RafaLint: June 12th

The Roland Garros after-glow lint post.

12 Jun 2012 | by miri | 40 Comments

RafaLint: June 11th

Ooodles. Just oodles of Roland Garros final coverage. What more could you ask for?

12 Jun 2012 | by miri | 24 Comments

RG: Final presser

If you aren’t region blocked (like me), you can watch the post-final presser in full. Same thing with the Spanish one. The rest of us will have to settle for this clip on the RG site.

There’s a transcript of Rafa’s post-match presser on the RG site. This unofficial transcript also includes the Spanish presser.

Two very small questions. First, when you were sitting down, everybody was taking your photo. You picked up the trophy, and

11 Jun 2012 | by miri | 13 Comments

RG: Final videos

Last two points:

Posted by 7ssan1989.

Highlights from day two:

TvSportsHD.

Many different videos available via RafaPedia (which just caused my browser to crash 3 times, but that could be because I have about 60000 tabs open).

I have no idea if the following will be available outside the US. I hope so!

Sunday’s action in full.
Today’s action in full.
Trophy ceremony.
Interview with McEnroe.

If those don’t work, maybe these will?
Match summary:

11 Jun 2012 | by miri | 10 Comments

RG: Trophy photoshoot

No time for Rafa to go to EuroDisney this year. A lovely bridge with the Eiffel Tower as a backdrop will have to do.

11 Jun 2012 | by miri | 7 Comments

RG: Trophy ceremony photos

Photos from the 2012 Roland Garros trophy ceremony.

11 Jun 2012 | by miri | 11 Comments

RG: Final photos part 2

Photos from the continuation of the Roland Garros final between Rafa and Nole.

11 Jun 2012 | by miri | 24 Comments

RG: 7/11

Another slam final and it’s Rafa and Nole. This is getting to be a habit. Rafa came out on fire, but that didn’t last too long. What followed was best described by sharlatee on twitter as “all kinds of wow and weird”. Each guy would play amazing points alternating with odd errors and nervous looking shots. One guy would step up and start playing well just as the other would turn into an error making machine. It was not pretty.

11 Jun 2012 | by miri | 160 Comments

RafaLint: June 10th

Lots of frustrated reports on a frustrating partial match, frustrated tennis players, and very frustrating weather – today’s lint.

10 Jun 2012 | by miri | 7 Comments

RG: Final photos part 1

Photos from today’s action in the “to be continued” Roland Garros final.

Photos by PATRICK KOVARIK/AFP/GettyImages, REUTERS/Regis Duvignau, Clive Brunskill/Getty Images, PATRICK KOVARIK/AFP/GettyImages, KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP/GettyImages, REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes, THOMAS COEX/AFP/GettyImages, PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/GettyImages, Mike Hewitt/Getty Images, Matthew Stockman/Getty Images, and AP Photo/Michel Euler

Also, check out the album posted to the Roland Garros Facebook account.

10 Jun 2012 | by miri | 8 Comments