Roland Garros to erect a statue in honor of Rafael Nadal!

[Charleneriva]

Okay. I have to admit. This is old news to me. I read it sometime before the Thiem match or so. I shrugged. Then made a tasty U-turn back here, bubble thoughts bubbling all the way.

{ #Epic. No, #MichaelNadal must come first.}

{ #clayqueen+octo+vero =Nadal News 2.0}

{ #Fedfans . No, #vive must come first.}

{etc etc...}

Only to find there was absolutely nothing. NOTHING.

So I shrugged again, pondering. Come Sunday, if there were still no nothing from those embarrassing so-called Rafa and Fed fans, I would give them an earful of how uninternetted they are.

That was NOT in TTW's spirit. Unacceptable!



Okay. I got it done. Now back to the source of all of my un-epicness. Ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you:

TEN TIME ROLAND GARROS CHAMPION RAFAEL NADAL STATUTE!

"Great recognizement by Roland Garros towards the nine-time champion Rafael Nadal. In the Eurosport programme "Avantage Leconte", the French tennis federation chief Bernard Giudicelli announced that the tournament will erect a statue in honor of the Mallorcan player, that was described as a "Monster" by Giudicelli. 'He will have a statue at the Roland Garros, you cannot do anything but immortalize him.' At the Roland Garros there are already statues in honor of Suzanne Lenglen and the four Musketeers, it means Jean Borotra, Jacques Brugnon, Henri Cochet and René Lacoste.

#handclap
#handclap
#handclap

 

[ibbi]

Whatever they're replacing the Bullring with, they should name that after him. I'm sure he'll be retired by the time it gets completed, so why not?

 

[K-H]

He deserves a statue it's fair to say. The only reason he hasn't already got one is because he's not French.

 

[ojo rojo]

 

[BGod]

Statue of Champions.

Put Cochet, Decugis, Borg & Nadal.

 

[Stupendous1HBH]

Any statues should be erected AFTER a player retires from the game not while they are still actively playing IMO.

 

[tennisaddict]

They will need one for Chris Evert as well.

Any time they do things like this , plan for the future. There may be someone in the future who wins 15 FO.

 

[NuBas]

 

[WhiskeyEE]

That statue looks like it was moulded out of a piece of ****.

 

[Mainad]

Where's Andy's statue? He's got the same number of Madrid titles as Novak!

 

[Mazz Retic]

Where's Andy's statue? He's got the same number of Madrid titles as Novak!

Sir does not need a statue.

 

[DRII]

I'm uncomfortable with any active player having a statue or stadium named after them (especially at a slam).

 

[DRII]

Nadal definitely the best looking of those statues.

Federer looks bad and Djokovic more Roman than Slav...

 

[octobrina10]

Okay. I have to admit. This is old news to me. I read it sometime before the Thiem match or so. I shrugged. Then made a tasty U-turn back here, bubble thoughts bubbling all the way.

{ #Epic. No, #MichaelNadal must come first.}

{ #clayqueen+octo+vero =Nadal News 2.0}

{ #Fedfans . No, #vive must come first.}

{etc etc...}

Only to find there was absolutely nothing. NOTHING.

So I shrugged again, pondering. Come Sunday, if there were still no nothing from those embarrassing so-called Rafa and Fed fans, I would give them an earful of how uninternetted they are.

That was NOT in TTW's spirit. Unacceptable!



Okay. I got it done. Now back to the source of all of my un-epicness. Ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you:

TEN TIME ROLAND GARROS CHAMPION RAFAEL NADAL STATUTE!

"Great recognizement by Roland Garros towards the nine-time champion Rafael Nadal. In the Eurosport programme "Avantage Leconte", the French tennis federation chief Bernard Giudicelli announced that the tournament will erect a statue in honor of the Mallorcan player, that was described as a "Monster" by Giudicelli. 'He will have a statue at the Roland Garros, you cannot do anything but immortalize him.' At the Roland Garros there are already statues in honor of Suzanne Lenglen and the four Musketeers, it means Jean Borotra, Jacques Brugnon, Henri Cochet and René Lacoste.

#handclap
#handclap
#handclap

You posted a picture of the statue Nike made in 2014 to celebrate Rafa's 9th French Open title.

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/06/rafael-nadal-nike-clay-statue-paris

 

[Semidios]

Where's Andy's statue? He's got the same number of Madrid titles as Novak!

If my memory serves despite my old age.WTF made terracota warriors of top 8 when the tourney was played in Shangai.

 

[Charleneriva]

You posted a picture of the statue Nike made in 2014 to celebrate Rafa's 9th French Open title.

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/06/rafael-nadal-nike-clay-statue-paris

I know . That's just to "illustrate" the news.

 

[Sentinel]

I'm uncomfortable with any active player having a statue or stadium named after them (especially at a slam).

Especially after the MC scandal/outrage/disgrace.

 

[Bartelby]

The sculptor should get great enjoyment about etching that crack on the back of Nadal's marble block.

 

[Charleneriva]

Where's Andy's statue? He's got the same number of Madrid titles as Novak!

That was almost 10 yrs ago. Notice how "hairy" Rafa was LOL. Andy was nowhere near winning Madrid which was indoor hardcourt back then and didn't qualify the Masters Cup that year. Those 3 statues of the top 3 were sent to Madrid just for ATP to show off before MC. There were statutes for all other qualifiers as well:

 

[Nadalgaenger]

French owe it to Nadal after the doping accusations. Who is Philippe Chatrier anyway and how would he have done in a 5 set match against the King of Clay?

