Rome: Quarterfinal photos
Photos from Rafa’s dramatic win over Murray. Photos by AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, REUTERS/Giampiero Sposito, and Julian Finney/Getty Images
View ArticleRafaLint: May 16th
Post-match on court interview: Posted by ATPWorldTour. Articles: First Ball In, 5/16: Roman Banquet – by Steve Tignor (tennis.com) Somehow, Rafa and Andy lived up to, and in the third set even...
View ArticleRome: A Saturday romp
Julian Finney/Getty Images In the last men’s semifinal in Rome, Rafa played #14 Grigor Dimitrov. Going into the match, Rafa lead their head-to-head 4-0, but Dimitrov had taken a set off Rafa in each...
View ArticleRome: Semifinal photos
Photos from Rafa’s win over Dimitrov. Photos by AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini, and Julian Finney/Getty Images
View ArticleRafaLint: May 17th
First, you must listen to Rafa’s post-match presser: (Via tennistop.com) His answer about his family is hilarious. I was confused when Rafa says “Penalty!” when they start the Spanish portion. I...
View ArticleRome: Not quite there yet
AP Photo/Andrew Medichini Rome final. Rafole #41. #1 vs. #2. Do you need any more of an intro? The story went better than their last few meetings. Rafa took a set, but then the problems in the match up...
View ArticleRome: Final photos
Photos from the Rome final. Photos by AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, REUTERS/Giampiero Sposito, AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, and Julian Finney/Getty Images
View ArticleRafaLint: May 18th
Julian Finney/Getty Images So, another tournament ends. Watching the match today, I couldn’t help but think back to this quote from Paul Annacone: But Nadal also tends to see danger at every turn,...
View ArticleRome: Stress-free debut
Photo by Beth Wilson Rafa played qualifier Marsel Ilhan (#67) is his first match in Rome today. It was a pretty stress-free affair with Rafa dominating play from start to end. He’s through 6-2, 6-0....
View ArticleRome: Results catch-up
Photo by Beth Wilson Rome Round of 16: Rafa played wonderful, error-free tennis in defeating John Isner 6-4, 6-4. Nadal Isner Statistics on Serve Aces 3 7 Double Faults 3 2 1st Serve % 76% 69% 1st...
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