RafaLint: July 29th

Coverage of the Ace Rafa event, the Olympics tennis book and other stuff to catch up on.

30 Jul 2012 | by miri | 24 Comments

Rafael Nadal Interviewed By HuffPost UK Blogger Victoria Coren

Interview with Rafa about the Olympics, sporting heroes, poker, luck and Roland Garros.

25 Jul 2012 | by miri | 31 Comments

Nadal reveals Olympics heartache

Short interview from CNN. (If the CNN version doesn’t work for you for some reason, here it is on YouTube.)

23 Jul 2012 | by miri | 47 Comments

RafaLint: July 21st

More news about the decision to withdraw from the Olympics…and, for a nice change of pace, smiling Rafa at the ACE RAFA event.

21 Jul 2012 | by miri | 28 Comments

Interview about the Olympics withdrawal

Video from Rafa’s first on-camera interview after his withdrawal from the Olympics.

(Posted by Inés.)

For those who are Spanish challenged, I’m told this article includes a lot of what Rafa was saying in the interview.

“I will compete when my knee says I am ready to compete,” he added. “I don’t want to go on court with bad feeling because then it is terrible. You start, you have to stop, you suffer every day. I will go back to court when my knee is ready.”

Best thing he could say with a mind to his

21 Jul 2012 | by miri | 52 Comments

RafaLint: July 19th

Lots of articles about the sad news of Rafa’s withdrawal from the Olympics.

19 Jul 2012 | by miri | 54 Comments

Olympics: Interviews with Toni

Photo by Beth Wilson

Inés has sent in some translations of quotes given by Toni in interviews today.

What Toni has said in the different interventions on the radio:

“A very sad day for him because in addition to the illusion of participating in the Olympics, which are only 1 every 4 years, the illusion of being the flag bearer”

“His condition is of sadness, he would have paid to carry the flag” ….

“You lose a match and you have assumed it, but unable to participate due to

19 Jul 2012 | by miri | 27 Comments

Olympics: Flag ceremony translated

Photo by REUTERS/Juan Medina

Melissa sent this in the other day, but I didn’t have time to get it posted. Sadly, we know this isn’t going to happen and I almost didn’t post it. But then I thought it would be good to remind everyone (self included) of what this meant to Rafa; he loves the spirit of sport so much. I’m trying to remind myself that while said spirit will be diminished a bit by his absence, but it will still

19 Jul 2012 | by miri | 5 Comments

Rafa has withdrawn from the 2012 Olympics

Reports are coming in from the Spanish press and the AP that Rafa has withdrawn from Wimbledon. More on this as the information becomes available.

19 Jul 2012 | by miri | 64 Comments

RafaLint: July 17th

Photo by Beth Wilson

Sorry I haven’t been posting much lint – been super busy and then I lost the lint post I’d been working on in a computer malfunction. Oops! Plus, it’s been a bit quiet in RafaLand.

Articles:

A fan’s eye view of the flag presentation ceremony.
Rested Rafa prepares for gold medal defence – via itftennis.com
Flag-bearer Nadal hopeful ahead of ‘hardest title’ challenge – via dailymail.co.uk
London 2012: Rafael Nadal hopeful he will be fit for Olympics – via guardian.uk.com
Ljubicic vs

17 Jul 2012 | by miri | 20 Comments