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VAMOS RAFA!!!

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Imam fobiju od autsajdera u SF i F pa makar igrali dva dana u 5 setova i sa prekidima zbog kise
Samo fokusirano i bez gresaka Rafa

Vamos Rafael !!!

Vamos Rafael !!!
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Friday, July 04, 2008

Beaten at foot-tennis and cards - at least I got lunch right

Hi Everyone,

I don't really know what to say today on this blog. It is one of those days that you really feel that nothing that I have done has been different to what I have been telling you. I did wake up at the normal time, I went to practice at a normal time (at noon) for over an hour and not much. Well,yes, we played some foot-tennis after practice that I always have fun with and lot of people watched us doing that. Me and Maymo vs Toni and Carlos Costa. Maymo a complete disaster. We lost because the guy is just a "zero on the left" hahahahahaha. He might be the best physio but as a football player he is just terrible. Still we had a lot of fun. I have to say it was the normal thing to do, to lose, but we were close if you look at the positive side of things like I normally do.

Then I went back to the house and simply cooked lunch. During lunch (we ate pretty late again), I watched most of the Clement v Schuetler match. I am really looking forward to tomorrow's match. This is my third consecutive semifinal here and I really find myself very motivated and fit. Lot of people might think tomorrow it is an easy match but come on, this is a semifinal of Wimbledon and it can only be a difficult match. Tomorrow the forecast is good, sunny skies so normally we will be able to play.

And what else? not much to be honest. We played some cards after lunch, a game called "the one". There I lost, Maymo says that I am a "filete" a steak would be the translation from Spanish to English. I am told it doesn't mean anything in English but it is the way we use to say someone is not good at something. You are a filete hahahahaha. Well, today I was one playing cards. It was again the four of us with Benito filming on a camera some parts of it. I wonder what he does with this footage. He better not use it !

Anyway, thanks all for your support and hope to write some more blogs during the next days. It would mean I am through...

Rafa

http://timesonline.typepad.com/rafae...ted-and-f.html




Friday, July 04, 2008

Questions for Rafa: being an honorary Brit, playing against friends and smashing racquets

My daughter, Kathleen, is 12 and hits two handed from both forehand and backhand as you once did. Her coach wants her to play one handed forehand. Why did your uncle decide to have you play with your left rather than right?
Marian, Wilmington, NC

Rafa: My uncle told me that there was no player that played at the top level with two handed forehand. I had to chose and I felt better with my left hand. Now it is my best shot.

Which do you consider a more difficult surface: US Open or Australian Open?
Chris, Texas

Rafa: They are pretty similar both. I have performed better at the Oz Open but it has nothing to do with the surface.

In a match between Real Mallorca and Real Madrid, who do you support?
Rafa: It will depends who needs the win more. I would go for that one.

Do you have any interest in boxing? I'm sure that you have a great right hook!
Mamiko

Rafa: Not at all.

What is the best present you've ever given someone?
Vivian

Rafa: I keep the present personal but I can tell you it was to my father.

Why do you think the British crowd love you so much?
David

Rafa: I don't know but I am very grateful to them. They are fantastic.

Are you more comfortable playing a match against someone you are friends with?
Kat Chiri

Rafa: No, actually it is worse. Funny since we talked about that tonight during dinner.

I admire how you never lose your temper on court. In the past, have you ever come close to losing it or got mad and smashed your raquet or yelled at your opponent or umpire?
Prab

Rafa: No I never smashed a racquet. If I hit a wrong shot it is my fault no the racquet's. I did get upset the other day against Gulbis with the umpire.

Why have you changed your pre-serve routine?
Doris from Hamburg

Rafa: I am just a bit faster not to get warnings.

Who was your sporting hero when you where younger?
Samra

Rafa: I never had a sporting hero. I only looked at my uncle Miguel Angel but not really heroes.

http://timesonline.typepad.com/rafae...n-being-a.html

[Liverpool FC]

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dali se planira neki humanitarni turnir uskoro ili su suvise zauzeti sa turnirima koji nisu bitni? tipa ukrajna i slicno.

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BRAVO RAFA ZA 3. UZASTOPNO FINALE. OVOGA PUTA JE TVOJ RED.

Danas je bio malo nesiguran, ponekad su najtezi ovakvi mecevi kada te svi vec vide u finalu i pricaju o tome. Ali ipak je zavrsio u 3 sto je najvaznije.


VAMOS VAMOS VAMOS

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Cestitke svim navijacima na zasluzenom prolazu Nadala u finale.

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Ne verujem..Ono nije povreda,vec poderotina koze na kolenu...
Danas je bio dovoljno dobar...U nedelju mora da igra svoj best tennis a i da ga sluzi sreca ..Vamos

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Brafo Rafa i puno srece u nedelju, uz tebe smo uvek, uz Boziju pomoc i VAMOS!!!!

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R. Nadal interview - 4 July

Friday, 4 July 2008

Rafael Nadal def. Rainer Schuettler 6-3, 7-6, 6-4

Q. What do you think of your performance today?

RAFAEL NADAL: Well, probably wasn't the same like quarterfinals. I played better in quarterfinals. But, you know, always be in semifinals is one pression match.

Probably against Rainer, I think he was coming probably a little bit tired. I started the match very easy, the first set. Probably always is good start like this, no? But at the same time is difficult, because when the other starts to play a little bit better you feel strange on court, no? But, anyway, the most important thing is I am in the final already, and very happy for be in this final another time.

