iVamos Rafael!

Daga

No nie wygląda...

A oni jeszcze się śmieją...
Jak tak można?

asiunia91

A ty bys sie nie smiala ?

Daga

No skądże.
Z Rafcia??
Hehe Mruga

asiunia91

Nie z Rafy:P
Tylko z "famous ass"

Arw

To wygląda trochę tak, jakby Rafa miał coś przeciwko faktowi, że jego sławny tyłeczek u niektórych (eheheh...<xP) powoduje szybsze bicie serca

Daga

Z "famous ass"...
No czy ja wiem...
No dobra... Może bym się pośmiała

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Ehhh... Możliwe, że ma coś przeciwko...
Ale czy to nasza wina

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asiunia91

No oczywiście, że nie nasza wina

My po prostu obiektywnie komentujemy , to, co widzimy

Daga

No właśnie...
Wszystko jest w jak najlepszym porządku

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Olka

[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]

tutaj są 4 krótkie fragmenty wywiadu z Rafą (audio) szkoda, że takie krótkie, no ale zawsze lepsze takie niż żadne Mr. Green

po wysłuchaniu tych wywiadów doszłam do kilku wniosków:
1. Rafowy akcent jest słodziutki

2. jego angielski znaaaaaaacząco się poprawił i jest go o wiele łatwiej zrozumieć niż jeszcze 1,5 roku temu
3. dla Rafy każdy jeden zawodnik nie ważne czy z pierwszej 20 czy z drugiej setki jest świetnym graczem. ehh wazeliniarz

asiunia91

dzieki Olka:)

Magdula

3. dla Rafy każdy jeden zawodnik nie ważne czy z pierwszej 20 czy z drugiej setki jest świetnym graczem. ehh wazeliniarz

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Heh. Dobre. No cóż szacunek do rywali

Ciekawe czy gdyby grał z zupęłnym amatorem, to czy też by go tak określił.

A jego akcent jest mega słodki przewala oczami

asiunia91

Wywiad z Rafą po meczu z Baghdatisem:)

Nadal fights back to beat Baghdatis

posted Tuesday Feb 27, 2007 07:45pm by Andre Jones

The defending champion Rafael Nadal made a successful start to the defence of his Dubai Duty Free title as he fought his way past Marcos Baghdatis 3-6 6-2 6-3 in an hour and 57 minutes of delightful tennis.

Nadal, like Federer showed distinct signs of ring rustiness having not played since the Australian Open, and dropped his opening serve going long on the forehand drive.

The charismatic Cypriot, who was serving well and dominating the rallies with his forehand which he would often hit for clean winners, took the opening set in 39 minutes with a second break of the Spaniard's serve.

The breezy conditions affected Baghdatis' serve in the third game of the second set; a double fault followed by a Nadal lucky let cord which died on the Cypriot's side of the court gave the world number 2 the breakthrough he needed. A second break of the Baghdatis serve followed in the seventh game, and Nadal quickly levelled the match; serving out the set to love with a forehand winner down the line.

With the crises seemingly over, Nadal relaxed and really began to open his shoulders in the final set, pulling the Cypriot around who was playing strokes at full stretch.

Nadal broke in the third game aided by a costly double fault from Baghdatis, and having held serve throughout the deciding set, broke again to take the match on his second match point when Baghdatis netted a short forehand drive.

"The first set was very difficult because to play after 1 month without competition is difficult", said Nadal. "I was feeling not bad, but Marcos was playing with confidence, he was playing good the last few weeks; one tournament win and one final, so he was playing better than me with more confidence and more rhythm. But after that I feel better and better, and I played more aggressive especially with my forehand. Also, I was serving good, not bad."

Nadal was asked whether he was worried about playing Baghdatis who was the highest ranked player at 17 not to be seeded.

"Not much because I was practising very well. But the season is very long and the important thing is to play good and get the best performance; if I do that I will have the chance to play a good tournament. I was worried about feeling good with my tennis not Baghdatis. I know he is tough; one of the worst matches for the start of the tournament because he is one of the more difficult players."

Federer had said that it would be "fun" to see Nadal and Baghdatis go at it in the first round. Nadal, however, would have preferred not to have played the Cypriot until the quarterfinals.

"It's more fun if we play quarterfinals than first round", Nadal said. "For sure It's good for the tournament, but also it's bad because Baghdatis or me is going out in the first round."

A disappointed Baghdatis felt that the defeat was down to a lack of belief.

"I started good and played really good", Baghdatis said. "Tactically I was playing good, but then I got broken stupidly at 1-1 in the second set when I was 30-0 up. I think the problem is that I don't still believe that I can beat these guys - Rafa and Roger, that's the main problem; I see them too far from me."

Baghdatis was typically philosophical about the tough draw he had been handed.

"It was a tough draw for me and also a tough draw for him too. It's not an excuse, that's the way it is; life is tough sometimes. You just have to accept it."

