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 !!!
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