Wimbly: Times Blog and Q&A #4

New entries up on The Times site. First, the blog:

Hi everyone,

This is just a quick one since I am writing this after the dinner and I realised it is quite late. I had a quiet dinner at home with Carlos, Maymo and Albert Molina. The rest of the team and some others preferred to go out to the village and to London. So I stayed and cooked – the same pasta as the other day (Benito did the shopping) – and

24 Jun 2011 | by miri | 11 Comments

Wimbly: Times Blog and Q&A #3

New entries are up! First, the blog:

Hello everyone,

Good day today for me at the championships since I had the chance to play today for the first time with the roof. It is a Wimbledon that I am discovering new things, that I am doing new things I had never done before.

I played the opening match on center with that amazing grass and today I played with the roof. To be honest i prefer to play outdoors, since this is an outdoor

22 Jun 2011 | by miri | 7 Comments

Wimbly: Times Blog and Q&A #2

First, the blog entry:

Hello everyone.

What a lovely afternoon it was today, so sunny, so nice! Let’s hope it stays like this!!!!

Had a quiet day today, played some playstation (you probably saw that on my facebook, and simply stayed at home for dinner with Maymo, Toni and Carlos.

Very quiet, very nice.

Tomorrow people might think it is an easy match but that is not correct.

We’ll see how it goes!

I think! He’s happy! About! The sun! (And yes, Rafa, we already

21 Jun 2011 | by miri | 10 Comments

Final Telegraph blog & Q&A

Rafa’s final blog & Q&A is up on the Telegraph site:

Hello everyone and many thanks for all your support during these past two weeks in Paris. It was a new experience to do this blog here and the feedback I got was very positive.

I am now in London and happy to be back on grass. I arrived yesterday (Monday) from Paris, after we celebrated on Sunday night and then went to Disney World in the morning.

When I arrived in

7 Jun 2011 | by miri | 8 Comments

RG: Telegraph blog & Q&A #12

Rafa’s pre-final blog and Q&A for The Telegraph is up!

Hello everyone, and good morning.

It’s rainy today in Paris but we are finally in the last day. It’s been an amazing two weeks where there were points that I thought I would not make it to the final day. I wasn’t playing well and, as I said, I had to play better to be able to reach the final. This says a lot about the importance of confidence in tennis. It is possible to

5 Jun 2011 | by miri | 4 Comments

RG: Telegraph blog & Q&A #11

Rafa’s latest blog and Q&A for The Telegraph is already up!

Hello everyone,

The first thing I would like to do is to congratulate Andy on a great tournament. I really like him as a player, I think he is incredibly talented and will soon win a Grand Slam. There is no doubt about it, or at least I have no doubt about it. And I also like him a lot as a person. I wish him all the best and

3 Jun 2011 | by miri | 5 Comments

RG: Telegraph blog & Q&A #10

How did I miss this earlier? Ooops! The latest blog and Q&A is up at The Telegraph:

Hello everyone and thanks for being there.

The tournament is getting close to the end, and the question is who is playing the final.

There are now only four of us left and Andy Murray is there again. I know there are a lot of expectations in Britain for this and that’s also pressure for him.

Every time we play it is a

2 Jun 2011 | by miri | 6 Comments

RG: Telegraph Q&A #9

Rafa’s new blog and Q&A entry for The Telegraph is up. First, the blog:

Hello everyone and good morning.

I am writing this just minutes before going to the tournament site and getting ready for my match today! I am practicing at 12 noon and then closing my self in the locker room waiting for my match, a very difficult one as you all know. I lost to Soderling 2 years ago and I am not playing well today. I have to

1 Jun 2011 | by miri | 6 Comments

RG: Telegraph blog & Q&A #7

Ah, yesterday’s entry was late…because we already have the next entry.

Hello everyone,

The most important thing for me now is to know I am in the second week of Roland Garros. It is always important since the second week is the decisive week and to be here means you are in the final rounds. It is funny how much a tournament changes.

Now there are very few players and the juniors start their competition. So that Players area is very different, completely different. I

30 May 2011 | by miri | 5 Comments

RG: Telegraph blog & Q&A #6

Entry number six is either very late or very early.

Blog:

Hello everyone,

So tomorrow I have another difficult match against a big server, just like in my first round against Isner. Ivan is playing well, very well, and is someone who plays also well on clay since he practices all the time in Monte Carlo. Again, it won’t be an easy match, that’s for sure.

Speak tomorrow,

Thanks!

Rafa.

Just play him like you did in Monte-Carlo and it will be no problem.

(To have

29 May 2011 | by miri | 19 Comments