 

[Nadalgaenger]

That was almost 10 yrs ago. Notice how "hairy" Rafa was LOL. Andy was nowhere near winning Madrid which was indoor hardcourt back then and didn't qualify the Masters Cup that year. Those 3 statues of the top 3 were sent to Madrid just for ATP to show off before MC. There were statutes for all other qualifiers as well:

Lol at the Gasquet statue!

 

[junior74]

Latest news: They are gonna use the same artist that made his pal Ronaldo's statue!
Much excite!
Bamos!

 

[Bender]

Latest news: They are gonna use the same artist that made his pal Ronaldo's statue!
Much excite!
Bamos!

Rumours are that the statue will look like this:

The statue will be facing backwards at the entrance of the tournament grounds.

 

[octobrina10]

Rumours are that the statue will look like this:

The statue will be facing backwards at the entrance of the tournament grounds.

If I may ask, why have you sometimes pretended to be his fan ?

 

[ollinger]

Stallone wanted the "Rocky" statue placed outside the city's art museum, evoking the famous scene from the movie; Philadelphia said, uh, no, we'll put it outside the basketball/hockey arena.

 

[vive le beau jeu !]

it would become a sacred pilgrimage place for the vamos a la playa brigade...

The sculptor should get great enjoyment about etching that crack on the back of Nadal's marble block.

is that where we're supposed to stick our chewing-gums ?

 

[fednad]

So, finally an erection for Nadal.
Cheers!

 

[Mainad]

If my memory serves despite my old age.WTF made terracota warriors of top 8 when the tourney was played in Shangai.

I know but this picture indicated it was in Madrid.

 

[vive le beau jeu !]

So, finally an erection for Nadal.
Cheers!

 

[Mainad]

That was almost 10 yrs ago. Notice how "hairy" Rafa was LOL. Andy was nowhere near winning Madrid which was indoor hardcourt back then and didn't qualify the Masters Cup that year. Those 3 statues of the top 3 were sent to Madrid just for ATP to show off before MC. There were statutes for all other qualifiers as well:

But Andy won his first Madrid title back in 2008 (when it was still hardcourt) so he should be there, no excuses. He's not even in the pic!!

 

[fednad]

She has a disappointed look !!
Shock, disbelief .... teeth clenched instead of mouth agape....
well.......

 

[BorisRogerFan]

That would be great. I want the statue for the doves to have a little **** on it once in a while. XD

 

[Mainad]

French owe it to Nadal after the doping accusations. Who is Philippe Chatrier anyway and how would he have done in a 5 set match against the King of Clay?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Chatrier

 

[Adv. Edberg]

You shouldn't put up statues of people when they're still alive...

 

[vive le beau jeu !]

That would be great. I want the statue for the doves to have a little **** on it once in a while. XD

 

[FakeEmpire]

Latest news: They are gonna use the same artist that made his pal Ronaldo's statue!
Much excite!
Bamos!

It's gonna be really expensive though, now that he already made another magnificent piece of art:

It looks like Machete.

 

[Charleneriva]

If I may ask, why have you sometimes pretended to be his fan ?

Because he's unsecretly, not unhealthily obsessed with his butt?

 

[Charleneriva]

But Andy won his first Madrid title back in 2008 (when it was still hardcourt) so he should be there, no excuses. He's not even in the pic!!

But that was 2007?

AND the statutes were made for the MC in Shanghai, not Madrid.

Relax.

 

[Mainad]

But that was 2007?

Andy was ranked in the top 10 for much of 2007 and yet he doesn't even appear in the picture! We have the likes of Davydenko, Ferrer and Gasquet all strutting their stuff though.

AND the statutes were made for the MC in Shanghai, not Madrid.

Ordered by Madrid though presumably?

Relax.

I am relaxed. I'm just playing the part of the aggrieved fan!

 

[bigserving]

Definitely a nice tribute to the man. Maybe five or so years after he retires.

 

[boredone3456]

he definitely deserves something since he won the tournament 10 times.

 

[sureshs]

I support an erect statue of Nadal

 

[Nadalgaenger]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Chatrier

Lol. They might as well name center court after Monfils if this guy gets that honor!

 

[sbengte]

This topic deserves it's own thread so bringing it over here from Nadal news thread.

Nominate your picture/pose for the Nadal statue. Here's mine.

 

[True Fanerer]

Looks like they all put on a few lbs

 

[sbengte]

That was almost 10 yrs ago. Notice how "hairy" Rafa was LOL. Andy was nowhere near winning Madrid which was indoor hardcourt back then and didn't qualify the Masters Cup that year. Those 3 statues of the top 3 were sent to Madrid just for ATP to show off before MC. There were statutes for all other qualifiers as well:

Roddick looks like he has a tummy ache.

 

[merlinpinpin]

But, but... he's right-handed on this sculpture.

This is a outrage, an blasphemy!

 

[Shank Volley]

I'm all for a statue of Nadal but I really hope they use a pose that's mid groundstroke or serve rather than of him gesticulating after a point.

For example, this

This

And especially this

Are so, so much cooler to look at than this

If I saw a statue of the above image and I had no idea who Nadal was, I'd roll my eyes.

 

[sbengte]

I'm all for a statue of Nadal but I really hope they use a pose that's mid groundstroke or serve rather than of him gesticulating after a point.

For example, this

This

And especially this

Are so, so much cooler to look at than this

If I saw a statue of the above image and I had no idea who Nadal was, I'd roll my eyes.

You should check out some of the nominations on the Nadal news thread

 

[Shank Volley]

You should check out some of the nominations on the Nadal news thread

I don't know how many more shirtless Nadal photos I can handle.