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Otvaram ovu temu gde cu postovati nove slike, snimke, informacije i intervjue.

Za pocetak neke osnovne informacije.

Ime: Rafael Nadal Parera

Datum rodjenja: 3. jun 1986

Mesto rodjenja i prebivalista: Manacor, Mallorca, Espana

Broj titula u siglu: 31 ( izmedju ostalog 5 Grand Slamova, 12 Masters turninra i Olimpijsko zlato u Pekingu 2008.)

Broj titula u dublu: 4

Ranking: No1 (od 18. avgusta 2008., pre toga proveo rekordnih 160 nedelja na 2. mestu)

Zarada od turnira: 20.566.948 dolara

Odnos dobijenih i izgubljenih meceva: 330 - 75

OSVOJENI GRAND SLAMOVI:

2005: ROLAND GARROS ( u finalu savladan Mariano Puerta 6–7(6), 6–3, 6–1, 7–5)
2006: ROLAND GARROS ( u finalu savladan Roger Federer 1–6, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6(4))
2007: ROLAND GARROS ( u finalu savladan Roger Federer 6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4)
2008: ROLAND GARROS ( u finalu savladan Roger Federer 6–1, 6–3, 6–0)
2008: WIMBLEDON 9 u finalu savladan Roger Federer 6–4, 6–4, 6–7(5), 6–7(8), 9–7)

FINALA GRAND SLAMOVA:

2006: WIMBLEDON ( u finalu ga dobio Roger Federer 6–0, 7–6(5), 6–7(2), 6–3)
2007: WIMBLEDON ( u finalu ga dobio Roger Federer 7–6(7), 4–6, 7–6(3), 2–6, 6–2)

OSVOJENI MASTERS TURNIRI:

2005: MONTE CARLO ( Guillermo Coria 6–3, 6–1, 0–6, 7–5)
2005: ROME ( Guillermo Coria 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(6))
2005: MONTREAL ( Andre Agassi 6–3, 4–6, 6–2)
2005: MADRID ( Ivan Ljubicic 3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(3))
2006: MONTE CARLO ( Roger Federer 6–2, 6–7(2), 6–3, 7–6(5))
2006: ROME (Roger Federer 6–7(0), 7–6(5), 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(5))
2007: INDIAN WELLS ( Novak Djokovic 6–2, 7–5)
2007: MONTE CARLO (Roger Federer 6–4, 6–4)
2007: ROME ( Fernando Gonzales 6–2, 6–2)
2008: MONTE CARLO ( Roger Federer 7–5, 7–5)
2008: HAMBURG ( Roger Federer 7–5, 6–7(3), 6–3)
2008: TORONTO ( Nicolas Kiefer 6–3, 6–2)

FINALA MASTERS TURNIRA:

2005: MIAMI ( dobio ga Roger Federer 2–6, 6–7(4), 7–6(5), 6–3, 6–1)
2007: HAMBURG ( dobio ga Roger Federer 2–6, 6–2, 6–0)
2007: PARIS ( dobio ga David Nalbandian 6–4, 6–0)
2008: MIAMIl ( dobio ga Nikolay Davydenko 6–4, 6–2)

OLIMPIJADA:

2008: ZLATO, BEIJING ( Fernando Gonzales 6–3, 7–6(2), 6–3)

OSVOJENI OSTALI ATP TURNIRI:

2004: SOPOT ( Jose Acasuso 6–3, 6–4)
2005: COSTA DE SAUIPE ( Alberto Martin 6–0, 6–7(2), 6–1)
2005: ACAPULCO ( Albert Montanes 6–1, 6–0)
2005: BARCELONA ( Juan Carlos Ferrero 6–1, 7–6(4), 6–3)
2005: BASTAD ( Tomas Berdych 2–6, 6–2, 6–4)
2005: STUTTGART ( Gaston Gaudio 6–3, 6–3, 6–4)
2005: BEIJING (Guillermo Coria 5–7, 6–1, 6–2)
2006: DUBAI ( Roger Federer 2–6, 6–4, 6–4)
2006: BARCELONA ( Tommy Robredo 6–4, 6–4, 6–0)
2007: BARCELONA ( Guillermo Canas 6–3, 6–4)
2007: STUTTGART ( Stanislas Wawrinka 6–4, 7–5)
2008: BARCELONA ( David Ferrer 6–1, 4–6, 6–1)
2008: QUEENS ( Novak Djokovic 7–6(6), 7–5)

FINALA OSTALIH ATP TURNIRA:

2004: AUCKLAND ( dobio ga Dominik Hrbaty 4–6, 6–2, 7–5)
2008: CHENNAI ( dobio ga Mikhail Youzhny 6-0, 6-1)

OSVOJENE TITULE U DUBLU:

2003: UMAG ( partner Alex Lopez Moron)
2004: CHENNAI ( parter TommyRobredo)
2005: DOHA ( partner Alber Costa)
2008: MASTERS MONTE CARLO ( parter Tommy Robredo)

[desperate for housewives]

Nadal Clinches Year-End No. 1 For First Time

Spaniard Rafael Nadal is guaranteed to finish this season as the No. 1 player in the South African Airways ATP Rankings, ending Roger Federer's four-year reign.

After Federer’s semifinal loss to Andy Murray in the Mutua Madrilena Masters Madrid semifinals on Saturday, Nadal is guaranteed to claim the No. 1 year-end position. The 22-year-old Mallorca native is the first left-hander to finish No. 1 since John McEnroe in 1984 and the third lefty in the 36-year history of the ATP Rankings. McEnroe was No. 1 from 1981-84 and Jimmy Connors finished No. 1 from 1974-78.

Nadal is the 15th different year-end No. 1 and the first Spaniard to finish the season as the top player in the world. Prior to this season Nadal finished No. 2 the past three years. Nadal took over No. 1 on August 18 after ranking No. 2 for a record 160 consecutive weeks (since July 25, 2005). Federer held the top position for a record 237 straight weeks from Feb. 2, 2004 to Aug. 17, 2008.

Nadal said: "To become No. 1 during the year was one of my goals and it is important to have achieved it. Moreover, if you finish the year as No. 1 it is even more special. I am also very happy to bring something more to Spanish sport, something for Spanish history and for our great tennis tradition."

Nadal leads the ATP circuit with eight titles and an 80-10 match record in 2008. In July, he became the first man since Bjorn Borg in 1980 to win the Roland Garros and Wimbledon double after dethroning five-time champion Federer in a five-set epic at the All England Club. Nadal followed by clinching his 12th career ATP Masters Series title, and third of the season, at the Rogers Cup in Toronto. He won 32 consecutive matches before falling to World No. 3 Novak Djokovic in the Cincinnati semifinals. He also won a gold medal in singles at the Beijing Olympics.

Nadal is one of four players to have so far qualified for the circuit-ending Tennis Masters Cup Shanghai, beginning November 9. Federer, Djokovic and Murray are the other qualifiers. Four singles berths remain up for grabs with just over two weeks of the regular ATP season to play

http://www.atptennis...ws/nadalno1.asp

[desperate for housewives]

O jucerasnjem porazu:

"I have fought until the end, I have given everything that I could give and I go home after a good match and I will see the mistakes that I have committed... I didn't play well on the backhand and he was playing with unbelievable confidence...Simon was putting all the balls inside the lines. It was disappointing not to win, it's tough to lose a match like this after a big fight. I tried my best, I'm happy with myself for that."

[OCTAVIAN]

Nisam previse odusevljen stilom igre Nadala, ali ga jako postujem kao tenisera i sportistu, malo je ljudi na ovom svijetu koji su spremni da toliko naporno rade da bi dosli do cilja. Nadam se samo da su price o njegovom zdravlju preuvelicane i da ce izdrzati jos nekoliko godina u ovom ritmu, steta bi bilo zaista da zbog toga prerano zavrsi karijeru.
Mogao bi malo da se pobrine o gadrerobi koju nosi. Meni icno ne smetaju ni njegove pantalone i majice bez rukava, ali zna nekad da pretjera sa onim uzasno drecavim bojama koje prosto bodu oci.

Edited by OCTAVIAN, 19 October 2008 - 22:37.

[M.S.25.]

Rafa je veliki šampion, mnoge je iznenadio i mnoga očekivanja čak i prevazišao.A moguće je da je tek na početku, ili sredini puta.Ne znam dokle će trajati, ali očigledno mnogo duže nego što je predviđano-nema razloga za bojazan, bar u neko skorije vreme.Ova jesen mu je mnogo bolja nego sve prethodne i to je priličan napredak.

Nisam inspirisana da večeras napišem nešto više i lepše o tome, biće dana.Samo da pozdravim otvaranje teme i poželim sreću .

[depresivni vombat]

Jednog lepog dana će i taj doping test biti odradjen kako treba ...

