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RafaLint: April 11th

Articles:

The return of the real Rafa? – by Ravi Ubha (ESPN.com)
Nadal: “Las sensaciones son buenas” para Montecarlo – by EFE via as.com (mangle)
El Govern, l’Ajuntament de Manacor i l’esportista Rafael Nadal col·laboren per al finançament de l’Auditori de Manacor – about the donation for the auditorium; includes hi-res picture – you might want to avert your eyes instead of looking at the hair. (mangle)
Rafa Nadal dona 150.000 euros para equipar el Auditorio de Manacor – thanks, Beebs. And here’s the mangle. (Direct

11 Apr 2012 | by miri | 28 Comments

RafaLint: April 10th

A Davis Cup book, flashback videos, Miami photos from Nida, and…Capybaras? Time for some RafaLint.

10 Apr 2012 | by miri | 8 Comments

Madrid: The draw

The Madrid draw is up on the Madrid site. Wait? Before it’s on the ATP site? It’s useful for something? *ahem* (Oh, and you have to scroll past the qualifying draw to get to the main draw.)

30 Apr 2011 | by miri | 42 Comments

RafaLint: April 4th

Quick one today! (not very organized)

Match stuff:

Before the match, Rafa made an interesting shorts fashion choice – Forty Deuce documented

Djokovic unbeaten, but clay courts await

Unbeaten Novak Djokovic beats Rafa Nadal in Miami final

Soaring Djokovic now ready to challenge Nadal on clay

Novak Djokovic has Rafael Nadal’s No1 spot in his sights

Ooodles of photos from the match

Novak Djokovic outlasts Rafael Nadal in a third-set tiebreaker
iB3 coverage

A very tan Rafa with the staff of

4 Apr 2011 | by miri | 16 Comments

Miami: Final videos

Set 1:

Set 2:

Set 3:

Posted by NadalCuriosities.

3 Apr 2011 | by miri | 3 Comments

Miami: Post final presser

The transcript from Rafa’s final presser in Miami is up:

Q.Tough day for you. What do you think the turning point was in the match today?

RAFAEL NADAL: Well, he’s playing with confidence, that’s for sure, no? Probably his best moment of his career. I think I didn’t play as well as I did during a lot of moments of this tournament today.

I was a little bit more tired than usual during the match, that’s true. But

3 Apr 2011 | by miri | 38 Comments

Miami: Final photos

Photos from today’s final.

Photos by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images, Al Bello/Getty Images, REUTERS/Andrew Innerarity, Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images, and Matthew Stockman/Getty Images

3 Apr 2011 | by miri | 16 Comments

For the first time in 16 years, the #1 and #2 players met up in the Miami final today. The last time this happened, the #1 (Sampras) lost. Would history repeat itself? Or would Rafa remind Nole how much finals mean to him? It sure seemed like that was the case at the start of the first set. Both players were hitting out and it was fun. Rafa broke in the 3rd game. Play got increasingly error prone and nervy after

3 Apr 2011 | by miri | 165 Comments