Rome: Final videos (Updated)

Here’s the full match:

Posted by TennisOnlineHD who has also posted a version with Spanish commentary.

Post match on court interview in Spanish. It’s also available on YouTube:

Posted by molvi1501.

Genny summed up a few of Rafa’s comments:

Rafa in Spanish TV: Rafa’d have rated as mad to anyone who would’ve told him 4 months ago that by now he’d have won 3 M1000, 2 M500 & 1 M250— Genny SS (@genny_ss) May 19, 2013

Rafa thinks today wasn’t the best day of

19 May 2013 | by miri | 3 Comments

Interview with Dr. Cotorro

Photo by Beth Wilson

Rafa’s doctor gave an interview last week and given all the questions that have been swirling about his recovery, delay and then sudden re-emergence in the practice courts, I thought it might be worth paying attention to. But…it was in Spanish and I’m stupid. So I asked Genny for some help. Here’s her sum-up of the interview.

¿Qué tipo de virus tiene el Rafa Nadal?

This interview to Dr. Cotorro took place last week (Dec 29). It is quite long and now I

1 Jan 2013 | by miri | 12 Comments

Interview with Toni

Photo by David Matellano

Toni gave an interview with SER in which he discussed Rafa’s health and plans for going forward. You can listen to the interview here. Inés has typed up a transcription and then translated that for those of us who are Spanish challenged.

Transcript

Hoy hemos empezado a entrenar en tierra batida después del parón debido al problema que ha surgido últimamente, pues hemos empezado hoy

Me imagino que el deseo para el 2013 está claro, que las lesiones respeten a Rafa y todos

31 Dec 2012 | by miri | 8 Comments

Interview: Only the knee matters

An interview by Enrique Yunta for ABC.es. “The Balearic tennis player receives ABC when we are a week away from his return to competition. He is excited, but asks for caution.”

24 Dec 2012 | by miri | 3 Comments

Tiebreak: CANAL+ Interview

Interview with Rafa that aired today on CANAL+.

21 Dec 2012 | by miri | No Comment

Rafa interviews

Photo via especiales.elpais.com.uy

There are a lot of bad translations from some recent Rafa interviews. The worst one claims that Rafa said he will not be playing at the Australian Open. Per our helpful Spanish speakers, he did not say this at all. He plans to play, but, in his usual Rafa-way, played down his ability to win a tournament after not having played competitive tennis for so long.

Once again, @genny_ss has stayed up very late to do some hard work for us. First, a translation of

4 Dec 2012 | by miri | 4 Comments

Interview: Frente a Frente

The complete Ana Pastor interview that aired on CNN Español in the US and TNT in Spain.

15 Oct 2012 | by miri | 7 Comments

CNN Interview – partial video and translation

Part of Rafa’s interview with Ana Pastor on CNN Español has been posted here:

A quote filled article about the interview is available here. Thanks to genny_ss, we have a translation:

“My big goal is to be in Australia, but I do not know when I will be able to return”

Sidelined since June due to an injury, “Rafa” Nadal gave an exclusive interview in which he announced how he plans his return, his dream of winning in Rio 2016, the Messi-Cristiano debate and the possibility of being #1 again in 2013,

June 29, 2012 has become

15 Oct 2012 | by miri | 11 Comments

Promo Frente a Frente: Rafael Nadal

Here’s a short promo of Rafa’s interview with Ana Pastor.

It’s also available here: Rafael Nadal será el primer invitado de Ana Pastor en CNN and a translation.

12 Oct 2012 | by miri | No Comment

El Hormiguero

Links to videos and screen grabs of Rafa’s appearance on the Spanish TV show ‘El Hormiguero’.

11 Oct 2012 | by miri | 8 Comments