RafaLint: July 9th

Guess who’s qualified for the WTF? The same guy showing off a fish and suggesting that you love him two times, that’s who.

9 Jul 2012 | by miri | 14 Comments

dutchgirl gets lucky at Wimbledon

Photo by Myra Hijzen

I’ll never know why I didn’t do it before, but when the ballot was announced for this year’s Wimbledon, I thought to myself: ‘Why not give it a try?’ And so I did, and as a reward I was offered two Court 2 tickets, for Thursday 28th June 2012. Fellow Rafa fan Liz (@lizziebee2), who I met in Paris and Seville last year, was sweet enough to offer me to stay at her house in London, so off I went. I

7 Jul 2012 | by dutchgirl | 11 Comments

Rafa Nadal: ‘I knew Andy’s chance would come again’

A rather unexpected blog entry from Rafa at The Times.

6 Jul 2012 | by miri | 90 Comments

RafaLint: July 6th

Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images

I really was going to go to bed early tonight. Well, I guess 1am is early…just a different kind of early. Owe you guys some lint…

Articles:

Rafael Nadal will bounce back after surprise defeat – by Greg Rusedski (guardian.co.uk)
Top Shelf Trogglehumpers – by Jesse Pentecost (thenextpoint)
Official Announcement about the cancelling of the ALMA NADAL event.
The Roger’s Cup player list was released today.

Video/Audio:

iB3 report on the ALMA NADAL cancellation and one about the knees.
Andy Murray

6 Jul 2012 | by miri | 15 Comments

Wimbly: 2nd round photos

Photos from Rafa’s 2nd round match against Rosol.

Photos by REUTERS/Toby Melville, MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP/GettyImages, Clive Rose/Getty Images, AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, and LEON NEAL/AFP/GettyImages

30 Jun 2012 | by miri | 10 Comments

RafaLint: June 29th

Post 2nd round write-ups…if you care to read them.

30 Jun 2012 | by miri | 78 Comments

Wimbly: 2nd round presser transcript

Photo by Neil Tingle/AFP/GettyImages

A transcript of Rafa’s post 2nd round presser is up on the Wimbledon site. What happened out there? Was he just too good?

Q. What happened out there? Was he just too good?

RAFAEL NADAL: Oh, c’mon. That’s too simple. In the fifth, yes. Not before, no? In the fifth set he played more than unbelievable. That’s fine.

Before, first three sets, I didn’t play well.

Q. You were complaining a little bit about something he was doing at one point. What was

29 Jun 2012 | by miri | 15 Comments

Wimbly: post 2nd round presser clip

A clip from ESPN:

A lot of repeat footage here, but also a bit more at on the Wimbledon site.

Updated:
I forgot to check the Tennis Channel site before posting. Here’s an additional clip:

Hoping for a full transcript eventually. From the tweets that went out and this video, Rafa was his usual level-headed self about the loss.

A self-indulgent message:
I keep having people ask me if I’m devastated. True, this was not the outcome any of us wanted, but as Rafa says in the Wimbledon clip, “it’s not a tragedy, it’s only a

28 Jun 2012 | by miri | 71 Comments

Wimbly: Outplayed

Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP/GettyImages

For his second round match at Wimbledon, Rafa took on the hard-hitting, hard-serving and fearless #100 Lukas Rosol. I missed the first set and a chunk of the second, but news was: it wasn’t good for Rafa. He was playing poorly, falling, and barely squeaked out a first set win. His play improved in the second, but Rosol was still hitting out and everything was landing in. If felt like he was getting the serve returns back before Rafa

28 Jun 2012 | by miri | 211 Comments

RafaLint: June 27th

Fan and tournament photos plus Euro watching and celebrating – today’s lint.

27 Jun 2012 | by miri | 4 Comments