Madrid: Quarterfinal presser transcript

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The transcript from Rafa’s quarterfinal presser is up on ASAP Sports.

(Through translation.)

THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.

RAFAEL NADAL: Hello. Sorry for the lateness. It was a little complicated.

Heh, when isn’t it complicated?

Q. Congratulations for your victory. After how the match went, after playing against who you’ve played, I think you’re a little bit more inflated with confidence. Looking forward to what you have tomorrow or the next day?

RAFAEL NADAL: For the moment you have to look at what we have tomorrow.

11 May 2013 | by miri | No Comment

Madrid: 3rd round presser transcript

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The transcript from Rafa’s post round of 16 presser is up on the ASAP Sports site.

Q. Good afternoon, Rafa. Congratulations on the victory. We were a little bit worried. I don’t know if it was just a feeling, but you were feeling more bad than normal?

RAFAEL NADAL: No, well, you know, sometimes I feel more and sometimes I feel less. Sometimes I have pain. Since the first day sometimes it’s complicated, you know.

I try to avoid talking about it

10 May 2013 | by miri | One Comment

Madrid: 2nd round presser transcript

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The transcript from Rafa’s second round presser after his 6-3, 6-4 defeat of Paire is up on the ASAP Sports site.

Q. Congratulations for your victory, first of all. How did you feel? How are the feelings here? How are you recovering yourself?

RAFAEL NADAL: Well, I’m recovering. These days we do whatever we can, you know. That’s an important victory today. Each match in this kind of tournament is very demanding from the first round.

Today I played only — with the best players in

9 May 2013 | by miri | 3 Comments

Madrid: Pre-tournament presser transcript

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The transcript from Rafa’s pre-tournament presser has been posted on the ASAP Sports site.

Q. Hello Rafa. I would like to know if from zero to 100% how do you feel? Which percentage to you place on your game right now? Do you see it possible to reach whole conditions in Roland Garros?

RAFAEL NADAL: It’s complicated to analyze in which condition I am. You really don’t know when you’re 100% ready. Each day is a new day. I do what I

6 May 2013 | by miri | One Comment

IW: Post final presser

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Rafa’s post-final transcript is up:

Q. Congratulations. Is it one of the most memorable wins of your career?

RAFAEL NADAL: I don’t know, no? But it is an emotional one, a very emotional one, yes.

A lot of things happened last seven months, to be back here and to have this very heavy trophy with me is amazing, no? I am winning three straight top 10s, beating the top 5 of the world and No. 4 and not be

18 Mar 2013 | by miri | 11 Comments

IW: Semifinal presser transcript

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Rafa’s post-semifinal presser transcript is up on ASAP Sports.

Q. During the Australian Open when you were sidelined, if someone said to you that in the warmup clay tournaments you played you would do extremely well and then come here on hard court and beat Roger in straight sets and Berdych and then reach the finals, what would you say to them?

RAFAEL NADAL: You never know what’s going in on in the future, no, but sure is something that the things seem

17 Mar 2013 | by miri | No Comment

IW: Quarterfinal presser transcript

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The transcript of Rafa’s post quarterfinal presser is up on ASAP Sports:

Q. That was some occasion, but perhaps not quite the match we were anticipating. How did you read it?

RAFAEL NADAL: I played great the first set. I played a fantastic first set, in my opinion. The second set was strange. The second set I think Roger didn’t fight as usual. Probably he had some problems and he didn’t feel enough comfortable to keep fighting.

But for myself I have to take

15 Mar 2013 | by miri | 13 Comments

IW: 4th round presser transcript

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Rafa’s post 4th round match presser is up on ASAP Sports:

Q. You certainly held the crowd. Did they inspire you? That was an awful lot of noise for you out there today.

RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, all the support of the crowd since I am coming back every place, you know, around every tournament that I played was amazing, and today was not an exception.

I just can say thank you very much all the fans. You know, in

14 Mar 2013 | by miri | 4 Comments

Conference call with Rafa

Thanks to the nice folks at Tennis Panorama News, we have a transcript of today’s conference call to promote the BNP Paribas Showdown (March 4th, 2013). Give them a click and a thanks.

9 Oct 2012 | by miri | 5 Comments

Wimbly: 2nd round presser transcript

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A transcript of Rafa’s post 2nd round presser is up on the Wimbledon site. What happened out there? Was he just too good?

Q. What happened out there? Was he just too good?

RAFAEL NADAL: Oh, c’mon. That’s too simple. In the fifth, yes. Not before, no? In the fifth set he played more than unbelievable. That’s fine.

Before, first three sets, I didn’t play well.

Q. You were complaining a little bit about something he was doing at one point. What was

29 Jun 2012 | by miri | 15 Comments