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Evo bloga..Rafa u svom stilu ;)
SUNDAY, APRIL 6

Hi everyone,

Well, this is my last blog for tennis.com from Miami and I have to say that I have enjoyed it. I did, believe me. I think it also brought me some luck and I enjoyed it much.

I am writing this blog from my hotel room on Sunday. I am much better now than right after the final. I have to admit I wasn't too happy with myself today and with the performance on court. Nikolay deserved to win, he played much, much better than me today and he is the winner. No excuses. I simply didn't feel well at all. I never found my strokes, my game, my backhand, my nothing! This is why I am upset. Very upset with myself. But now it is over. Nothing I can do. I will learn again from this match and hopefully I will win a title soon again. I hope that in Monte Carlo. I need a title. I have played well, very well in the hard court season from the beginning of the year. I am happy with that. Final in Chennai, semis in Australia and Indian Wells and final here in Miami is very good. It is the best I have ever done on a swing in hard courts, so I am happy for that. I know I can play well here. I knew it already and I proved it again. It is true that I would have loved to win a tournament again. But it is nt easy. I always say it.

Anyway, Miami is almost over. I mean almost since now I am going for dinner with my team. We are going back to the Argentinean restaurant we have been going many times this week. It is called Novecento and we had a great time there always. Yesterday they were also very kind to prepare a room for us where we had lunch and watched on TV the Mallorca vs Real Madrid soccer match. My two teams playing against each other. They have prepared a nice dinner a bit of party for tonight there. I won't party too much since I lost and since I have to go tomorrow to Bremen and get ready for the Davis Cup.

Anyway it has been a pleasure writing to you. I understand this is more a place where US people read. So I am very happy for that. As I said during press conferences, I feel great here since people treat me here very good. Specially here in Miami with so many speaking Spanish. That makes it easier for me Smile You know my English is not that good so...

Take care all and thanks for all the support you've given me.

Rafa
VAMOSSSS!!!!

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N. DAVYDENKO/R. Nadal
6?4, 6?2

An interview with: RAFAEL NADAL


THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.

Q. Has Nikolay improved since you last played him? Does he do anything differently now?
RAFAEL NADAL: What?

Q. Has Nikolay improved since you last played him? Does he do anything differently?
RAFAEL NADAL: No, I don't think so, no? He's always a big player, no? No. 4 in the world, No. 3, No. 5, since three years, no? He's a big player.

Q. Were you surprised at just how aggressive Nikolay was today? He seemed to be standing very close to the baseline, taking a lot of balls on the rise, taking a lot of time away from you. Were you surprised by his aggression today?
RAFAEL NADAL: No. I think he play a good level. He played good match, but I didn't play well today. So when you don't play at 100% at this level against top players, it's tough win, especially on hard surface. So I congratulate him more because he play better than me.
I played very good tournament. I won against very good players. I played at my best level against Berdych, against Blake, against Mathieu. So for that reason I beat against these top players. Today I didn't play my best. He play well and I lose.

Q. Were you 100% fit physically? Are you feeling well?
RAFAEL NADAL: I feel perfect. I feel good. I didn't have any problems, so just today I ?? I didn't found my rhythm on court, so it was tough since the beginning. I can't ?? against wind was impossible for me to win on my serve. If I win serves against wind is impossible to win the match.

Q. Especially your forehand today?
RAFAEL NADAL: My forehand?

Q. Yeah.
RAFAEL NADAL: I don't know outside court, but inside the court I think is the backhand, not the forehand.

Q. Do you think that Nikolay is sort of the guy that at least here we don't hear that much about? You know, everyone writes about you and Roger and Andy. Do you think he's kind of the forgotten guy in the top 5? People don't give him enough credit?
RAFAEL NADAL: I don't think so, no. He's ?? well, he's a different kind of player, for sure. He's ?? he's a big player, but the people and you, you like to write more about Roger, about me, about Djokovic, about Roddick.
But one player can't be three years in Masters Series or this year going to be the fourth without being a very, very good player.
So the people outside tennis can think different, can think about different way about Nikolay, but we know he's a very, very good player.

Q. What are the things that make him different, and what makes him particularly difficult to play?
RAFAEL NADAL: I say before, I think he didn't do nothing different. He start play much better. He played very good level. I didn't play good match. That's it.
Sometimes we all have to think more than the match, so the match was ?? I didn't play well. He play very well, especially after 3?3, because in the beginning I think he wasn't play very good, too. But, anyway, I didn't play well, too.
So later he start ?? he come back, and in one moment of the match, in the 3?All, I have one break point, important point. I didn't win this point. I have one mistake with the forehand. After this point he start playing match much better.(i ja sam u nekom svom prethodnom postu napisala da je ovaj poen bio presudan,na zalost i Rafa tako misli,tada je sve otislo u nepovrat)
It was a big change because he was doing some mistakes. I was doing the same mistakes, too, but at this moment he changed a lot in the match. He start playing much better and was big change for me, no?
And I didn't found a way. I didn't see the way for ?? for try to change the match, no?

