octobrina10
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The ATP staff confirms:
Vaaaaamooooos Rafa!!!!!
The ATP staff confirms:
Vaaaaamooooos Rafa!!!!!
Not that Roger did it for RafaThank you Roger!
That's why Rafa is World No.1Thank you Roger!
Of course! So proud of the amazing year for RafaThat's why Rafa is World No.1
Rafael Nadal | Rankings Breakdown | ATP Tour | Tennis
Official ATP Rankings and Race points breakdown of Rafael Nadal by tournament and drop date for singles and doubles.www.atptour.com
Except Roger did it for Roger 100%, not for Rafa.Of course! So proud of the amazing year for Rafa
But Roger did do him a favour last night, so let’s be happy for that too
When I registered at Talk Tennis, I chose "Rafael Nadal" but was rejected and told that I couldn't have the name of a professional tennis player, so I chose "Raphael Nadal" instead.Well done, good arithmetic.
Maybe you can stretch yourself by counting the number of posts you’ve made making sly sarcastic digs at Rafa while pretending to be a Nadal fan with a troll misspelt username.
Imagine if someone had never seen Rafa play and they saw his last 2 matches, they'd become a fan instantly.
I don't think anyone has gained more fans this week than Rafa
I saw the whole presser and at 6:25 Ubaldo asks him a question. Rafa answered pretty seriously, and explained his answer in depth. Much respect to Rafa, because if we recall, this is the same idiotic journalist who asked Rafa that dumb marriage-affecting-his-match question. I would have just passed on his question and moved on to the next person in line ready to ask questions.ATP Finals
November 15, 2019
RR3
Rafa's post-RR3 press conference:
Vaaamooos Rafa!
Rafa is a gem.I saw the whole presser and at 6:25 Ubaldo asks him a question. Rafa answered pretty seriously, and explained his answer in depth. Much respect to Rafa, because if we recall, this is the same idiotic journalist who asked Rafa that dumb marriage-affecting-his-match question. I would have just passed on his question and moved on to the next person in line ready to ask questions.
You posted in a wrong thread.One good thing to see is that the likes of Zverev, Tsitsipas, Thiem and Medvedev are all pushing the big 3 to their limits. We haven't had a group of young players manage to do this in years. Only question now is if these young guys can finally mount a real challenge in the Slams. Both Thiem and Medvedev made 2 Slam finals this season. Medvedev came the closest of anyone thus far in the nextgen. 2020 will be interesting.
I saw the whole presser and at 6:25 Ubaldo asks him a question. Rafa answered pretty seriously, and explained his answer in depth. Much respect to Rafa, because if we recall, this is the same idiotic journalist who asked Rafa that dumb marriage-affecting-his-match question. I would have just passed on his question and moved on to the next person in line ready to ask questions.
Brilliant article. I enjoyed every word of it. Thanks for sharing.Beautiful article by Tignor on Tennis.com
https://www.tennis.com/pro-game/201...as-nitto-atp-finals-round-robin-london/85989/
IT WASN’T RAFAEL NADAL'S BODY THAT WE UNDERESTIMATED—IT WAS HIS MIND
Years after many of us thought he would be retired, Rafa is the oldest year-end No. 1 in ATP history for a second time.
By Steve Tignor
“He’s writing checks that his body can’t cash,” Andre Agassi said of a 19-year-old Rafael Nadal back in 2005.
The GOAT race and the trivalry aside, I was struck by something Nadal said after his win over Daniil Medvedev on Wednesday. Rafa had come back from 1-5 down in the third set to steal that one, and he was asked afterward if his performance was a message to young players that they “should never quit, should fight until the last point.”
“Accepting that you are not that good.” Those words fly in the face of every rah-rah halftime pep talk ever given. Most athletes are taught from Day 1 that we need to believe that we are that good, and that we can and should defeat our opponents. We hear all the time about a “champion’s arrogance,” and how the greats can will themselves into invincibility.
Nadal offers a different, more realistic, but just as effective way. Rather than block out the idea of losing, he acknowledges it, even welcomes it. Rather than seeing himself as superior to the regular run of humanity, he sees himself as normal—i.e., someone who can lose.
This stoical philosophy doesn’t work to his benefit every time. Nadal has let his doubts and nerves get the better of him in matches that he could have won. But in the long term, it’s a big part of why he is still at the top of the sport. It has helped him bounce back from two fifth-set losses in Australian Open finals; from a two-year Slam drought in 2015 and 2016 when he regularly snatched defeat from the jaws of victory; from long losing streaks to Djokovic; from years of early-round losses at Wimbledon; from months on the sidelines with injuries.
Agassi wasn’t the only person who thought Nadal’s career would be short-lived in 2005; most of the tennis world wondered how long he could withstand the pounding he puts himself through every time he walks on court. Fourteen years later, Rafa is No. 1 in the world. Did we underestimate his body? No, we underestimated his mind.
Brilliant article. I enjoyed every word of it. Thanks for sharing.