[LidAl]

Najbolji šljakaš svih vremena... Njegova volja i fokusiranost su stvarno za divljenje. Mentalno verovatno najčvršći igrač na touru. Isto tako fizička sprema - najbolja. Može da pretrči k'o maratonac, da igra pet setova i da u tom petom setu stiže sve živo (naročito na prirodnim podlogama)!
Forhend fantastičan, to što on pogađa iz trka neki ne bi pogodili da na treningu gađaju 10 puta. DS iz forhenda za divljenje (osećaj, skrivanje, tajming... fenomenalno ga izvodi). Pobednik u duši.
Inače, nisam veliki ljubitelj njegove (uobičajene - grinder) igre. I ne sviđa mi se način na koji proslavlja osvojene poene (pokreti koje pri tom izvodi deluju prilično neukusno).

Edited by LidAl, 20 October 2008 - 08:29.

[desperate for housewives]

Ovo mi je jedan od boljih clanaka napravljen posle Hamburga 2007. Uradio sam prevod na srpski jod odavno pa cu ga postovati i ovde.

GAME, SET AND CATCH: RAFAEL NADAL GOES FISHING


By SIMON KINNERSLEY


Njegov uzbudljiv I neobican tenis su mu doneli trofeje I bogatstvo.
Ali daleko od ludila sa terena, svetski broj 2 Rafa Nadal nema vremena za sjaj Monte Carla i devojke – on ima neke druge ciljeve.

Iako je sveze istusiran a svoju znojavu bandanu je stavio u kantu sa prljavim vesom , po nacinu na koji se bacio u fotelju je jasno da ce biti tesko prevazici bol zbog izgubljenog finala Hamburga pre sat vremena.

Nadal voli da se opusti i pobegne od napornog teniskog zivota , tako sto sa ocem ode na pecanje.

Ovo nije bio obican poraz. Ovo je kraj Rafinog rekorda od 2 godine i 81. meca dobijenih na slajci . Ovo je takodje i prvi put da je od Rogera Federera izgubio na ovoj podlozi.

Nadal zna da sada Federer moze da odahne. Ovo je mozda i kljucni trenutak u njihovoj fascinantnoj borbi za nadmoc.

Na konferenciji posle meca, Nadal je pokazao veliku zrelost.

Dobro je podneo kraj svog rekorda koji je dosao od najboljeg igraca na svetu, salio se sa novinarima i smeskao, govoreci da je ovo dobra priprema za ono sto sledi.

Medjutim u hotelu je druga prica.

Njegov gubitnicki trofej za finalistu je u rancu koji nosi dok prolazi napustenim hotelom.

Pertle mu se vuku po podu. Covek koji je poznat po velikim bicepsima, sada izgleda zatrpan u sirokoj majici i kratkim pantalonama.

‘’Mora da si malo razocaran jer je tvoj rekordni niz dobijenih meceva gotov’’, rekao sam tiho.

‘’Da li placem’’, on odgovori namrgodjeno. ''Ja lako predjem preko ovakvih stvari.’’

‘’Kada izadjete na teren znate da ce jedan pobediti a drugi izgubiti. Tako je to.’’

‘’Ne moze se uvek pobedjivati’’

Pogledao me u oci kako bih video da nema suza na licu.
Dosao je kraj sestonedeljnom putovanju, u sklopu koga je osvojio 4 turnira, izmenio knjige rekorda sa svojim nizom od 81 dobijenog meca i povecao svoju zaradjenu sumu na 1 milion u ovoj godinio i ukupno 15 miliona u karijeri.

Iako mu u rasporedu pise da slede RG, Queen’s ( gde ce biti glavna atrakcija) I Wimbledon, njegovim mislima trenutno ne dominira tenis.
Ujutru ce avionom otici kuci na Mallorcu, ostaviti prtljag, odvesti se u Porto Cristo i uskociti u ocev brod.

‘’Idem na pecanje’’, kaze on sa velikim smehom na licu.

‘’Volim pecanje iz 3 razloga: smirenost i opustenost, lepota mora i , naravno, zadovoljstvo kada ulovis veceru.’’

Za neverovatno bogatog mladog coveka koji svoj 21. rodjendan slavi danas ( 3. jun), putovanje ce biti jednostavno.

Nece biti plovece palate, brod njegovog oca je dug 8 metara i video je i bolje dane. Mnogi delovi su iz lokalne radnje a nesto je i pozajmljeno od prijatelja.

‘’Svi moji prijatelji ili rade ili studiraju’’, kaze on tuzno.

Dok peca, upecati ribu i nije najvaznije.

‘’Mogu da zaboravim na sve. Niko me ne zove jer iskljucim mobilni tako da mogu da se opustim i ne mislim na tenis.’’