Q. I know it's very soon after the match for you, but would you be able to turn your mind to thinking about the clay court season, which is about to begin, and a few thoughts about the part of the season you like best?
RAFAEL NADAL: Right now I have Davis Cup, so I don't think about ?? I think about Davis Cup now. It's important competition for us. Later I sure I'm going to think on clay season, but right now this is the tournament going to give me, I think, positive feeling for the clay season, no?
I play very good tournament against very good players, regularly in final, semifinal, semifinal. That's always positive. When you are there every week finally you going to win. I think this.
So for sure it's tough. I was playing very, very good tennis, but at the same time, I have to be happy about myself, about the last weeks, because I improve a lot my level, tennis level, and I was there all the time.
I think soon I going to win a title, no? I hope so. I hope so in Monte?Carlo.

Q. You said that he didn't change his style, but is there something about his style that didn't allow you to get into your rhythm, or was it just one of those days for you?
RAFAEL NADAL: I say it three times. I didn't feel my rhythm on court, so I play bad game today. It's difficult to say more things. I said before ?? he play better than me. For that reason he beat me. He play more aggressive, with more good feelings, forehand, backhand volley, dropshot.
I can't win against player doing everything better than me today. Today, I didn't play my tennis.

Q. The fact that they've switched to a two?out?of?three format, seems like it would be a particular disadvantage to a player like yourself. I wonder how you and others feel about the switch from three?out?of?five to two?out?of?three in the scoring.
RAFAEL NADAL: I think it's a positive change for the players, because we have the calendar very tight, very tough all the time, a lot of straight weeks and tough for us to play final with five sets.
But the intention of tennis is five sets. Big matches ?? I remember some of the big matches, I know I played big matches, if I played big matches, was always five sets.
At the same time, it is disappointing for me.

Q. With the results of tournaments at that start of this year, do you see the men's side being wide open right now as far as who's going to become the dominant player?
RAFAEL NADAL: I don't know. You know, we have only three months already on the season. Roger have lose more than usually, but it wasn't due to bad results. He's not far away about his level.
Djokovic is unbelievable, but at the same time, I am not so far away than Djokovic, too. Play very good start of the season. My goal was have 1,000 points after Miami. I say before the season my goal is have 1,000 points in Miami and I will have, I don't know, 1,200, 1,250, something like this.
I improve my goal. Last year I have in this moment, this tournament, when I finish winning the Indian Wells I have 1025 points. I improve. It's a lot of points on three months, so happy for that.

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Ovo je deo "izvestaja" sa Rogerovog foruma koji pisu fanovi koji su bili na turniru:

"But I will share the one every one has been asking about...the famous Rafa pic with Leslie & me. We were hanging around the players lounge area....an outside garden area with tables ....when my frined found out that Rafa would be going to an autograph signing & coming out this way pretty soon. I thought outloud to Leslie & Marianne how funny it would be if we could get a pic w/ Rafa since we were all dressed in our Swissness & RF hats & Go Roger tee's. So a few minutes later, he did come out , quitely as to not attract much attention. He had his cap pulled down low, but you can't mistake Rafa....his FA gives him away. So as he got closer to where we standing, I asked if he would take a picture with us. He looked at us ...a little puzzled & said....."With Roger Fans???" But all the while , a big smile on his face. I think he thought it was amusing s, too. So , he stepped between Leslie & I & we all put our arms around each other....he has such a small waist but HUGE arms..& took the picture. He was such a good sport & laughing like a little kid the whole time. We told him even though we are Rogers fans, that we liked him , too & wished him Good Luck. As he stepped away to get into the cart, we continues to talk to him saying thanks & VAMOS RAFA!!!! He was laughing & frinning & waved to us. What a cutie!!!"




;D

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cao svima, ja se zovem Milica! Zelim da kazem da mi je jako zao sto je Rafa izgubio od Davydenka!Jednostavno koliko je dobro igrao u predhodnim mecevima toliko je lose igrao protiv Davydenka!Ali sada slijedi sezona na sljaci gdje je Rafa kralj i nadam se da ce uspjeti da odbrani titule!!! Vamos Rafa!!

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milice,zelim samo da kazem da imas divno ime.

i naravno-napred rafa

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[quote author=hogar link=topic=474.msg20040#msg20040 date=1207655887]
milice,zelim samo da kazem da imas divno ime.

i naravno-napred rafa
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Hogar, ne bio se htio previse mijesati, ali ovaj jedan plus u karmi kod Milice vec nakon prvog posta, je li to tvoje djelo? ;)

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Milice, dobrodoshla!

