Cuts are obviously overrated, Rafa is the hottest thing since the sun

February 25th, 2010 • 1 comment holy rafa, tennis players are rockstars too

GUYS.
GUYS.
GUYS.

My mind went into some really weird fight. There’s this side, the good side, who was all: “Dear boy, Rafa! I remember when you were a baby in your sleeveless shirts, upsetting the likes of Coria and stuff. Now suddenly you’re being straddled by a popstar and liking it? I get it, Shakira is hot, but you shouldn’t be touching girls that way. You should be happy playing Winning Eleven with the big boys. Not wanting some nippleless woman to play with your big boy.*”

The other side of my brain, the bad side, is just going: “OH MY GOD, CAN I PLEASE BE SHAKIRA? CAN WE GET MORE RAFA SHOTS? CAN WE GET A SLOW MOTION CLIP OF HIM BENDING NOW TO PICK SOMETHING-” I’ll stop before it goes to far.

Anyway, here’s the video.

Keep in mind this is art, not glorified fapping material.**

*I don’t know what I was thinking when I typed that. Apologies.

** LOLOLOLOLLLL.

(caps via iheartrafa)

Right………………..

February 23rd, 2010 • holy rafa, tennis players are rockstars too

Rafa Nadal for the Shakira video Gipsy.

My thoughts can be summed by one picture:

Carry on.

My take on the Rafa retirement thing

January 26th, 2010 • holy rafa, muzzah

Let me start by saying the last thing I wish to do is take off Andy’s merit. The first two sets were played brilliantly by the Brit. He showed not only the amazing counter-punching we all know he’s capable of, but also some high quality aggressive tennis. He would slice, hit it deep, flat, serve and volley — completely dominating the match. Amazing tennis and a well deserved semifinal spot for Murray.

Now, can I just come here and worry? Rafa retired, it’s the knee again. Hear me whine for all eternity.

He says it happened in the middle of the second set. Now, would that just happen? And how would he know that thanks to the sting of pain, it was for the best to retire? Was the knee pain that strong? Or considering it hurt, he thought it wasn’t worth to continue playing — after all, he would hardly be able to come back from two sets and one break down. Specially by the way Andy was calling all the shots. But would Rafael Nadal really just give up of a match (in a Slam he was defending, even) like that, if the problem wasn’t serious? I can’t help but think the knee still hasn’t healed and that the whole “I’m all better, it doesn’t hurt at all” talk was bullshit from the Spaniard.

His injuries are a subject that Rafa really doesn’t like to talk about during his interviews. It’s not like you want to warn to your opponent: “Hey, look at me, I’m crippled, just slice all the balls — bending my knees hurts too much.” But Rafa really doesn’t like to talk about it. Enough to refuse to answer over and over.

As a fan, the last thing I’ll be caring right now are the rankings (he’ll lose the #2 position). Maybe he came back too soon. If missing the American spring hardcourt season is what it takes to heal the knee, let it be.

Dear Rafael, if you’re reading this, 1) omg, stop pls, this is really embarrassing, 2) If you continued reading, let me warn you that tennis fans do not want to see an early retirement from you, Sir. How are we supposed to watch clay tennis when you’re injured? IT WILL BE PAAAAIIIIIINFUUUUUUL. (see what I meant when I said “embarrassing”?) Get better soon, we love you.

A tennis court: the most romantic place to propose

January 20th, 2010 • holy rafa, old school

From Rafa’s 2nd round match yesterday:

And an oldie but a goodie featuring, only the greatest player of all time, Steffi Graf:

A few quick links!

January 18th, 2010 • ace ace andy, holy rafa, off-topic, squeaky shoes ivanovic, the radwanskas, wags

• Australian Open’s website in their mobile version. Very good for checking scores when you’re in the movies or simply away from the computer.
• Free AO livestreams: ATDHE.net, FromSport, LiveScoreHunter.

And “news”:

• Andy Roddick’s wife Brookly Decker in a suit for Elle Magazine. Oh, oh-kay.
• Rafa Nadal om nom nom. I have a feeling he’ll be stripping more to tone down the ridiculousness of his outfit.
• Doesn’t Aga Radwanska clean up nicely? Gracing the cover of magazines and rocking some great hair.
• Ana’s blogging from Melbourne.
• The Guardian’s “Australian Open Day 1 in Pictures“.

