6-1, 7-5 against Federer today at Mubadala World Championship in Abu Dhabi.
Happy New Year to all !
VAMOS RAFA !!!
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Rafa defeats Roger
6-1, 7-5 against Federer today at Mubadala World Championship in Abu Dhabi.
Happy New Year to all !
VAMOS RAFA !!!
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Game Over !
Rafa was eliminated by Jo-Wilfired Tsonga from ATP World Tour Finals in 3 sets. He needed to win against the french player to qualify from the second place of Group B, but he played not so well as he played last year when he reached to the final.
Next stop for Rafa is Davis Cup against Argentina.
VAMOS RAFA !!!
Thursday, November 24, 2011
No chance against Federer
Rafa lost the second match in Group B against Roger Federer in straight sets: 3-6, 0-6. The score says it all.
After this ugly defeat, Rafa must win the third match against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France. Is going to be a difficult match for both players because for a place in semifinals Tsonga is also forced to win.
VAMOS RAFA !!!
Monday, November 21, 2011
Hard tested by Fish
Rafa won his first match in Group B against Mardy Fish at ATP World Tour Finals in 3 sets: 6-2, 3-6, 7-6. It was not the best the day for Rafa, he played well in first set, but in the second and the third one he has struggled.
It`s normal to have tough matches in London because on this tournament are present the best 8 players of the world.
Speaking of tough matches the next one for Rafa is against Roger Federer. The word are useless.
Here is the situation of Group B after the first round of matches.
1. Roger Federer
2. Rafael Nadal
3. Mardy Fish
4. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
No. 1 and No. 2 of each group are going to qualify in semifinals.
VAMOS RAFA !!!
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Rafa`s group
Group B
Rafael Nadal
Roger Federer
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Mardy Fish
The first match will be against Fish.
VAMOS RAFA !!!
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Monday, September 12, 2011
It`s now or never
Rafa managed to reach the final after he won against Andy Murray in 4 sets: 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2.
So, it`s going to be another final against Novak Djokovic. The 6th final this year against the serbian. Rafa lost 5 finals against Djokovic this year, a big number, 5 trophies lost. It is too much if Rafa loses again in a Grand Slam final, against the same opponent, in the same year after he lost the Wimbledon trophy against Djokovic this summer and another 4 ATP Master 1000 finals.
The final is scheduled tonight and the overall score between Rafa and Djokovic is 16-12 for Nadal. IT`S NOW OR NEVER !!!
VAMOS RAFA !!!
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Last 4
After a well earned vicotry against Muller in 3 sets, Rafa had a powerful opponent in quarters and that was Andy Roddick.
But, Rafa played awsome yesterday and won in a 3 easy set match against the american: 6-2, 6-1, 6-3 after one hour and 53 minutes.
In semifinals, Rafa will play against Andy Murray. So it`s going to be another semifinal against Murray after Roland Garros and Wimbledon. Let`s hope that the result will be the same like in Paris or London. The overall score between Rafa and Murray is 12-4 for Rafa.
VAMOS RAFA !!!
Monday, September 5, 2011
Rafa moves on
Rafa managed to beat David Nalbandian in 3 sets: 7-6, 6-1, 7-5 for a place in 4th Round at U.S. Open. As you can see the first and the third set were vey difficult but it is very important for Rafa to win a match in three set and conserve the energy for the next battles.
So, Rafa reached to 4th Round where he will play against Gilles Muller of Luxembourg. The overall score between Rafa and Muller is 2-1 for Rafa.
VAMOS RAFA !!!
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Rafa in 3rd Round at US Open
After a tough 1st Round against Golubev, Rafa played against Nicolas Mahut of France in 2nd Round.
Rafa won against the french player after he retired from the game because of a muscular problem when the score was: 6-2, 6-2 for Nadal.
So, Rafa is in the 3rd Round at Flushing Meadows where he will play against David Nalbandian of Argentina.
The overall score between Rafa and Nalbandian is tied at 2. A good opportunity for Rafa to take the lead.
VAMOS RAFA !!!
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Goodbye, Cincinnati !
Rafa was eliminated by Mardy Fish in quarterfinals.
Next stop, U.S. Open !