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[quote author=Roger link=topic=474.msg20043#msg20043 date=1207661145]
[quote author=hogar link=topic=474.msg20040#msg20040 date=1207655887]
milice,zelim samo da kazem da imas divno ime.

i naravno-napred rafa
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Hogar, ne bio se htio previse mijesati, ali ovaj jedan plus u karmi kod Milice vec nakon prvog posta, je li to tvoje djelo? ;)
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Uf, ovo me je vec kostalo jednog minusa! ;) Bolje da se primim tenisa! ;D

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[quote author=Roger link=topic=474.msg20049#msg20049 date=1207669562]
[quote author=Roger link=topic=474.msg20043#msg20043 date=1207661145]
[quote author=hogar link=topic=474.msg20040#msg20040 date=1207655887]
milice,zelim samo da kazem da imas divno ime.

i naravno-napred rafa
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Hogar, ne bio se htio previse mijesati, ali ovaj jedan plus u karmi kod Milice vec nakon prvog posta, je li to tvoje djelo? ;)
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Uf, ovo me je vec kostalo jednog minusa! ;) Bolje da se primim tenisa! ;D
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svakome po jedan plus...
i naravno-vamos rafa ;)

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O,blago nama ...evo ovde novih Rafin fanova ;) ;) ;)..Ako,ako..pa ,vidite,ne moze se odoleti Rafici ;)

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[quote author=Roger link=topic=474.msg20049#msg20049 date=1207669562]
[quote author=Roger link=topic=474.msg20043#msg20043 date=1207661145]
[quote author=hogar link=topic=474.msg20040#msg20040 date=1207655887]
milice,zelim samo da kazem da imas divno ime.

i naravno-napred rafa
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Hogar, ne bio se htio previse mijesati, ali ovaj jedan plus u karmi kod Milice vec nakon prvog posta, je li to tvoje djelo? ;)
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Uf, ovo me je vec kostalo jednog minusa! ;) Bolje da se primim tenisa! ;D
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A na sta li ce tek izaci ovo moje razmisljanje... ;) Zasto ne mogu da se otmem utisku da velika vecina Rafinih navijacica za njega navija ipak prije svega zbog bicepsa,tricepsa..uopste skoro pa do savrsenstva dovedenog tijela? I da me ne biste odmah "napali" sa minusima ;D ,samo da kazem da sam sproveo mini anketu medju svojim poznanicama,prijateljicama,komsinicama,tetkama,bab ama i svim mogucim kategorijama ljepseg pola koje navijaju za njega i na sam pomen imena Rafaela Nadala su govorile :"Ah to je onaj Spanac vrhunskog izgleda"! ;)

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hvala! inace ja ne navijam za Rafu samo zbog njegovog izgleda,vec i zbog toga kako igra,kako je uporan da stigne svaku loptu,i naravno bori se do posljednje sekunde meca,on se nikad ne predaje!!!!!!!

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@maximus..Niko ne spori Rafin izgled,eto potvrde i od komsinica,drugarica i sl :-*..On samo uoblicuje njegovu licnost na terenu i daje mu dodatnu harizmu..No,valjda su se neki momci ovde uverili,da i mi cure pored dobrog ukusa imamo i nekog teniskog znanja ;)

Postedecu te minusa, vesto si se izvukao ;)


Btw,Milice,dobrodosla na forum

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[quote author=elena link=topic=474.msg20061#msg20061 date=1207679938]
@maximus..Niko ne spori Rafin izgled,eto potvrde i od komsinica,drugarica i sl :-*..On samo uoblicuje njegovu licnost na terenu i daje mu dodatnu harizmu..No,valjda su se neki momci ovde uverili,da i mi cure pored dobrog ukusa imamo i nekog teniskog znanja ;)

Postedecu te minusa, vesto si se izvukao ;)


Btw,Milice,dobrodosla na forum
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Uopste mi nije bila namjera da dovedem u pitanje tenisko znanje forumasica,jer sam se uvjerio da velika vecina posjeduje dosta tog znanja ;),samo kazem da ne mogu da se ne otmem utisku da veliki broj svojih navijacica Rafa stice na osnovu izgleda pa tek onda igre i svega ostalog.

A sto se tice minusa...sacekajmo jos malo,pa cemo da vidimo! ;)

@ milica

Dobrodosla!

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[quote author=maximus link=topic=474.msg20069#msg20069 date=1207684218]


Uopste mi nije bila namjera da dovedem u pitanje tenisko znanje forumasica,jer sam se uvjerio da velika vecina posjeduje dosta tog znanja ;),samo kazem da ne mogu da se ne otmem utisku da veliki broj svojih navijacica Rafa stice na osnovu izgleda pa tek onda igre i svega ostalog.

A sto se tice minusa...sacekajmo jos malo,pa cemo da vidimo! ;)



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Sta da se radi,kad Rafa ne moze da prodje neprimecen??? 8)..Ali,za ovakav odgovor,ipak jedan plusic,pa makar se kasnije kajala ;)