28-year-old? Amazing how fast time goes by when you’re having fun.

Rafa Nadal is a free bitch

January 6th, 2010 • holy rafa, the radwanskas

I believe tennis players have chosen their anthem, am I right, am I right?

Thanks to marmiaumiau at VB for the video and loltennis for the gif. ♥

Happy new year indeed!

January 2nd, 2010 • holy rafa, maria shutupova

I hope everyone here has had terrific New Year’s Eves and that your livers are back at functioning. Now, the TENNIS YEAR is upon us. We must start the year with some Rafa Nadal otherwise this isn’t my blog.

In Abu Dhabi, Rafa defeated devil personified, Robin Soderling, 7-6 7-5 to cling that shiny trophy you see above.

And in Thailand, Maria Sharapova defeated Venus Williams in an exhibition (GASP!) 6-3 6-4. It’s the year of UNEXPECTED EXHO RESULTS so far. (Let’s ignore the fact it’s the second day of the year — shhh!)

Last post of 2009, cheers!

December 31st, 2009 • 1 comment holy rafa, roger failderer

*no caption needed* (I don’t know if the default ‘NOM OM OM’ is appropriate here)

Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer gave press conferences today in Abu Dhabi for the Capitala World Tennis Championship (I like how they make a 3-day exhibition sound like the hottest thing since Wimbledon). The boys will get into court on the first day of 2010 – Federer will play the winner of Soderling and Wawrinka, Rafa will play the winner of Ferrer (replacing Tsonga) and Davydenko.

This ought to be fun.

Now all that needs to happen is the CAPITALA WORLD TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP to actually do a proper job updating that website. That can’t be hard, can it? CAN IT?

Here some pictures of the boys practicing in the shiny court they have there.

Exhibitions that are so EPIC that might as well be called tournaments

December 28th, 2009 • 3 comments baby feds, bb safina, dima tursunov, holy rafa, jo tsonga, kolya, nadia petrova, roger failderer, sodermort, the russian sexgod

It’s almost over. Soon we’ll be back to our normal state and not have the need to have this picture as our mobiles’ wallpapers: THE 2010 SEASON IS UPON US.

*cue to instrumental music*

We’re now getting ready for the EPIC exhibitions coming up. In Abu Dhabi, we have this amazingly strong field + Wawrinka.

Play begins on the 31st and this is how the three days will exhibition work.

If you ask me, I’d say they should give Byes to the semifinals in all tournaments Rafa plays. Ahem.

But the exhibition I’m really, really excited to is, the one and only, Hopman Cup.

*cue to even more instrumental music*

Hopman Cup always brings the hilarity to tennis courts. This year, we had the super siblings Safins getting all the way to the final and being hilarious while doing so:

In 2007, we had, well, Dmitry Tursunov.

This year, here’s the full list of the teams:

So excuse me if I have high expectations of Team Russia this year. I’m hoping Igor will shown a bit of personality on court. Maybe he’ll deserve his own title instead of “Kiri’s boyfriend”. But, hell, aren’t the teams just AWESOME this year? Let’s put aside the EPICNESS that is Russia for a second here and focus on the others. Sabine + Kolschi? Baby Pusher + Ace boy? Dream Australian Team? Sorana Banana + Romanian dude? LAURA ROBSON + ANDY MURRAY? Why yes, I am excited.

How about a HOPMAN CUP POLL? Fun y/y?

 Loading ...

Happy Sunday

December 6th, 2009 • 2 comments F-Lo, david ferrer, holy rafa, nando "slut" verdasco

Today, with a perfect 5-0, Spain lifted La Ensaladera for the second time in a row. Happy times ensued.

Smile harder, Rafa.

To people that don’t speak Spanish, “Bon Nadal” means “Merry Christmas” and, well, “Good Rafa”. Finally, it’s explained why I love Christmas so much. BON NADAL TO EVERYONE. MAY EVERYONE HAVE A FINE NADAL.

And a small picspam because, being a Rafa fan, I hadn’t seen my boy bite a trophy for quite some time now. It pleases me muchly — even though I’m not Spanish and my own NT isn’t even able to qualify for World Group playing Ecuador at home and such. But let’s not talk about that.

Below is part one of the video of the ceremony. Part two is here.