ARTICLES:

• Ranking the Greatest ATP Seasons (via Tennis Now)

… Rafael Nadal’s 2013 season ranks among the top 10 best individual seasons in the ATP’s Open Era. See which other players posted phenomenal years based on our statistical formula.

• Rafa Nadal recibe el primer Kia pro_cee`d GT (via kiakonnect.com)

… Rafa Nadal ha recibido hoy en Mallorca de manos de Mr.Kyung Hyeon Kim, presidente de Kia Motors Iberia, laprimera unidad del nuevo Kia pro_cee´d GT… El mejor coche para el mejor deportista español de la Historia.

• Soccer Legends Set To Join Rafael Nadal In Prague For His First Live Poker Tournament (via thepostgame.com)

… “Ronaldo has always been a hero of mine and I’m looking forward to taking him on at the poker table,” Nadal said in a statement. “There are many similarities between sport and poker strategy, so it will be good to see how he translates his game from the football field to the poker felt.” 

• El abuelo de Rafa Nadal recibe un homenaje visiblemente emocionado (via El Pais)

… El músico Rafa Nadal Abuelo del famoso tenista recibe en Mallorca un merecido homenaje junto al también músico Serafí Guiscafré.

• Go Figure: Tennis year by the numbers (via SI.com)

… 8: French Open titles for Rafael Nadal, the first man to win that many titles at any Grand Slam tournament. The eighth came in June.

• Nadal Competes For The Good Hand Project (via The Slice)
• Reading the Readers: Dec. 3 – by Steve Tignor (via tennis.com)

… exhibitions are not like tournaments; they’re not even like tour matches. They’re something like practice sets, and you wouldn’t think it was wrong for a player to get in a practice set during the off-season, would you?

• 2013 BTB Awards: They said it (via SI.com)

… “Don’t worry. I will lose. Everybody lose.”– Rafael Nadal, after winning his first 22 matches on hard courts this season. The streak ended at 26 with a loss to Novak Djokovic at the China Open.

• Players Pay Tribute To Mandela (via ATP)
• There’s so much to learn from Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer: Sibling tennis players Alexey and Xeniya Prokopchuk (via dnaindia.com)

• Rafael Nadal hosts pro-am with Jose Maria Olazabal (via cbssports.com)
• Raquette d’Or ATP: Vote for Rafa!

PHOTOS:

• BTB Awards: Memorable reaction photos (via SI.com)
• 2013 BTB Awards: Offbeat photos (via SI.com)
• BTB Awards: Memorable action photos (via SI.com)

VIDEOS:

• El número uno, también en Twitter: ESPN Redes premió a Rafael Nadal por ser el tenista con más seguidores en la red social.
• Una acción de Realidad Aumentada tan grande como un edificio

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