Q. What do you think the quality of the final this time will depend on?

RAFAEL NADAL: You never know, no? I think I did a very good tournament. Well, I think both Roger and me, we did a very good tournament. Right now I just -- well, always is tough play against Roger. At the same time, Roger, I think, is tough play against me, because we played a lot of times in a lot of important matches, and this is one more, no? I lost the last two times here, last two years, and this year I gonna try my best another time for try to win.

Q. Do you feel you're a better player on grass this year than the last two years, particularly winning Queen's Club? Do you feel more confident?

RAFAEL NADAL: I think doesn't matter win on Queen's or don't win on Queen's for arrive here with good confidence, no? I get a lot of confidence in my clay season, in my hard season in United States, and later for sure winning on Queen's is important. But I was coming here with good confidence because I played two finals the last two years here, no? I think I am better player in general, but not on grass, because on grass I don't practice too much.

Q. A few minutes ago Roger Federer said your victory at Roland Garros was more or less irrelevant, a long time ago. He says it was on clay a month ago, and it doesn't affect him now. Does it not affect you either? Does it not give you extra confidence?

RAFAEL NADAL: I think it's totally different court, different surface. Everything is different, no? You know, I think doesn't matter. I prefer have the victory, but... I think don't will be important for the Sunday.

Q. You practiced with John McEnroe today. Why was that?

RAFAEL NADAL: Was good. Was a very nice experience with me, practice with one champion like him. For sure always is a pleasure for me practice with one person like John, no?

Q. Your leg is quite heavily strapped up there. Is that going to be a problem for you on Sunday?

RAFAEL NADAL: What?

Q. Your leg is quite heavily strapped up.

RAFAEL NADAL: No, is nothing.

THE INTERPRETER: It's a bruise, a burn.

RAFAEL NADAL: Is nothing. Is nothing.

Q. You'll be a hundred percent fit for Sunday?

RAFAEL NADAL: I hope so.

Q. How much do you want to win this?

RAFAEL NADAL: The same like every match and the same like every time when I'm in one final, one important final. So win here -- I think playing three finals here, I don't have to show anybody if I can play good here. But for sure win or lose is a difference, important difference - in the finals especially. And probably if I win on Sunday, my careera is changing a little bit more, no?

Q. Federer says, I know how to play Rafa. I know what I have to do. Do you know what you have to do to beat Roger Federer on grass?

RAFAEL NADAL: No, no. I only gonna try my best, no? Go on court, try to play my best tennis, try to put my rhythm, my intensity. Later, if he play better than me, he beat me, just congratulate him like every year.

Q. You have a long relationship with your uncle Toni as your coach. Does it surprise you that Roger Federer, he seems to like not to have a full-time coach with him. Does that surprise you for a top player?

RAFAEL NADAL: Everybody's different, no? Is different. I think have a coach is important, but not irrelevant, no?

Q. Would you describe what, if anything, carries over from the experience last year in the final? You said that the French Open this year doesn't make any difference for this surface. What about having played Roger in that great match at the end of last season?

RAFAEL NADAL: Well, every year is different and every match is different. Depends of the moment. I say always the same: depends how you arrive to the final; how you feel in the moment; how you are playing. The match can change a lot. Last year I was very close. I hope on Sunday be at the same performance, a little bit better, I have my chances for win. I say, well, if I have the chance, I hope win this time.

Q. On court you're so intense. Off the court you're so relaxed. Could you talk about that. What is that about?

RAFAEL NADAL: I don't know. That's my character, no? What do you want to listen?

Q. I want your thoughts about the difference between the two.

RAFAEL NADAL: On the court I am relaxed, too, I think. I never say nothing. I never put the racquet outside of the hand. You know, I think I am under control when I am on court, no? That's my feeling.

Q. What would it mean to you to win the title on Sunday?

RAFAEL NADAL: I said before, no, for me for sure if I win here probably gonna be one of the most important wins in my careera, no? But I don't want to speak about win. I only want to speak about I have to play the final, I have to play my best tennis if I want chances for win this final. Later if I am here on Sunday with the title, well, you can ask me what I feel.

Q. If you do win on Sunday, do you think that confirms you as the best player in the world once you've beaten Roger on grass?

RAFAEL NADAL: I continuing -- if I have the title on Sunday, on Monday I continuing be the No. 2. I gonna have more chances for be No. 1 in the next months, that's true.

Q. Was there some difficulty with the shoes today? An extra pair of shoes were sent down to you.

RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, no, was my mistake. I really didn't want to change the shoes before the match. Was a little bit worn out. But for tomorrow new, and no problem for Sunday.

Q. Do you think Roger is the greatest ever grass court player? When you look at his record of five in a row, do you think that's an achievement that never will be broken?

RAFAEL NADAL: I think for me he's the best of the history. I don't know if he's the best on grass because Sampras has seven, no? He has five - hopefully not six this year. So he has to win two more times for be at the same level as Sampras here on this surface. But in general I think he is the best.

http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/news/...184491562.html

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bravo obojci za Finale!

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Odbranili smo bodove Sad ajmo jos malo vise, pa navikao je Rafa na kisu povremeno ;D
Zelim slike sa trofejem da postujem sutra ovde, ne sa posluzavnikom.
Mozes ti to Rafa, pa se opet izvini ako ti je bas neprijatno :-*


Vamos Rafael !!!