Barcelona: Business as usual

Photo by Beth Wilson

Rafa started is Barcelona campaign with a solid 6-4, 6-2 2nd round win over Carlos Berlocq. I’m back to the boring real job and didn’t get to see the match – did anyone get to see it? Comments on the level of play?

24 Apr 2013 | by miri | 31 Comments

RafaLint: February 27th

Today’s lint includes wrap-ups of Rafa’s first round match in Acapulco, practice and interview videos and lots of social media.

27 Feb 2013 | by miri | One Comment

Acapulco: 1st round photos

Photos from Rafa’s first round match and presser.

Photos by REUTERS/Henry Romero, Hector Rivera and Yasuyoshi Chiba

27 Feb 2013 | by miri | 3 Comments

Acapulco: 1st round presser video

Video of Rafa’s presser after his victory over Schwartzman.

Via the tournament’s livestream.

26 Feb 2013 | by miri | One Comment

RafaLint: February 26th

Photo by AP Photo/Christian Palma

Some lint before I crash* for the evening. I’m tired and the tournament is in my time zone! Best of luck surviving the week to those who are dealing with horrid time zone differences.

Articles:

Nadal’s camp denies report he’s already decided to skip Indian Wells, Miami – by Courtney Nguyen (si.com)
Djokovic plays down Murray rivalry – via tennishead.net. Nole votes for Rafa/Roger as best rivalry.
Rafa Nadal y Bacardí promueven consumo responsable de alcohol – via eleconomista.com.mx (mangle)

26 Feb 2013 | by miri | 6 Comments

Acapulco: Someone in a hurry?

Rafa started his Acapulco tournament by taking the star night session turn against #157 Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (ARG). Rafa stormed through the first set in under a half hour. The second was looking pretty much same until a hiccup on the 6th game when Rafa was broken. It was just a hiccup, though, as Rafa broke right back to earn the opportunity to serve for the match. And he did just that. Winning 6-2, 6-2 in just over an hour.

26 Feb 2013 | by miri | 12 Comments

RG: 3rd round presser transcript

Transcript from Rafa’s post third round match presser. (Thanks to a tweet by _harry91 which was retweeted by Curtos07.)

Q. Was it your best match since the start of the tournament?

RAFAEL NADAL: It was my best match?

Q. Don’t you think it was your best match since the start of the tournament?

RAFAEL NADAL: No, I think I did well. I played a solid match, but say it’s my best or not, was similar to the second

3 Jun 2012 | by miri | 2 Comments

RafaLint: June 3rd

Birthday videos – do you need anything else? Oh yeah, some more articles about Roland Garros.

3 Jun 2012 | by miri | 9 Comments

RafaLint: June 2nd

A few 3rd round match write-ups, photos and a presser clip – today’s lint.

2 Jun 2012 | by miri | 4 Comments

RG: 3rd round photos

Photos from Rafa’s win over Schwank.

Photos by JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP/GettyImages, Clive Brunskill/Getty Images, REUTERS/Regis Duvignau, AP Photo/Christophe Ena, PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/GettyImages, and REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

2 Jun 2012 | by miri | 4 Comments