spoz
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Post by spoz on Jun 3, 2005 15:36:17 GMT -5
Poor Rog. The year of the pirate.
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Post by Brinyi on Jun 3, 2005 17:03:33 GMT -5
Ha.........
Q. Will the streets of Mallorca be closed on Sunday? Will everybody be watching the match?
RAFAEL NADAL: I don't think so. So is important match.
(Translated from Spanish) It's a very important match. I hope that the people that watch will enjoy it and I'm always very thankful and I don't want to talk any more English.
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Post by Brinyi on Jun 3, 2005 17:04:36 GMT -5
Roj is great:
"Simple version for me is, uhm, started bad and finished bad basically (smiling), was good in the middle ‑ and that was not good enough. That's like the short and simple version. "
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Post by Brinyi on Jun 3, 2005 17:07:08 GMT -5
Here's one for the stupid reporters file
Q. Apart from what's happening in the second, third or even fourth set, can we establish there is an invisible law, like a law of gravity, there's a law of clay, that even most complete player has less chances than the first‑class specialist for clay? Pete Sampras never made it. You failed last year and this year. Do you think this kind of law exists ‑ like law of gravity, it's invisible, but it exists. John McEnroe, Edberg, Becker. You failed last year, you failed this year.
ROGER FEDERER: What do you want me to say?
Q. Do you feel the most complete player has less chances than the first‑class clay specialist?
ROGER FEDERER: No, I don't believe.
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Post by janie on Jun 3, 2005 17:10:17 GMT -5
"You failed last year, you failed this year."
LOL! Nice way to talk to somebody. Tell that to all 127 guys who didn't win last year.
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Post by Brinyi on Jun 3, 2005 17:15:25 GMT -5
And the idiot said it twice!
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Post by Brinyi on Jun 3, 2005 17:21:51 GMT -5
That question was very very very... Devilish.
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Post by adeegee on Jun 3, 2005 17:49:06 GMT -5
Where did you get the interview with Rafa? Can't see it on the RG site I'd like to see what he says
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Post by Brinyi on Jun 3, 2005 17:54:49 GMT -5
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Post by vaiva on Jun 3, 2005 17:55:41 GMT -5
The thing we Fed fans should be really worried about (as established on MTF): Pim Pim's birthday is July 1. No way this is happening, please
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Post by Brinyi on Jun 3, 2005 18:01:41 GMT -5
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Post by janie on Jun 3, 2005 18:23:57 GMT -5
Rafa vs Fed tape is on ESPN2 right now, with different announcers, this time Patrick instead of John McEnroe! So if anyone in the US wants to watch again, here's your chance. I don't feel too much like it, though, even though I missed a fair amount of it.
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Post by adeegee on Jun 3, 2005 18:48:48 GMT -5
Thanks mate
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Post by TennisHack on Jun 3, 2005 19:27:06 GMT -5
Santoro – Hantuchova capture mixed doubles crown By Araz Gulekjian Friday, June 3, 2005 Whatever the outcome of the women's singles clash between Mary Pierce and Justine Henin-Hardenne on Saturday, there will be a French champion at Roland Garros 2005. Fabrice Santoro made sure of that on Friday as he paired with Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova to lift the mixed doubles trophy for the first time.
Santoro and Hantuchova came back from a set down to defeat American Martina Navratilova and Indian Leander Paes, the No.6 seed, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 on a deserted Suzanne Lenglen Court.
The Slovakian/French pair capped an amazing two-weeks here, eliminating four seeded teams en route to their victory including the No.1 seeds Australian Renae Stubbs and Canadian Daniel Nestor in the second round.
The 32-year-old Santoro and his 22-year-old partner broke in the opening game to go up 3-1 but Navratilova and Paes restored parity to even the match at 3-3.
The Indian and the US player went ahead as they took their opponent's delivery in the eighth game to go up 5-3 and sealed the opening set in the following game.
Up 4-3 in the second, Santoro and Hantuchova made a decisive break to even things out at one set apiece.
Paes and Navratilova upped the tempo, breaking in the second game of the decider after a spectacular rally to go up 2-0. But they literally disintegrated as Santoro and Hantuchova reeled off the last six games of the match to notch the victory.
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Post by TennisHack on Jun 3, 2005 20:29:05 GMT -5
France's Fabrice Santoro and Slovac Republic's Daniela Hantuchova joke with their cup as they win the mixed double final against USA's Martina Navratilova and India's Leander Paes at the Roland Garros stadium, Friday June 3, 2005 in Paris.( AP Photo/Christophe Ena) France's Fabrice Santoro and Slovac Republic's Daniela Hantuchova kiss their cup as they win the mixed double final against USA's Martina Navratilova and India's Leander Paes at the Roland Garros stadium, Friday June 3, 2005 in Paris. .( AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
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Post by The Chloe on Jun 4, 2005 1:17:52 GMT -5
The thing we Fed fans should be really worried about (as established on MTF): Pim Pim's birthday is July 1. No way this is happening, please
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Post by The Chloe on Jun 4, 2005 2:11:23 GMT -5
There was a woman with absolutely prime seats at Rafa's semifinal who is a dead ringer for a woman that I sat beside at Rafa's USO first round match in 2003. She was a German woman, if I remember correctly, and was a huge fan. She liked Acasuso too, and some others. Maybe it wasn't her, but it sure looked like her
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Post by leena on Jun 4, 2005 2:24:08 GMT -5
Andrew's birthday is August 30.
Hopefully he continues his suckage and gets unseeded for US Open.
We can finally beat Rojah.
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Post by Francine on Jun 4, 2005 4:18:35 GMT -5
;D
IT'S not just Rafael Nadal's tennis that seems to get better with every match - so is his English.
Among the new phrases he has learnt: 'I'd like to thank the public for supporting me.'
While Nadal's hectic schedule leaves little time for formal language lessons, he learns a lot from the locker room.
Said Benito Perez-Barbadillo, ATP Tour director of communications and Latin American relations, who has become one of Nadal's language coaches: 'He invents words. He speaks a funny Spanglish of his own. From there, he learns because they make fun of him in the locker room.'
In postmatch news conferences, the charismatic young player switches between languages. Often, he starts in English and apologetically asks after a couple questions if it's okay to speak Spanish.
Nadal told one recent news conference he was feeling a bit 'mareated'.
'What he meant was mareado. In Spanish, it means dizzy,' Perez-Barbadillo said. 'Every day he learns a new word.'
Pronunciation is something else he's working on: 'In Rome he said, 'I want to thank the poo-blic.' I told him it's 'public'. (Then he said) 'they apoyar me' when he wanted to thank the public for supporting him.'
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