propi
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Post by propi on Sept 26, 2003 7:23:07 GMT -5
I've lost so much things!! I'll never go on holiday anymore and be lazy not to post here First: congrats to Rafa for getting that Umag title ;D Second: the tourney Villa del Espinar is said (at least here) to be the best challenger in ATP and yes, it's played on fast hardcourts that explain why Spanish players have sucked in there ;D Finally: Becca I do like María Antonia, if you took pics of her I really would enjoy watching them and especially pissing off some spanish supporters in wtaworld :satan:
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Post by The Chloe on Sept 26, 2003 13:32:45 GMT -5
María Antonia is my favourite Spanish woman, so I have quite a few of her. I took like, one of Marta... she was losing at the time, and I wasn't inspired to take more. I'll scan them all... someday ? (soon)
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Post by The Chloe on Sept 28, 2003 0:59:18 GMT -5
Rafael pulled out of anothe tournament
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Post by Ilhame on Sept 28, 2003 8:29:04 GMT -5
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Post by RogiFan on Oct 9, 2003 15:12:48 GMT -5
well Rafa got the most votes and will be playing in the Madrid tourney! He was surprised and thought Verdasco w win! He thanks all his cyberfans and hopes to win at least one match for them! He w love to play and win vs. Juanqui... soon! VAMOS RAFA!! Wish I was there this year!
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Post by Vera on Oct 10, 2003 14:22:57 GMT -5
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Post by RogiFan on Oct 13, 2003 16:04:25 GMT -5
Chalk another up to experience, Rafa! The wily veteran Corretja beat him again this time in Madrid, but the youngster put up a great fight! Becca, only one thing...you know how Lleyton fiddles with his strings, Haas pulls up the sleeves of his T-shirt, and Corretja wipes his eyebrows between points? I'm a bit concerned about Rafa's nervous tick...he adjusts his wedgie after almost every point! Can you speak to him about this habit?
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Post by The Chloe on Oct 14, 2003 23:43:24 GMT -5
Vera - Rafael has a young face. But throw in the fact that he's 6'2 or thereabouts and built big, he looks older from far away... when you can't make his face out Closeup you can see the baby fat, the acne, etc The people I was sitting beside at his USO match said the exact same thing.... um, they actually laughed when they saw him right closeup because they couldn't get over how young he was in the face
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Post by The Chloe on Oct 14, 2003 23:44:31 GMT -5
Chalk another up to experience, Rafa! The wily veteran Corretja beat him again this time in Madrid, but the youngster put up a great fight! Becca, only one thing...you know how Lleyton fiddles with his strings, Haas pulls up the sleeves of his T-shirt, and Corretja wipes his eyebrows between points? I'm a bit concerned about Rafa's nervous tick...he adjusts his wedgie after almost every point! Can you speak to him about this habit? Rogifan - yes... his habit is pretty concerning Hopefully he grows out of it... or starts wearing more comfortabl undergarments. One has to wonder if he's ALWAYS done that, and it's involuntary regardless of what he wears.
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Post by RogiFan on Oct 15, 2003 11:04:13 GMT -5
Rafa seems to do this all the time... it's because of his trasero... he needs bigger underwear or different style underwear or sth... AY! I hope to see him play one day... regardless of his habits!
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Post by RogiFan on Oct 16, 2003 9:49:49 GMT -5
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Post by RogiFan on Jan 12, 2004 12:02:19 GMT -5
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Post by The Chloe on Jan 13, 2004 11:38:41 GMT -5
Woohoo! About his win over Schalken! That was quite unexpected Well... that's not entirely true. I bet on that match... correctly
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Post by Ilhame on Jan 14, 2004 3:23:04 GMT -5
Rafa beat Ancic today, but I don't remember the score ;D
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Post by RogiFan on Jan 21, 2004 12:39:28 GMT -5
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Post by RogiFan on Jan 21, 2004 17:03:43 GMT -5
Boy wonder Is Rafael Nadal for real? You bet. At 17, he reached his first tournament final last week and crushed the Czech Michal Tabara in the first round of the Australian Open. But now, the Spaniard faces a Frenchman who beat him only two weeks ago. Follow our LIVE coverage from midnight cet! When he won a match in his home tournament of Mallorca at 15 years, 10 months, he turned heads. When he made the third round of Wimbledon last year just after turning 17, he caused a stir. Now, after impressing in Auckland and demolishing Tabara 6-1 6-2 6-2, Nadal may yet cause a sensation. Not so fast, warns the cool-headed teenager: "This first match was a match that shouldn't have been as easy," Nadal told Eurosport. "I won the first set starting well with an early break, it gave me confidence. Then in the two following sets he didn't play so well." He also knows better than to overlook his next opponent, France's Thierry Ascione who beat him two weeks ago 7-6 6-4 in Chennai. Ascione, 23, comes off the biggest win of his career, a 7-5 6-1 7-6 upset of 23rd seed Felix Mantilla of Spain. "It's a good result," a smiling Ascione told us. "It's only my second grand slam, in Roland Garros I haven't done anything because I had no experience at the time, so this time I used that experience and it worked." Ascione relishes the challenge that awaits against Nadal: "It's a going to be a great fight. Every time he [Nadal] hits the ball, it's to blast a hole and knock his opponent ten metres back," said the lanky Frenchman. But wonderkid Nadal is now a man for all surfaces, who's grown in the two weeks since his encounter with Saulnier. And as the Spaniard told us, he feels right at home on the hardcourt surface of Melbourne Park: "It's a surface which is not so different from clay, it's pretty slow," said Nadal. "I already played on this kind of surface last week [in Auckland] and I went to the final making a great tournament, so hopefully I can make a good tournament here." Eurosport - François Picard 21/01/2004 www.eurosport.com/VAMOS, RAFA!!
