian Open, but never got to see them. So glad someone posted this! How cute is the towel thief?

Posted by mitchyrob123

20 Apr 2009 | by miri | 14 Comments

Mats & Rafa

Mats Wilander (oh, how I loved watching him play back in the day) interviewing Rafa before the AO final.

Posted by Neries8.

17 Mar 2009 | by miri | 6 Comments