RAFA NADAL FAN CLUB

Julia Santamaria wrote:

luvsports! wrote:this is great reflexes right?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtGHd7Ga3hw

On of the best volleys I've seen in the past few years.
Yes, to answer your question, of course

Looks like you need some serious education on volleying....

In all honesty NITB, if Nole or anyone else had hit that amazing volley, you would not be criticising it.

Another example of the double standards from you which I have already exposed. (Btw you still haven't responded to my question on that thread)

I don't think that was amazing volley at all. That shot shows his good athleticism and a very strong forearm.
I don't think I have ever seen Nadal volley, in fact.
Flicking balls over the net on a full stretch is not volleying.
For good volleying watch Fed and Llodra.

noleisthebest wrote:
I don't think I have ever seen Nadal volley, in fact.
Flicking balls over the net on a full stretch is not volleying.

    

I thought when you denied evolution it would be the most ridiculous comment I see from you, but you've proved me wrong.

Just so people know which link we're talking about:

Guess who wrote this!


"The Happy Slam ... well, that's a bit of misnomer really if you consider Rafa's experience there. He missed the tournament in 2006 through his foot injury; in 2007 he had pain here, here and here ... even in his famoos ass; in 2008 I was utterly convinced he would get through to the final, until Jo-Wilfrid Tsonga decided to come of age. In 2009 he won the tournament, but had his moment taken away from him because of Federer's indulgent histrionics and I believe that the net effect of his epic 5 hour 5 setter against Verdasco. combined with another 5 sets in the final, were the initial start of his knee issues that year. In 2010 he broke down against Murray. In 2011 when going for the non-Calendar year Grand Slam, he broke down against David Ferrer but gallantly continued. In 2012 after having that heartbreaking previous year, he was a whisker away from winning only for it to all slip through his fingers. He missed 2013 again through injury, and here we are in 2014. He started fantastically well, only for of all things - a blister!! - to start to impede him. They patched him up and found a way of fixing it, he reaches the final ... only to then suffer an injury to his back.

You couldn't write it.

As a fan, I think you ponder over results like today's with much sadness, because if an opponent beats him, and beats him hands down, you just have to accept it, take it on the chin, feel a bit sad about it and then move on. But in circumstances like these, when the injury seemingly occurred in the warm up but became absolutely visible at the beginning of the second set, it's just so sad. And to think we'd spent the last few days stressing out over that blister!!

So a word or two about Rafa's opponent, and now the newly crowned Australian Open champion, Stan Wawrinka. Rafa took a medical time out at 1-2 in the second set as he bent right over with the pain of this injury. Rafa often mentions that he and Stan are friends, Stan talks about Rafa in terms of being a friend, but shall I just say that I found his behaviour whilst waiting at the chair a tad disappointing ... and I'm being polite. Wawrinka decided to get into a very vocal row with the umpire, as he seemingly believed that he should have been informed as to the exact nature of what Rafa's injury was and what he was receiving the MTO for. Wrong Wawa. Whilst there are rules that the umpire has to follow in this situation, telling you what the injury was is not one of them. And even though Ramirez told Wawrinka that he was not going to tell him what the MTO was for and that it would be best that he moved on from it, Wawrinka wouldn't. And his behaviour aided in inciting the crowd to the extent that Rafa was booed when he returned to the court. Appalling.

I'd like to think that if, in the future, Wawrinka is unfortunate enough to suffer an injury during a match, that he remembers this one. That he tells the umpire to inform his opponent what the injury is that he's taking the time out for. Now who seriously thinks this will happen? No, me neither. But with his behaviour at the WTF and now today, I'm getting a bit hacked off by this so-called friend seemingly questioning the integrity of Rafa's team and of Rafa himself. Integrity. Just who exactly left a wife and a small baby as they were superfluous to him being able to dedicate himself totally at trying to build his career? Quite. "

Wooffie: "We needed you to soothe our pain. The right words, as always. It was so painful to watch, but yet it makes his legend grow....who else would have sucked it up, and stayed out on the court for hours, knowing this dream of winning the OZ was gone, playing in pain, but soldiering on...cuz that's who he is. Not stealing the thunder from Stan (like Fed did to him, but at least Stan's celebration was muted out of respect, cuz he knew a healthy Rafa would have beat him)...but "I tried my best". His vulnerability, his heart, his soul exposed for us to see. VAMOS RAFA!!! You are the gladiator and you will be back again...that's what you always do."


  

Indeed, it is Her Rafateernes, Wooffie!

With this horrible weather and the non-stop rain that cancelled my tennis, I had to cheer myself up, and as always, Wooffie didn't disappoint. Haven't visited her kingdom for ages and she is still there, being relentlessly mad about the boy, love it!

"A Rafateer who should know better, but its something about his chocolate eyes and caramel skin that makes me go all of a dither."

Definition of a fan girl!

Cheer up Nadal Fans: Your idol Oozes Sex Appeal 1000 Times Better Than Federer. No Talent Required.    
 