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Post by The Chloe on Jan 23, 2004 21:17:48 GMT -5
Thanks! IT's being reported on vamosrafael.com that Robredo-Nadal are a lock for DC now.
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Post by RogiFan on Jan 24, 2004 16:56:23 GMT -5
fr.sports.yahoo.comNext time, Rafa, don't be so nice! But you did good pushing Lleyt to 2 TBs!! Hope Rogi can dispose of Hewitt in R16!!! COOL! Rafa and Tommy in DC!!!
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Post by The Chloe on Jan 24, 2004 17:48:32 GMT -5
Nadal is so young in the face. A couple I was sitting beside at the USO laughed when he turned towards our side and they got a good look at his face, because he looks a lot older otherwise.
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Post by RogiFan on Jan 24, 2004 19:51:51 GMT -5
Hewitt sets up Roger re-match By LEO SBallbuster loves men!!1 :hearts: 25jan04 LLEYTON Hewitt last night surged into a dream Australian Open fourth-round clash with Roger Federer as Spanish teenager Rafael Nadal formally emerged as a grand slam champion in waiting. Hewitt, 22, shaded Nadal 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 in a gripping contest of towering quality and tension to reach the round of 16 and a confrontation with fellow Wimbledon winner Federer tomorrow. Last September Hewitt scored the finest of his seven victories in nine matches against Federer in an epic Davis Cup semi-final, after the Australian had trailed by two sets to love, to shunt John Fitzgerald's team into a final it won eight weeks ago. Victory against Federer would propel former world No. 1 Hewitt into the quarter-finals against either eighth seed David Nalbandian or unseeded Guillermo Canas, both of Argentina. If Hewitt and compatriot Mark Philippoussis maintain their admirable Melbourne Park progress, the duo could meet in the semi-finals. For the moment, Hewitt is elated at overcoming 41st-ranked Nadal, 17, who was earmarked two years ago by French Open winner Carlos Moya as likely to become the youngest world No. 1 in history. "(He's) a helluva player," Hewitt said of Nadal. "To come out there in his first match on Rod Laver Arena, I was expecting a tough match – it was a lot tougher than I expected. "I had to raise the level of my game to get through. "I'm feeling good. I love playing in this arena. I love this crowd, I love the Fanatics. "It's just great to win." Hewitt had to perform at his tenacious best to subdue Nadal's glorious groundstrokes. Urging himself to victory with cries of "C'mon Balboa", tennis' self-styled Rocky ground Nadal into submission with a superior fitness base he slavishly built with coach Roger Rasheed after the US Open. Impregnable on his first five service games, Nadal could not have faltered at a more inopportune time as Hewitt upped the ante in the 11th game to reduce the left-hander to 15-40. Hewitt floated a backhand return on the first chance, but his relentless pressure ensured Nadal would pay on the second opportunity. The teenager cracked with a desperate forehand that carried the baseline, leaving Hewitt the chance to seal the set – a task he could not achieve. Twice holding set points, Hewitt eventually lapsed to lose serve with a netted forehand before Nadal led 2-0 in the tiebreak. The youngster butchered the gain with a sloppy forehand, leaving Hewitt to claim the ensuing seven points. Watched by fiancee and world No. 2 Kim Clijsters, Hewitt registered his third set point with a superb forehand volley before sealing the set with a rifled forehand return that caught the line. Hewitt's grip on the match strengthened in the fourth game of the second set when his precision backhand lob had Nadal botching a forehand for a 3-1 lead, but the Australian had no answer to Nadal's searing forehand for a counter service break in the following game. The former world champion rebounded in the 10th game when he caused a tiring Nadal to drag a forehand low into the net to earn a set point at 30-40. Hewitt was cruelly deprived by a backhand that bounced narrowly wide of the net cord. Nadal saved a second point with a brilliant forehand before scrambling to 5-5. Lifting his work rate again, Nadal steamed to 2-0 in an inevitable tiebreak before Hewitt drew level, only to have Nadal edge back in front with another stupendous forehand for 3-2. Hewitt returned the favour with a pinpoint crosscourt backhand before Nadal imploded with ordinary shot selection as Hewitt moved to set point (6-3) with an ace. Nadal saved the first two, but could not control a backhand return to hand Hewitt a massive advantage. The