‘’Ponekad pricamo a ponekad samo sedimo u tisini cekajuci da zagrize.'' Za trenutak kao da je zaboravio gde je, kao da je u brodu gde oseca topao povetarac na licu…. Onda se vratio u stvarnost.

Kasnije sam mu se pridruzio u gledanju utakmice Real Madrida na TV-u.

Vode se razni razgovori, od ocena Beckhamove igre do Ruud van Nistelrooya itd.

Kada je Real poveo Rafa je poludeo od srece, skocio je iz fotelje sa podignutim rukama, igrajuci i radujuci se sa velikim osmehom na licu.

Ovako srecan nije izgledao ni kada je pobedio Federera u finalu RG-a prosle godine.

U sustini postoje dva Rafaela. Prvi je borac bez milosti koji nikad ne odustaje, koji moze satima da igra svoju neobicnu i jedinstvenu igru.

Onda je tu i decak koji najvise voli svoj dom, skroman I nenametljiv decko iz susedstva.

‘’Jedino sto se promenilo je to sto sam postao poznat.. Sve drugo je ostalo isto ‘’, on kaze.
‘’Jos vek zivim u kuci sa roditeljima i sestrom u Manacoru. Spavam u istoj sobi, majka me jos uvek kritikuje ako je nered u njoj, sestra me jos uvek zadirkuje.’’

‘’Kada uvece izadjem, jos uvek sam sa istim prijateljima koje poznajem jos od 4. godine. Ne pricamo o tenisu. Oni imaju svoj posao a ja svoj.’’
‘’Ono sto ja radim je samo moj posao. Ljudi u gradicu su isti. Tu zivim celog zivota – zasto bi se sada ponasali drugacije prema meni.’’

Na Nadalu se ne vidi puno toga po cemu bi se zakljucilo koliko ima materijalnih sredstava. Njegov mobilni je obican, bez kamere.

Njegov sat sa gumenim kaisom je takodje obican, a roba koju nosi se moze pronaci i na rasprodaji. Kod kuce vozi skromu Kiu.
‘’Osvojio sam Mercedes u Stutgartu ali sam ga ostavio u garazi. Vise volim jednostavna kola.’’, on kaze.

Osim PlayStationa koji je kupio kako bi se zanimao u sobi tokom turnira i nesto besplatne robe koju je dobio od Hugo Bossa ( koji mu cak I nije sponzor) Nadal nema luksuzne igrackice niti statusne simbole.

‘’Shoping i kupovina me na zanimaju. Cak i da imam vremena,a nemam, ne bi me zanimao. Imam sve – sta bih jos hteo? Sto se tice kupovine kuce, sta ce mi?? Kod kuce na Mallorci sam samo nekoliko meseci godisnje. Ostatak vremena putujem.
Uostalom zasto bih zeleo da se vracam u praznu kucu?? Mnogo sam srecniji sa svojom porodicom.’’

Kupovina kuce ce naravno doci kasnije.

‘’Ne smete zaboraviti da sam jos ucek mlad decko’’

Za jednu stvar je siguran: nece se pridruziti gomili koji su utociste pronasli u ‘’poreskom raju’’ Monte Carla.

‘’Sta drugi ljudi rade je njihova stvar ali ja se nikada ne bih preselio da zivim negde gde ne zelim, samo da bih ustedeo novac. Postoji samo jedno mesto na svetu na kome zelim da budem a to je moj gradic.
To je moj dom, tu zelim i da ostarim. Tako je mirno i opusteno. Ljudi tiho i normalno zive svoje zivote. Nista se nikada ne menja.’’

Nije cudo takodje da ni teniseke sa WTA toura niti slobodno obucene devojke koje se guraju kroz obezbedjenje igraca, ne zanimaju Rafu. On kod kuce ima devojku Francescu Perello.

‘’Ona studira ekonomiju u Palmi. Veoma je zauzeta i ima svoj zivot’’, objasnjava on.

‘’Njene studije su mnogo vaznije od toga da me gleda po turnirima.’’

Njegova rodbina takodje voli anonimnost u malom gradu.

Ipak Nadalova teniska karijera je i te kako porodicna stvar.
Upravo je njegov ujak Toni bio taj koji ga je upoznao sa sportom i koji je i dan danas njegov trener. Rafa je mogao da izabere da krene putem svog drugog ujaka Miguel Angela, koji je bio fudbaler Barcelone i igrao u 3 Svetska Kupa.