Andre Jones

Dubai

Daga

O rany... Nie chce mi się tego czytać

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Magdula

no mnie też nie....potem przeczytam, jak będzie mi się chciało

asiunia91 · Wysłany: Wto 12:04, 13 Mar 2007 Temat postu:

Q. You came out striking the ball very well today, hitting the forehand extremely well. Are you playing well? Feel good?
RAFAEL NADAL: No.

Q. No?
RAFAEL NADAL: Well, I feel very good with my forehand, not better than the last months for sure. Was for me, I was practicing very well, especially with my forehand. Maybe that been one of my best moments with my forehand. I serve very well the first set. I have ten aces, and that's not every day for me. The second set I have some mistakes, three double faults in one game, two double faults another one. And the backhand in the end of the first set, I can't put one backhand inside the court. That's true, no?
But, well, I was playing very well with the forehand and that's important and I win the match. I have 5-3 in the second set, I lost this game playing bad. That's it. I'm happy.
Tomorrow I play doubles. That's important for practice a little bit more. But I am not worried a lot because I'm practicing very well. Just take a little bit more confidence with the backhand.

Q. Do you continue to adjust to hard courts? Would you say it looks like maybe you're hitting flatter shots, more aggressive?
RAFAEL NADAL: No. I'm trying to play more, something with the forehand, for sure. I'm playing very well, the forehand. That's very important because I, in the last months, was playing not the same, not like with this (speaking Spanish).
THE MODERATOR: Aggressive.
RAFAEL NADAL: Not like this, a little bit more defensive, and right now, I change. I play very, very good in Dubai, with the forehand especially. And in the last months, I improve a lot with my forehand.

Q. What about the 126-mile-an-hour serve, that's pretty fast?
RAFAEL NADAL: How much in kilometers?

Q. 200.
RAFAEL NADAL: 200, a little bit more.
THE MODERATOR: 210.

Q. But that's awfully fast. Have you improved your serve? You seem like you're further out, more aggressive on the serve.
RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah. I play -- I was serving well the first set. That's important, ten aces, getting a lot of points with the serve. Playing good with the outside serve in advantage.
I think in the deuce, I change sometimes with kick in the deuce outside, during some important moments. That's important. But just take a little bit more confidence with the serve, the second set. That's important. That I have three double faults on one game and two double faults on another.

Q. You said you decided to be more aggressive with your forehand, not so defensive. When did you make that decision and why?
RAFAEL NADAL: It's not decision. The game -- you play (speaking Spanish).
Yeah, the court is -- in this court, I play a little more aggressive, I know that. And now I have very good feelings for play like this, no? So, well, if I don't have the feelings, I can't play more aggressive, no? But if I have a very good feeling with the forehand, that's the most important thing for me, because when I am playing well, I feel very well with the forehand.

Q. When did you last feel this good?
RAFAEL NADAL: What?

Q. When was the last time you felt as good as you feel right now?
RAFAEL NADAL: Well, today I play bad with the forehand -- with the backhand, but with the forehand.
THE MODERATOR: (Translating to Spanish.)
RAFAEL NADAL: Well, maybe today was not my best match, but for sure the practice, the feeling in the forehand is a long time away, long ago. I don't know, 2005, maybe, yeah? I think.

Q. Can you explain more than that, are you saying in 2005, you felt better or worse than before?
RAFAEL NADAL: No. Right now I feel within my best moment with the forehand, so that's it. I don't know, seem like a little bit better because I improve, for sure. I play better now than 2005.
The win is a lot, is another thing, but play well and to improve the tennis, I am more complete tennis player right now than 2005, no?

Q. What's your approach on the return of serve now as to when your return of serve, returning, as to when you're playing much further behind the baseline and then moving a little bit more?
RAFAEL NADAL: I'm trying not go (speaking Spanish). Not trying when the other serve go behind, just stay in the same place or go a little bit (speaking Spanish).
THE MODERATOR: Further.
RAFAEL NADAL: Further. New word. That's good. That always is important. So I learn.

Q. Further inside?
RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah.

Q. Are you looking forward to the clay season?
RAFAEL NADAL: I looking forward for Indian Wells, and Miami after. After. These two tournaments very important for me and for every player, because it's the two first Master Series of the season, and there's a lot of points, and I gonna try my best to play very good tournaments.

Q. Do you feel like you played your best tennis on hard courts during the last year? Have you showed your best tennis on hard courts?
RAFAEL NADAL: Well, I was playing very well in Shanghai and Wimbledon, but not hard, on grass. I don't remember a lot of times. In Dubai, I was playing well the last year and this year, too. Well, on clay, I just I play. I won a lot of matches, but in my opinion. I play very well in semifinals and final of Monte Carlo, and I play my best. I play bad in Barcelona, I won. I play bad, in my opinion. My best tournament was in Rome on clay.

Q. Do you feel moving on hard courts, running, is it much different than clay? Does it affect your strokes?
RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, it's different. It's different. Well on clay, you can --

Q. Slide?
RAFAEL NADAL: -- slide and more. That's easier for me because I play a lot of times on clay and for the Spaniards, it's easy.
THE MODERATOR: Okay. Thank you. It's my best tournament not bells tournament.
I'm sure you're past it already but I heard manila up there.