 
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/swimsuit/modelfeatured/rafael_nadal/2012/model/6/10/index.htm

Why is the brunette in that photo not wearing a bra?  

SR wrote:Cheer up Nadal Fans: Your idol Oozes Sex Appeal 1000 Times Better Than Federer. No Talent Required.    
 
 
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/swimsuit/modelfeatured/rafael_nadal/2012/model/6/10/index.htm

Talk about airbrushed.  They both look like wax models.  

noleisthebest wrote:Why is the brunette in that photo not wearing a bra?  

That black swim top is sort of bra-like, no?

I was wondering if he's wearing anything under those awkward legs. 

I was talking about the brunette, not the blonde....

 

Sorry, you've lost me nitb. Only 1 woman posing with nadal here. Her name is Bar Refaeli. Of the 10 pics in the link I gave above, which "bra less" one are you referring to? (What # in the collection?)

Sorry SR, I thought the joke was obvious...at least LS and Amri seem to have picked it

The brunette is Nadal. With his hairless, waxed torso and unmanly facial features, he looks a lot more like a woman...

 You 're cruel!
That contradicts with my thesis that he's supposed to be a MALE sex symbol. Lose-lose situation for nadal, I'm afraid. Poor guy.

Wait, are you saying he's (cough) gay? It does strike me that he looks like a cold fish rather stiff and indifferent so close to a virtually naked woman. 

What happened to your post Amri? I didn't see what you wrote. It 's all light-hearted. What do you think?

SR wrote: You 're cruel!
That contradicts with my thesis that he's supposed to be a MALE sex symbol. Lose-lose situation for nadal, I'm afraid. Poor guy.

I am aware a lot of women like Nadal's looks, but I'm not one of them.
I have a very old-fashioned taste

this old fashioned nitb?
http://gallery.mailchimp.com/2e349b1b8c645d8603340d547/images/old_man.jpg

Not geriatric-fashioned !

....just the old-school looks.

teeee heeeee

luvsports! wrote:this old fashioned nitb?
http://gallery.mailchimp.com/2e349b1b8c645d8603340d547/images/old_man.jpg

How did you manage to get my picture?

We are in high spirits today aren't we oldies

oh yeah .....I would not want to go back in time actually.

Perhaps you would if you joined me in a spot of show court schmmoooozzing
Lotta trial, error and running!

I followed Tenez's schmoozing advice: remained cool and confident...had plenty of Pimms and Champers, and wore a very nice dress...
No running and scrambling, pure style

lol.....It's amazing what you can do when you are confident and relax. sometimes, as a student after a rough night sleeping in a car while travelling, I tried to dress decent, put some after shave and entered the breakfast room of luxurious hotels pretending I had a room there, having the best breakfast you could imagine as a student. That was my way to impress my gf after the rough night in the car...she was so scared she almost raised suspicion!

Yes confidence is a great thing...one of my biggest feats was being able to convince a girl who was living in France she couldn't speak proper French...and I who didn't know a single word of it - could! And all I did was babbled with plenty of French intonation and accent I had picked up from TV.
...all at the tender age of 6...

I;m not sure I could pull off wearing very nice dresses, or just any dress for that matter.

Just a nice blazer and trousers would do...and/or an open button shirt (only the top one or two buttons, not the cheap and nasty latino look with the thick gold chain and the full on love rug display!!!)
And you have to be able to walk in a suave, nonchalant way, a bit like Fed...so long as you are oozing effortless class, eeeeeasy!  

....aaaaaand!!!!
You've got to be having a Pimms in your hand, ideally two, spares you from having to go out for refill and miss 3 games...that way the ticket guy will think you are carrying a drink for someone who is already inside!   
I must admit, definitely  one of the crazier things I did...it took ages for the adrenaline to calm down.
I even managed to coach Nole from the stands during his 3rd set TB!!!
It was 4:4 I think, and Haas was serving. I could see Nole was nervous as Haas was beating him from the baseline.
I remember thinking....coooo, if I shout, they may kick me out (as I was in the debentures sitting area), but then thought, stuff it!
So I yelled out: Napadni ga, Nole! (Attack him, Nole!) AND HE DID!!!!!!
He won the point and got the mini break and, of course, the match!

 you have turned into a pro!

They owed you just that after your first experience on CC!

How can I ever forget that...total madness...from sublime joy of being there for the first time in my life, living my dream, choking with happiness and feeling like Cinderella dancing at her ball to BEING a Cinderella...kicked out and taken home in her Great Western pumpkin from Paddington....

I love that day!

I like how we all have our diffo ways of loving wimby

I have had so many fantastic memories from Wimbledon, it's such a very special place, I simply love being there!  

...and I surely know how to enjoy myself and make the most of every little thing, pure lust for life it is! It took a good many years of just hard dreaming about it all before it finally happened!!!

Care to share some of your delectable SW19 moments?

Why don't you start a thread on it nitb