US Open Draw

The US Open draw was performed today and I tried to follow along while at work. The top for divided up with Rafa/Murray in the top half; Nole/Federer in the bottom. The top quarter is Spanish heavy with Rafa, Ferrer and Verdasco. Rafa’s first match will be against Gabashvili.

The draw

26 Aug 2010 | by miri | 43 Comments

Cincy draw

Yep, not finished with Toronto yet and there’s another draw to look out. The singles draw is here. Rafa’s first round will be against either a qualifier or Feliciano Lopez. Seeds in his quarter are Almagro, Cilic, and Berdych. Seeds in his half are Federer, Monfils, Ferrer and Davydenko. Seeds in the other half are Verdasco, Youzhny, Melzer, Murray, Soderling, Roddick, Ljubici and Djokovic.

13 Aug 2010 | by miri | 6 Comments

RC: Doubles draw

The doubles draw is out. Rafa and Nole will face the Canadian wild-card team of Pospisil/Raonic in their first round match. If they make it through that, they take on the #5 seeded team Melzer/Petzschner who have a bye in the first round.

(And I see no mention of Marc! on the list. *sob*)

7 Aug 2010 | by miri | 6 Comments

RC: More draw stuff

It just keeps coming…

Helicopter ride:

Posted by TCtenniscanada.

More stuffs:

iB3 report on draw
A few photos
Nadal – Federer Final as Appealing as Ever In Canada
Rogers Cup: Draw Preview and Analysis

And, the iB3 is all excited about Rafole:

Posted by vamosrafelnadal. (YouTube could not have picked a better still image to represent this video if they tried.)

(Oops! thought I’d posted this earlier. Guess I got so happy I finally figured out

7 Aug 2010 | by miri | 5 Comments

RC: Draw Wrap-up

Some bits and pieces of info/media about the draw ceremony.

Articles:
Nadal in Toronto for Rogers Cup: “a season like I’ve had is more than a dream”
Nadal To Double Up At Rogers Cup – Rafa looks like he’s nervously texting his last will and testament in the photo
Rogers Cup major tuneup for world No. 1 Rafael Nadal – he looks happier about the whole helicopter thing here

Rafa arriving:

Posted by TCtenniscanada.

Ceremony footage:

6 Aug 2010 | by miri | 21 Comments

RC: Draw photos

Some photos from draw day.

The caption on one:

Rafael Nadal of Spain walks along the shore of Lake Ontario while waiting for a helicopter flight to practice for the Rogers Cup tennis tournament in Toronto August 6, 2010.

Well, goodness forbid he sit or stand still and wait!

(Photos by REUTERS/Mike Cassese and AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Nathan Denette)

Per the tournament’s official twitter account, Rafa will start singles play Wednesday evening. And, they just posted some photos from the draw.

6 Aug 2010 | by miri | 20 Comments

Rogers Cup draw

Rafa took part in the draw ceremony today atop the CN tower in Toronto. Rafa and Djokovic are on opposite sides of the draw. In Rafa’s quarter are Roddick, Wawrinka, Querrey, Cilic, Troicki, Tipsarevic (I’m typing on the sly at work and can’t look up spellings…forgive me for the crazy mistakes I’m making). In Rafa’s half are Murray, Soderling, Monfils, Ferrer, Gulbis, and Nalbandian.

6 Aug 2010 | by miri | 34 Comments

RC: Draw ceremony webcast

Per this article on the Rogers Cup site, the draw will be webcast! So, tune into http://www.lovemeansnothing.ca/ at 4pm ET Friday to see Rafa help decide his own fate.

5 Aug 2010 | by miri | 7 Comments

RC: Rafa to attend draw

According to TennisConnected, Rafa will be participating in the draw ceremony for the Rogers Cup on Friday.

3 Aug 2010 | by miri | 8 Comments

Wimbly: The pundits check in

Yep, it’s time for everyone to make their predictions…here are some. But first, enjoy this lovely picture posted to Facebook by Wimbledon (and look through their practice albums here and here for some more).

ESPN’s Expert picks
Rafa gunning for Euro double
Tennis.com’s Editors picks
Tignor’s breakdown of the draw
Nadal faces tricky first week at Wimbledon

18 Jun 2010 | by miri | 14 Comments