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RC: Post semifinal presser

Rafa’s post semifinal presser via Tennis Connected.

Q. Tied at 3 in the first set you had a couple of chances to break his serve, and he kind of took over from there. Why was he so hard to put away at some points today?

RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, well, playing against Andy always is a challenge. Is very difficult player in every surface, I told you yesterday. Here a little bit more than the rest, in my

14 Aug 2010 | by miri | 27 Comments

RC: Semifinal photos

Okay, I think I’m done packing for Cincinnati! (Well, still have to sort out my laptop, but that’s last.) So, here are some photos from today’s match.

Photos by AP Photo/The Canadian Press,Frank Gunn, Matthew Stockman/Getty Images, and REUTERS/ Mike Cassese

Also, once again, GOTOTENNIS has some lovely photos.

14 Aug 2010 | by miri | 15 Comments

RafaLint – August 14th

I’m so far behind on everything and it’s just going to get worse next week! Oh well, before the semis start, here’s some stuff from yesterday.

True Story – by Steve Tignor

In this article, Tignor takes on a few of the standard catch-phrases in tennis about the big champions: they play the big points well; they play every point as if it were important; they find a way to win when not playing well. Those are easy things

14 Aug 2010 | by miri | 3 Comments

RC: Post quarterfinal presser

Q. You have always tough battles with Kohlschreiber on hardcourt. Is there any specific reason?

RAFAEL NADAL: Well, he’s — well, first of all, every match is tough, no? And second thing, he’s a good player. I think today I started terrible in the beginning, but anyway, always he’s difficult to beat, no?
So it is a good victory for me, especially because I finished the match playing better in the third. Sure, being in the semifinals is very good news for me, no, for

14 Aug 2010 | by miri | 21 Comments

RC: 3rd round presser

Q. Obviously his serve is the biggest weapon, and in the beginning you seemed to have a lot of trouble with it, but after about two-and-a-half games you were able to break him. What kind of adjustments did you make?

RAFAEL NADAL: Well, I started to return the second serve inside the court. In the beginning, I was returning three meters behind the baseline. After, I returned the second serve on the line. So, yes, this was important point, but after that first

12 Aug 2010 | by miri | 10 Comments

RafaLint: August 12th

Better clean up this lint before more erupts after tonight’s match.

Rafa wins a thriller
Nadal Kicks Off His Hardcourt Season
Nadal, Djokovic pass tough tests in Toronto

rtve report on the 2nd round match:

Posted by gandaines2. You can also see it on the rtve.es site.

iB3 report on the match:

And, Rafa posted some photos and a status update on Facebook: photo one, photo two.

Por cierto me dicen que en mi pagina web hay

12 Aug 2010 | by miri | 2 Comments

RC: 2nd round presser

Q. After such a long time without playing tennis, how difficult was it to find your rhythm today?

RAFAEL NADAL: No, I was pretty happy, no? Less difficult than other times. So I happy the way that I played. Sure, I had the few mistakes in the tiebreak, one smash, one easy volley, backhand easy volley, yeah, one backhand in important moment. But in general, I think I played well, so is not always easy after stop. Play well the first match, and

12 Aug 2010 | by miri | 5 Comments