Rafa withdraws from Doha and the Australian Open

This morning, Rafa announced his withdrawal from Doha and the Australian Open via Facebook. He currently plans to return to the tour in Acapulco.

28 Dec 2012 | by miri | 33 Comments

RafaLint: December 27th

Oops! Thought I posted lint the other day. Sorry about that. Sadly, a lot of the links I had are no longer relevant…but then, do we really need article after article about the Abu Dhabi withdrawal?

Rafa wanted to make sure we all celebrated the holidays responsibly:

Articles:

Nadal, como un astronauta – by Juan José Mateo. From (mangle) it sounds like Rafa’s left no stone unturned in his recovery.
Abu Dhabi-bound Nadal: Federer proved his greatness in 2012 – by Reem Abulleil (sport360.com)

Bro-mance alert! Andy Murray: Tennis Missing Rafael Nadal – by Reem

27 Dec 2012 | by miri | 7 Comments

An infection ‘knocks Nadal down’

Rafael Nadal, who has been six months without competing for a partially torn patellar tendon in his left knee and hoffitis, has announced that he will not participate in the exhibition in Abu Dhabi next Friday, where he was scheduled to return, due to a stomach infection.

25 Dec 2012 | by miri | 2 Comments

Rafa withdraws from Abu Dhabi

Not the best news to wake up to on Christmas morning as Rafa has announced via Facebook that he will not be playing in Abu Dhabi due to a stomach virus.

25 Dec 2012 | by miri | 20 Comments

Interview: Only the knee matters

An interview by Enrique Yunta for ABC.es. “The Balearic tennis player receives ABC when we are a week away from his return to competition. He is excited, but asks for caution.”

24 Dec 2012 | by miri | 3 Comments

Video: IB3 Interview

Video of an interview that aired yesterday (December 22nd) on iB3 TV can be found on their site.

23 Dec 2012 | by miri | One Comment

RafaLint: December 22nd

Screen grab by Inés

Articles:

Not surprising, Rafa says no to Buenos Aires: Nadal se bajó del ATP de Buenos Aires (mangle)
Nadal leads banged up players who need to bounce back in 2013 – by Courtney Nguyen (si.com)
Some nice Rafa mentions in this interview with Lleyton Hewitt: Lleyton Hewitt talks footy dreams and on-court rivalries ahead of the Brisbane International – by Robert Craddock (news.com.au)
Rafael Nadal says Andy Murray fully deserves to be a Grand Slam champion – via skysports.com
Promo for an

22 Dec 2012 | by miri | One Comment

Rafa in The Times

Photo by Marc Aspland for The Times

In today’s The Times (UK), there are a few Rafa related articles. Thanks to @Heatherleatt, we have copies of the articles in pdf format. I don’t usually reproduce full articles out of respect for their creators, but these are behind a pay-wall. (One that, if you subscribe to, it’s almost impossible to unsubscribe and keep them from auto-charging your credit card. That is, if my experience is the norm.) So, I’ll link to each pay-walled

22 Dec 2012 | by miri | 22 Comments

RafaLint: December 17th

Promo for an upcoming show on Spanish TV:

The show will air Friday – more information.

New items in Rafa’s official site (to support his foundation) – battery chargers for your phone.

Recommended read:
Fireworks – Steve Tignor takes a look back at the Australian Open semi Rafa played vs Federer.

Articles:

Rafael Nadal on medical treatment, travel and trust – an Interview by Dr.

16 Dec 2012 | by miri | 14 Comments

RafaLint: December 12th

A Babolat promo, talks of Abu Dhabi and the Australian Open, PokerStars and so much more – a backlog of RafaLint.

12 Dec 2012 | by miri | 4 Comments