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RafaLint: May 10th

Players say congrats to Babolat…could it be? Is Rafa the best line-reader in the bunch?

Posted by BABOLATWorld.

Practice with Pico (from last year – oops. Not too observant, was I?):

Posted by tennisarena.

Mats’ Point – from Madrid. Interview with Moya, RafaTot! and some Rafa practice footage.

Posted by ksyuzi

Photos from Madrid by Ella Ling. And a nice Madrid final photoset from menchitabris.

10 May 2011 | by miri | 17 Comments

Madrid: Final presser

A translation of Rafa’s final presser is up on the UBI Tennis site:

Q. I suppose that you are sad for losing a final especially on clay considering that it was the 37th one without losing – matches that are not finals?
A. In front of me I had a really good player. He’s playing at a really high level. We’ve got to accept that. When someone is better than you there is nothing you can do other than congratulate him and that’s it and

9 May 2011 | by miri | 52 Comments

RafaLint: May 8th

Rafa updated his Facebook, sounds like he’s already gearing up for Rome:

Gracias a todos por el apoyo! Una pena hoy porque perder en casa duele! Novak jugo mejor, que se le va a hacer!!! AHora me voy a cenar con mi familia y mi equipo y mañana volamos a Roma por la mañana!
Thanks all for the support! Tough today to lose at home! Novak played better. Too bad. Now off to dinner with family and team! Tomorrow Rome!

Tignor’s write up on the final is

8 May 2011 | by miri | 22 Comments

Madrid: Final videos

Pre-match interview:

Set 1 Highlights:

The tweener:

Thanks, Jorge!

Highlights from the ATP:

It cracks me up they use classical sounding music for the intro – if any rivalry deserves rock-n-roll for the soundtrack, this one does.

Trophy ceremony:

Posted by MmiLleENnaA.

8 May 2011 | by miri | 7 Comments

Madrid: Final photos

Photos from today’s final against Djokovic.

Photos by Julian Finney/Getty Images, REUTERS/Juan Medina, PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU/AFP/Getty Images,Jasper Juinen/Getty Images, and REUTERS/Sergio Perez

8 May 2011 | by miri | 12 Comments

Madrid: A small dent in the crown

It was final day in Madrid and everyone was asking the question: which streak will end? Nole’s 33 match winning streak? Rafa’s 37 match clay winning streak? It’s often said that players on a winning streak have forgotten how to lose. Who would get a reminder today? Add to the mix that Nole’s beaten Rafa in the last two finals they’ve met in and that Rafa’s never lost to Nole on clay and the number of possible sea-changes (big and small) that could

8 May 2011 | by miri | 217 Comments