VAMOS RAFA !!!
Next stop, U.S. Open !
VAMOS RAFA !!!
Thursday, August 18, 2011
So hard against Verdasco
After a victory against Benneteau, Rafa played in 3rd Round at Cincinnati against Fernando Verdasco. And what a match it was!
Rafa defeated Vedasco in 3 sets after he was really stretched by Fernando: 7-6, 6-7, 7-6 ! So, 3 sets that were decided on tie-break !
Rafa won his place in quarterfinal at Western & Southern Open - Cincinnati where he will play either Mardy Fish or Richard Gasquet.
VAMOS RAFA !!!
Friday, August 12, 2011
Bad news...
Rafa was eliminated in 2nd Round at Rogers Cup - Montreal by the croatian Ivan Dodig.
The next tournament where Rafa is going to play is Cincinnati.
VAMOS RAFA !!!
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Time !
After a convicing victory over Andy Murray in 4 sets: 5-7, 6-2, 6-2, 6-4 Rafa won his place in the last game, here at Wimbledon.
So, Rafa is in the final where he will play against ... who else... and no, it`s not Federer, it is Djokovic. Again against Novak. This match is the perfect one to avenge all the matches that Rafa lost against the serbian this year.
A Grand Slam final is another thing. Even if starting tomorrow Djokovic is going to be the new No.1 ATP, Rafa must demonstrate who is the real number one ! It`s time for Rafa to keep his trophy, here at Wimbledon, it`s time for Rafa to beat Djokovic. It`s time for 11 !
TIME !!!
Friday, July 1, 2011
VAMOS RAFA !!!
In a few minutes Rafa will play against Andy Murray for a place in the final at Wimbledon !
VAMOS RAFA !!!
VAMOS RAFA !!!
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Rafa was hard tested
As we all expected, Rafa had a tough match against del Potro. Rafa won in 4 sets against Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina: 7-6, 3-6, 7-6, 6-4 after almost 4 hours !
After the first set, Rafa had some medical problems at his left foot, but he continued as a real gladiator and won his 4th Round match.
After the injury moment, del Potro won the second set, but after that, Rafa came back and won the 3rd and 4th set after a hard work. A big advantage for Rafa today was the service, he served really well.
After this important victory, Rafa is in quarterfinals at Wimbledon where he will play against Mardy Fish of United States of America. The overall score between Rafa and Fish is 5-0 for Rafa.
Photo: facebook.com/ATPWorldTour
VAMOS RAFA !!!
Monday, June 27, 2011
Rafa is set for the clash
Rafa won his 3rd Round match at Wimbledon against Muller in three sets: 7-6, 7-6, 6-0. As you can see the first and the second set were very tough for Rafa to win.
Muller played really well and it`s normal to be that way, the pressure was on Rafa`s shoulders and every opponent wants to demonstrate that has no problem to play a good tennis against the number one player in the ATP rankings.
After this victory, Rafa is in 4th Round where he will have a difficult match against Juan Martin del Potro. So, a matcg against a strong player who wants to recover all he lost in the period when he was injured.
The match is scheduled on Monday. The overall score between Rafa and del Potro is 5-3 for Rafa.
VAMOS RAFA !!!
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Nice & easy
Rafa had no problems in 2nd Round at Wimbledon against Sweeting. He won in a three set match: 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 on Wednesday.
It was a match at Rafa`s discretion, who managed to conserve his energy for 3rd Round. And speaking of 3rd Round, in this phase Rafa will play against Gilles Muller of Luxemoburg. Surprising, the overall score between Rafa and Muller is tied at one. The victory of Muller against Nadal was here at Wimbledon in 2005.
Rafa must take the lead !
VAMOS RAFA !!!
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Wimbledon debut
Rafa started with the right foot his Wimbledon 2011 campaign. He won his 1st Round match against Michael Russell. 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 was the score after one hour and 58 minutes.
Easy match for Rafa and it is normal to be like that in the 1st Round, of course a Grand Slam is a important tournament and every match must be treated with attention no matter what the opponent is.
So, Rafa is in 2nd Round at Wimbledon, where he will play against Ryan Sweeting of USA. The overall score between Rafa and Sweeting is 2-0 for Rafa.
