Nadal News

RafaLint: June 2nd

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Articles:

Racquet Reaction: Nadal d. Schwank - by Hannah Wilks (tennis.com)
Rafael Nadal leads the big three - by Greg Garber (espn.com)
Nadal, Murray, Ferrer cruise into second week at French Open - via Fox news
Nadal Dismisses Schwank; Monaco Edges Raonic - via the ATP site
Record-chasing Nadal ready for first real test at Roland Garros - via CNN
Notes and Quotes from Day 7 of the 2012 French Open - via Tennis Panorama News (includes Rafa presser quotes)
Shirt color obsession - via the Roland Garros site
Wings of Dawn would like to point out this parody article from the RG site.

Videos:

Photos:

Rafa pics in these flickr sets: from emmanueltahon and from janmci - match; practice.
Match photos from the RG Facebook account.
Nice photo from Ella Ling
And again, be sure to check out @adel1609’s photo stream

Rafa does social media:

Yesterday, Rafa shared a photo of himself on a sports show.

Tweets about Rafa:

Happy birthday to Rafa#vamos7 twitter.com/benitopb/statu…

— Benito P-Barbadillo (@benitopb) June 2, 2012

Random:

Daveeed’s asked if he would like to have Rafa’s life/fame.

Original Article

RG: 2nd round presser video

Thanks to @anna_tennisfan, we have video of Rafa’s full second round presser that’s not region blocked.

And, per JC, even if you don’t speak Spanish, it’s worth sticking around for the Spanish part:

If you are able to watch the full version on Eurosport, you should definitely watch the Spanish part of the presser, or at least from 10:30, when he is asked a question, I think about Istomin and their match at USO 2010. He starts answering, and then, at 10:45, he suddenly says, in English: “I forgot the name of the colour”, followed by an embarrased grin, and then he just continues answering in Spanish. I think he saw the journo, who asked him about the colour of his shirt, and then realized that he forgot to check. I can’t do it justice in writing, but it’s such an adorable little moment :)
Watch it if you can!

Original Article

RG: 2nd round presser video

If you aren’t region-blocked, you can watch Rafa’s 2nd round presser in full via Eurosport.

There’s also a non-blocked version on The Tennis Channel site:

Thanks to jaspreet for alerting me to this.

Original Article

RafaLint: May 30th

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Rafa’s up third on Lenglen tomorrow - he’ll follow the completion of the Tsonga/Stebe match which is scheduled to start not before noon local time (and is currently tied 1 set and 1 game each).

Light lint today as Rafa practiced off-site.

Articles:

Grounds Pass, Day 4, May 30 - by Steve Tignor (tennis.com)
Rude wankers
Say What? French Open first-round quote roundup - by Courtney Nguyen (si.com). Rafa, your skin is going to look and feel like leather by the time you retire from tennis.

Videos:

Interview with CANAL+
iB3 report on Rafa’s first round match.
raficionada (aka @creamola_foam on twitter) is in Paris and sharing videos: practice; shirt change during the Bolelli match.

Photos:

rafandready has posted some Roland Garros photos.
Zimbio photosets from Rafa’s first round match: one; two.

Rafa does social media:

Rafa was surprised that a lot of kiddos showed up to his off-site practice session. Love the little girl walking away smiling at her signed ball.

Tweets about Rafa:

Kevin Anderson’s wife is a Rafa fan:

I love @rolandgarros! I got to meet my second favorite tennis player (after @kevinanderson18 of course!) twitter.com/KelseyOAnderso…

— Kelsey Anderson (@KelseyOAnderson) May 26, 2012