RafaLint: March 22nd

Articles:

Sony Ericsson Open: 10 players to watch in Miami – by Courtney Nguyen (si.com)
Rafa Nadal goes a break up against The Tax Man – via thetennisspace.com
Las cábalas de los Juegos – by J. J. Mateo. An explanation of Spain’s Olympic team dilemma. (mangle)
The Entry List for Monte-Carlo is out.
Rafa in Spanish GQ: Image one and two.

Videos:

Rafa wishes Disneyland Paris a happy birthday.
Rafa’s in this video report on Gonzo’s retirement party.

23 Mar 2012 | by miri | 15 Comments

RafaLint: February 17th

Articles:

Another blog entry from Pedro Felner – complete with a picture of Rafa’s new Ferrari. (mangle)
Palma acoge el II Congreso de Jóvenes LQDVI apadrinado por Rafa Nadal (mangle) Sounds like a nice program.

Another article about the “What really matters” program. (mangle)
Rafa might play an exhibition match against Federer between Wimbledon and the Olympics: Rafa Nadal jugará en el césped del Bernabéu (mangle); Rafa Nadal podría jugar en el Santiago Bernabéu (mangle). (Thanks,

18 Feb 2012 | by miri | 25 Comments

DC: Flashback to 2004

Inés has been digging around in the TVE archives and tweeted links to three videos from the 2004 Spanish Davis Cup victory in Sevilla.

Copa Davis 2004: Sevilla, la cumbre del tenis
Copa Davis 2004: entrevistas a los campeones
Copa Davis 2004: En el cuarto partido de la final, Carles Moya vence a Roddick y da el triunfo a España

Enjoy!

18 Dec 2011 | by miri | 3 Comments

RafaLint: November 16th

It’s the video we’ve all been waiting for…the iB3 talks to Rafa at the airport:

Articles:

Roger, Rafa to break new ground in round-robin match by Ed McGrogan (tennis.com)
A.T.P. Finals: Will There Be Any Room for a New Face? by Ben Rothenberg (nytimes.com)
Does Fed prefer to lose to Rafa over Nole? – Wertheim takes on that question in his most recent mailbag entry.
Draw analysis, predictions for Tour Finals by Courtney Nguyen (si.com)
ATP World Tour Finale 2011: Draw preview and

16 Nov 2011 | by miri | 28 Comments

RafaLint: July 20th

This video is mostly the same as the one posted earlier, but it has some extra serve practice footage at the end:

Posted by vamosrafelnadal.

I typed up the captioned bits and put them through a mangle. Didn’t help much:

Aquesta ha passat a n’ aixo… ha estat bonissima aquesta!
Aquesta es com si l’hagues tocat

L’altra dia vaig anar a jugar a golf amb ell, va tocar la bandera i va sortir i em va dir: aixo ha entrat

Te dic que es molt mala sort

This is now n ‘that … This was delicious!
This is as if someone had

20 Jul 2011 | by miri | 33 Comments

Wimbly: Memory lane

While looking forward to the 2011 draw (to be held Friday), let’s take a trip down Wimbly Memory Lane, shall we?

2005

2006

2007

2008

2010

All videos post by ksyuzi.

12 Jun 2011 | by miri | 24 Comments

Rafa training and talking…in 2002

En el año 2002 Rafa Nadal con 16 años gano 6 Futures. Para mi fue un gran aprendizaje y estimulo profesional el acompañarle de Coach Travelling en ellos. Este vídeo corresponde al Future de Vigo -Agosto 02- el segundo que ganó. Las imágenes son un entreno previo al inicio del torneo junto con una entrevista realizada al finalizar el entreno por Fernando Rey, Director del campeonato, gran compañero mio, entrenador de tenis, amante del deporte y periodista deportivo. Rafa con 16 añitos ya nos confiesa que el torneo que más le gustaría ganar es Wimbledon

11 Jun 2011 | by miri | 15 Comments

More RG vids + a random flashback

Now you take a photo of us…now one of me and him…now all of us…

Nice piece from the iB3:

Both posted by NadalCuriosities.

And, just because I found it and don’t have enough time to start a Lint post before heading back to work….random 2004 dolphin swim!

Posted by webesports.

7 Jun 2011 | by miri | 7 Comments

Baby Rafa at Wimbledon

Look at him storming the net! (And losing the points!)

This was in 2003 in the round of 32. The opponent is Paradorn Srichaphan (THA) who was then ranked 11. Rafa was ranked 76. So, not too surprising that Rafa lost 4-6, 4-6, 2-6.

Other parts:

Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Part 9

3 Feb 2011 | by miri | 39 Comments

Picture it, NYC 2006

Rafa and Rog answering questions from fans at a US Open promo event:

And playing a bit:

Posted by golfsmith.

4 Aug 2010 | by miri | 2 Comments