VAMOS RAFA !!!
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Friday, June 10, 2011
QQ means Queen`s quarters. Yes, Rafa is in quarterfinals at ATP Queen`s after a tough match against Stepanek. But Rafa managed to defeat him after a 3 set match: 6-3, 5-7, 6-1.
There were some problems at the end of the second set, where Rafa made some unforced errors, big presents made by Rafa to Radek, that is why Stepanek took the second set and forced Nadal to play a 3 set match.
But all in all the most important thing is that Rafa is in quarterfinals, where he will play against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France. The overall score between Rafa and Tsonga is 5-1 for Rafa.
VAMOS RAFA !!!
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Rafa@ATP Queens
The first victory in 2011 for Rafa on grass was yesterday at ATP Queens against Matthew Ebden of Australia. Rafa won in straight sets: 6-4, 6-4.
In 4th Round, Rafa will play against Radek Stepanek of Czech Republic. 4-0 is the overall score between Rafa and Stepanek.
VAMOS RAFA !!!
Monday, June 6, 2011
Sunday, June 5, 2011
He did it again !!!
Even if Rafa had a slow start and some problems in the 3rd set, he did it again ! Rafa is once again champion at Roland Garros after he defeated Federer in final !
Rafa won in four sets against Roger: 7-5, 7-6, 5-7, 6-1 after a match who lasted more than three hours, playing not so good in the beginning, but after that slow start he had awsome shots !
It is the 6th title at R.G. and the 10th Grand Slam that Rafa won ! After this big result Rafa has the same nubmer of Roland Garros titles as Bjorn Borg ! Brilliant !!!
17-8 is now the overall score between Rafa and Federer. CONGRATULATIONS, RAFA !!!
The next tournament where we can see Rafa is ATP Queens.
Photo: facebook.com/RolandGarros
The clash !
Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. There is nothing else to say. Once again in the last game, in a final, they meet again.
After a 3 set victory against Murray: 6-4, 7-5, 6-4, Rafa is once again in the final at Roland Garros. What a game we will have between Rafa and Federer.
Roger defetead Novak Djokovic in semis, in 4 sets and he will be a tough opponent for Rafa. But Nadal is strong and he never gives up that easy in a final, especially at Roland Garros.
Rafa is going to play for the title number 6 here. The overall score between Rafa and Federer is 16-8 for Rafa. Let`s win another match against Roger !
Photo: facebook.com/RolandGarros
VAMOS RAFA !!!
Friday, June 3, 2011
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Rafa in RG qaurters !
7-5, 6-3, 6-3 was the score for Rafa in the match that he played against Ljubicic. Good result in front of a tough opponent.
Rafa played very good against the croatian and it is very important to play better day by day at this tournament because strong opponents are waiting.
After this important victory, Rafa reached to quarterfinals where he will play against Robin Soderling. Strong rivality between Rafa and that player. This player is sooo unlikeable and Rafa MUST WIN this match !
In 2009, the swedish player eliminated Rafa from Roland Garros, but in 2010 Nadal won against Soderling in the final, playing very well, having an excellent serve.
The overall score between Rafa Nadal and Soderling is 5-2 for Rafa !
Photo: facebook.com/RolandGarros
VAMOS RAFA !!!
Monday, May 30, 2011
4th Round at RG !
After a tough match against Pablo Andujar: 7-5, 6-3, 7-6, Rafa played against a qualifier, Antonio Veic of Croatia.
Rafa won this time in three easy sets: 6-1, 6-3, 6-0 and reached to the 4th Round here at Roland Garros where he will face another croatian, Ivan Ljubicic.
6-2 is the overall score between Rafa and Ljubicic.
Photo: rollandgarros.com
VAMOS RAFA !!!
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Hard work in 1st Round !
Rafa had a tough match against Isner in 1st Round. After a good start: 6-4 for Rafa in first set, Isner won the second and the third set, both on tie-break: 7-6, 7-6 for the american player.
After this crazy period of the game, Rafa demonstrated that he still is No.1 in ATP rankings and won the 4th and 5th set: 6-2, 6-4
So, Rafa defeated Isner in 5 sets: 6-4, 6-7, 6-7, 6-2, 6-4 after almost 4 hours !