Mallorca baseliner then went for the drop shot once too often on high-bouncing Rebound Ace, paving the way for Hewitt to steer a forehand winner into open territory for a precious service break in the third game. Clinical to the end, Hewitt rammed home the advantage of a double break in the seventh game to salute in 149 minutes. Hewitt has beaten Federer in seven of nine matches, including the past three in a row. But, oddly, the classy pair has never met in grand slam competition. Significantly, perhaps, Hewitt has not lowered his colours to the brilliant Swiss artist in best-of-five set encounters. "It's going to be a tough match," Hewitt said. "I've got to get off to a better start than last time. "Roger is a great player on any surface, in any arena. I've got to play my best tennis." Federer advanced to the round of 16 with a 6-3, 6-0, 6-1 triumph over Sydney teenager Todd Reid yesterday. © Herald and Weekly Times www.heraldsun.news.com.au/
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Post by The Chloe on Jan 24, 2004 20:42:58 GMT -5
Erm :red: Hackie won't like this err
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Post by Lee on Jan 24, 2004 20:52:30 GMT -5
fr.sports.yahoo.comNext time, Rafa, don't be so nice! But you did good pushing Lleyt to 2 TBs!! Hope Rogi can dispose of Hewitt in R16!!! COOL! Rafa and Tommy in DC!!! Ain't it nice that Hewitt don't have to face a player towering over him on the other side of the net ;D
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Post by The Chloe on Jan 24, 2004 21:15:59 GMT -5
Ain't it nice that Hewitt don't have to face a player towering over him on the other side of the net ;D Heh... Nadal is about 6'2, he must be slouching
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Post by Lee on Jan 25, 2004 1:11:49 GMT -5
Heh... Nadal is about 6'2, he must be slouching He grows 2" since he last updated his profile in ATP
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Post by RogiFan on Feb 8, 2004 19:42:23 GMT -5
:banana2: Gotta love this pic! It says it all for Rafa and the ESP team! fr.sports.yahoo.com/Did you know that Rafa dedicated his 1st DC victory to Carlos Moya?
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Post by Lee on Feb 13, 2004 1:10:02 GMT -5
www.atptennis.com/en/media/insiderpics/2004/default.aspNadal, Lopez Visit Armani Store in Milan Spanish stars Rafael Nadal and Feliciano Lopez took time out from the INDESIT ATP Milano Indoor to visit the Faces of Sport Exhibition at the Armani store before doing some shopping. Photo Credit: Francesco Panunzio Insider Issue: No. 3 February 12, 2004 Nadal in Armani Store in Milan Rafael Nadal trying on clothes at the Armani store in Milan. Photo Credit: Francesco Panunzio Insider Issue: No. 3 February 12, 2004 ***************************************** I have to say he looks better in the Armani outfit
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Post by The Chloe on Feb 14, 2004 2:51:32 GMT -5
That hair is problematic. It's like he's trying to compete with David for the "mullet of the year" prize. David will win, if only because he emcompasses travestite qualities that Rafael can only dream of possessing.
Nadal is out of Marseille, by the way. "Fatigue"
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Post by The Chloe on Feb 28, 2004 3:10:16 GMT -5
Nadal is supposed to be coming back in Dubai this coming week. Apparently he took some time off (a whole two and a half weeks, which is a lifetime for him) to practice and let his knee heal. I guess the tendonitis is still bothering him, although they weren't clear on exactly what is wrong with his knee... I assume that is all it is.
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Post by RogiFan on Feb 28, 2004 20:03:48 GMT -5
I think Rafa faces Max in the first rd, not an easy matchup, altho Max could be tired... I like them both, so, may the best man win... Rafa's a riot -- apparently he likes to cook, pasta and fish -- and w invite a girl, perhaps J-Lo!! Funny kid, that Rafa! I like him -- he's unique! In that video of his parents and sister fr Terra.es?? was there a piano in the background?? His mother looks quite young... and she has that typical Spanish woman voice... quite lowish and a bit on the raspy side... a voice w lots of character! She was proudly showing off Rafa's trophies!! I sure hope Rafa wins a title this year!! It w be exciting, for him and for Spain!!
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Post by RogiFan on Mar 12, 2004 21:03:42 GMT -5
:banana2: Yay Rafa d Burgsmuller 62 63!! Who's next??
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