If you’re following us on Twitter (@RafaelNadalFC) and Instagram (@rafaelnadalfans) then you could see that we have posted a few photos of Rafa and Juan ‘Pico’ Monaco.
After his retirement, Pico started to work on a TV where he interviews famous people. When he came to Spain, he meet with Rafa and asked him a few question.
Most of us know Rafa so well so we haven’t been surprised with his answers. Despite that, Rafa’s love for tennis and fans each time leave us speechless.
Andy Murray remains top of the rankings but is now just 308 points ahead of Rafael Nadal. Roger Federer’s eighth Wimbledon title pushed him back up to No. 3.
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Name
Nationality
Points
Tournaments
1.
Murray Andy
United Kingdom
7750
18
2.
Nadal Rafael
Spain
7465
15
3.
Federer Roger
Switzerland
6545
14
4.
Djokovic Novak
Serbia
6325
17
5.
Wawrinka Stan
Switzerland
6140
20
6.
Cilic Marin
Croatia
5075
23
7.
Thiem Dominic
Austria
4030
28
8.
Nishikori Kei
Japan
3740
20
9.
Raonic Milos
Canada
3310
21
10.
Dimitrov Grigor
Bulgaria
3160
24
According to ATP, Federer has no points to defend for the remainder of the season, while Rafa has 370 points and Murray has a whopping 5,460 points to defend following his incredible run at the end of the 2016 season.
Rafa is scheduled to play eight tournaments through the remainder of 2017. If our champ stays healthy and keeps playing good, he should comfortably take the top spot from Murray. Federer will have to do better than Rafa at pretty much every tournament that they contest to become world No.1 again.
Rafael Nadal, Jelena Ostapenko, Angelique Kerber, Roger Federer, Johanna Konta, Kei Nishikori, Stan Wawrinka and Petra Kvitova show off their drawing skills at Wimbledon 2017.
Rafael Nadal will be back in action in just a couple of weeks time but is taking a short break to recharge his batteries before the North American summer hard-court season. He was spotted on his yacht enjoying some time with friends in Spain.
Rafael Nadal is one of the nicest and classiest players in tennis, and he again showed why on Monday. Despite fourth round loss, he was waiting patiently for Gilles Muller to gather his gear so they can exit the arena side by side after a classic match.
The packed crowd on Court One noticed Rafa’s gracious act and rose to their feet, arguably cheering louder for Rafa than Muller. Rafa also stopped to sign some autographs.
Tennis fans, media and players worldwide also took to social media to praise our champ!
Rafael Nadal talks to the media after the 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 13-15 defeat against Gilles Muller.
Q. How would you describe the match that you just played?
RAFAEL NADAL: Well, he played well. I think I didn’t play my best the first two sets. I make a couple mistakes that make me then play all the time against the score. And that’s so difficult against a player like him.
So well done for him. He played well. Especially in the fifth, he played great game. I was there, fighted until the last ball, with the right attitude. Probably was not my best match, but at the same time I played against a very uncomfortable opponent.
Q. When you look back, do you perhaps feel this is a tournament where you had a very good result on grass that you haven’t had in a few years?
RAFAEL NADAL: I lost in the fourth round. That’s not the result that I was expecting. It’s true that I played some good matches, but the same time is true that I didn’t want to lose that match. So is tough to analyze that in a positive way right now.
Difficult to say. Yeah, I won matches. I play better than other years, true. At the same time I was ready for important things, so I lost an opportunity.
Q. Those two sets that you struggled to find your best, you had issues getting into it, or was it a day like this when your sensations weren’t there?
RAFAEL NADAL: It is more difficult, no, when you play against a player like him that you don’t have a lot of rhythm. I had my chance in the beginning. Is stupid to say now, but maybe if I had that break at the first set, third or fourth game, maybe we are in a completely different situation. But I didn’t. Continue reading “Rafael Nadal: Uncle Toni isn’t leaving to China (Wimbledon 2017: 4th round presser)”→
Rafael Nadal’s hopes of winning a third Wimbledon title are over for another year after an epic five-set defeat by 16th seed Gilles Muller of Luxembourg.
Rafacomes out on top in this point against Gilles Muller as the two play out “one of the rallies of the tournament” at Wimbledon.
Here’s what Rafa had to say after his loss to Muller.