Nadal is in 2nd Round at Roland Garros where he will face Pablo Andujar.
Photo: rolandgarros.com
VAMOS RAFA !!!
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Against Djokovic, again...
After a convincing victory in semifinals against Richard Gasquet: 7-5, 6-1, Rafa reached to the final in Rome where he will play against Novak Djokovic.
We will see what happens after Djokovic won against Rafa in Madrid on Rafa`s favourite surface - clay.
Rafa still leads 16-10 in direct matches.
UPDATE: Rafael Nadal - Novak Djokovic : 4-6, 4-6.
VAMOS RAFA !!!
Friday, May 13, 2011
Rafa@Internazionali BNL D`Italia
After a "bye" in 1st Round and tough matches against Lorenzi and Feliciano Lopez, Rafa played today against Marin Cilic from Croatia for a place in one of the semifinals in Rome.
Despite the fact that Cilic is a strong opponent, there was no problem for Rafa in this match who won in straight sets: 6-1, 6-3
So, Rafa is now in semifinals where he will face Richard Gasquet.
VAMOS RAFA !!!
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Again, again and... again.
But this time not in a good way. Rafa lost in front of Novak Djokovic in final at Mutua Madrilena Open for the 3rd time in a row after Indian Wells and Miami. This time on Rafa`s favourite surface: clay.
Too bad... Next stop: Rome.
VAMOS RAFA !!!
Too bad... Next stop: Rome.
VAMOS RAFA !!!
Sunday, May 8, 2011
16 - 8 !!!
Difficult semifinal for Rafa at Mutua Madrilena Open, but Nadal managed to reach the final, after he won against Roger Federer.
So, Nadal won in three sets: 5-7, 6-1, 6-3 after a match that lasted more than 2 hours ! Rafa started perfect with a break, but then he started to make some unforced errors and Roger took advantage of that errors and won the first set.
The 2nd and 3rd set were at Rafa`s discretion: 6-1, 6-3 and Nadal is in the final were he will face Novak Djokovic.
After this victory, the overall score between Rafa and Roger is 16-8 !
VAMOS RAFA !!!
Saturday, May 7, 2011
SemiFINAL
After Del Potro`s withdrawal, Rafa played in quarters against Michael Llodra and Nadal won in two sets: 6-2, 6-2 after only 75 minutes.
So is going to be a semifinal as a final for Rafa, because the next opponent is Roger Federer. A friend, but also the biggest rival on court. For a match like this, there are no more other words to say, except the overall score between the two players: 15-8 for Rafa !
Video from the match against Llodra:
VAMOS RAFA !!!
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Thursday, May 5, 2011
Rafa@Mutua Madrilena Open
Rafa started his adventure in Madrid directly from the 2nd Round where he played against Marcos Baghdatis. Easy match for Rafa who won in straight sets: 6-1, 6-3.
The real test is sooner than we thought, because Rafa will play in 3rd Round against Juan Martin Del Potro, who destroyed Cilic in two sets: 6-3, 6-0 !
VAMOS RAFA !!!
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Rafa x 6 in Barcelona !
Barcelona Winners:
2005 - Rafael Nadal
2006 - Rafael Nadal
2007 - Rafael Nadal
2008 - Rafael Nadal
2009 - Rafael Nadal
2010 - Fernando Verdasco
2011 - Rafael Nadal.
In 2010, Rafa has not played in Barcelona.
Rafa Nadal = The King Of Clay
VAMOS RAFA !!!
Sunday, April 24, 2011
King in Barcelona !!!
After Monte-Carlo, Rafa won the trophy in Barcelona !
More news later...
VAMOS RAFA !!!
More news later...
VAMOS RAFA !!!
500 for final !
After a convincing victory against Monfils: 6-2, 6-2, Rafa played against Ivan Dodig of Croatia and Nadal won agains in straght sets: 6-3, 6-2 for the 500 victory on the ATP Tour.
In the final, Rafa will play against David Ferrer. So, it will be another final against Ferrer after the final in Monte-Carlo from last week.
We will se what happens today...
VAMOS RAFA !!!
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