No longer chronic?

Thanks to Inés for sending in this article and the following translation (do not reproduce without her permission). I admit this confuses me…I thought tendinitis was always chronic.

“Nadal has no longer a chronic injury” by Juan José Mateo as translated by Inés

The doctors of the tennis player, who reappears in Toronto, “optimistic” after his knee treatment

Those were two quick trips that can change a career. “We are optimistic,” explain medical sources, familiar with the two visits

10 Aug 2010 | by miri | 17 Comments

More practice footage

Love the big dorky smile.

Posted by vamosrafelnadal.

There’s also an article on the iB3 site (which will probably have the above video added to it later). (Google mangling).

28 Jul 2010 | by miri | 13 Comments

RafaLint – July 6th

Revitalised Rafael Nadal proves we were wrong to ever doubt him by Simon Cambers

“I love the competition, sport in general and I love to practise,” Nadal said as he contemplated what makes him unique, a couple of hours after his 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 victory over the Czech Tomas Berdych. “You try your best in every moment. When I go to play golf I try to do my best. When I have a football match with friends and we play five-a-side, I don’t

6 Jul 2010 | by miri | 16 Comments

Barcelona: Withdrawal presser

The official site for the Barcelona Open has a report on the presser up. Due to the wonky way their site is set up, it’s difficult to link directly to it – this is the best direct link I can come up with.

He indicates that next year, the calendar will make it easier for him to play Monte-Carlo and Barcelona and then goes on with:

“The last year was difficult, with a lot of problems. I started this year playing well, and apart from the small problem in Australia, I felt I was playing well enough to have chances to

20 Apr 2010 | by miri | 53 Comments

Barcelona: Rafa withdraws

It’s official and Rafa has withdrawn from the tournament. (Thanks to verdasconews for the head’s up on the official announcement.)

Rafael Nadal has announced his decision to withdraw from the Barcelona Open BancSabadell – 58th Conde de Godó Trophy, organizers have confirmed. The Mallorcan player will hold a press conference at the tournament, which commenced earlier today, at noon on Tuesday in order to fully explain the reasons behind his decision.

In a message relayed by his communications manager, Rafael Nadal declared, “I

19 Apr 2010 | by miri | 120 Comments

Interview with Toni

vamosrafelnadal has posted an iB3 interview with Toni:

4 Aug 2009 | by miri | 29 Comments

TVE interview with subtitles

Meriko has posted the videos with embedded subtitles. How wonderful is that? Per her note, the translation was done by babi of vamosbrigade.com – so thanks to them both.

1 Aug 2009 | by miri | 20 Comments

TVE interview

The video is up now. Enjoy!

Google translation of the article.

AnaR has translated the interview, you can find her translation in the comments here and here.

28 Jul 2009 | by miri | 84 Comments

He’s working hard, people

Another teaser for the soon to air video can be found on the TVE site.

And here it is on YouTube as well – thanks to vamosrafelnadal.

28 Jul 2009 | by miri | 42 Comments

He’s baaaAAaaack! [Updated]

Rafa started training today. Right now, I’m finding a few articles about his training in the Spanish press. Feel free to add links to more in the comments as you come across them today as I’m sure they will continue to pop up.

20 Jul 2009 | by miri | 62 Comments