Njegov otac, Sebastijan se brine o finansijama. ‘’Nemam pojma koliko novca imam’’, Rafa kaze opusteno. ‘’ Ne igram za novac. Da nisam dovoljno dobar, onda bih se pridruzio nekom klubu I placao da igram.’’

Prema recima trneutno 3. tenisera sveta, Andy Roddicka, videti Rafu sa druge strane mreze je zastrasujuce za vecinu tenisera.

‘’Pogledajte ga samo’’, kaze Roddick.

‘’Moja porodica je farmerska iz Wisconsina, nismo sitni, ali on je zver sa tim misicima. Kada cujete njegove krike, osecate se kao da igrate sa divljim bikom’’.

To je Rafa koga fanovi znaju i vole: strastven i napet

Ali nakon sto se odigra poslednji poen na turniru, na njegovim vratima ce pisati: ‘’Na pecanju’’

[LidAl]

Federer je uneo umetnost u tenis... Njegovo kretanje je neverovatno, kao da lebdi iznad terena.
Nadal kada se krece izgleda kao da je u olovnim cizmama....

Eh, da, na ovo nisam odgovorio na vreme. Uz svo poštovanje prema Fedu, ovo za Rafino kretanje uopšte nije tačno, imo. Rafa ima sjajno kretanje, ne samo što sve stiže, nego se uvek sjajno 'namesti' na udarac (na forhend, pre svega).

[desperate for housewives]

Ma na tako smesne komentare ni ne obracam paznju, to je jedan od onih koji vide samo Federerov ''balet'' a sve ostalo omalovazavaju i ismevaju.

[moke]

super intervju.

edit: sećam se da sam negde čitao da mu njegov ujak i trener nikad nije davao da razbija rekete, jer postoji toliko ljudi koji ne mogu da ih priušte... to mi je nekako lepo.

Edited by moke, 20 October 2008 - 22:28.

[M.S.25.]

sećam se da sam negde čitao da mu njegov ujak i trener nikad nije davao da razbija rekete, jer postoji toliko ljudi koji ne mogu da ih priušte...

Fantastično.

Sjajna je teniska ličnost, mnogo toga novog je doneo, voleli ga ili ne.

[Contractor]

Ja lično sam uvek navijao za njega, pre nego što se "naš" Nole pojavio. I danas navijam za njega kad god igra, sem protiv Noleta, Troickog, Tipse... I uvek su me nervirale priče kako je eto ExFed gospodin čovek, a svi ostali su... Ja baš mislim da je Rafa po ponašanju jedan od najvećih koji su se pojavili u poslednjih 10 godina (ne računam raniji period jer se tada to kao podrazumevalo). Uvek je znao da primi poraz kako treba. To je po meni najveći pokazatelj "gospodstva", a ne način na koji se oblači npr.

[desperate for housewives]

Contractor , jako lepo si to rekao, posebno poslednja recenica.

Jedan zanimljiv clanak o Toniju i njegovoj filozofiji zivota koja je jedan od razloga Rafinog uspeha.

To be happy you must be austere
JUAN JOSÉ MATEO 02/08/2008

When Toni Nadal was a child living in a boarding school in La Palma, the headmaster, a friend of his parents, would tell him that he would have to learn how to conjugate the verb aguantarse (to endure, to put up with). Toni learned his lesson well, playing tennis by day and taking History and Law classes at night, following a path of unending studies that turned him into the man who is now, the steely-eyed coach of Rafael Nadal, four-time French Open Champion and the current King of Wimbledon.

“And that’s something people are not willing to do today” , says the coach. “Endure. Everybody complains. Today people are less willing to sacrifice. This is what I have tried to teach Rafael. I tell him: 'Even if things go well for you, even if you have money and success, you will have to deal with suffering, because some things will always be out of your control. A family member will die. Your girlfriend will leave you. But you must have the fortitude to endure.' This is an attitude that has to be taught, just like having drive (motivation) in tennis. It is essential to being happy and a better person”.

Behind Rafa Nadal - who last night beat the Ecuadorian Nicolas Lapentti in the quarter finals of the Cincinnati Masters Series – and all of the silent rituals designed to manage time during a match and choose the best path to victory is Toni Nadal and his Spartan vision of life. Within the coach, however, also beats the heart of a man who is interested in the History of Rome and World War II; scandalized reflections about Speer and Von Ribbentrop in Nazi Germany and an appreciation for art. Each tournament, each trip he takes guiding the career of the number two player, is an opportunity for Uncle Toni, as he's called by English speakers. He visits the MOMA in New York and the Louvre in Paris; and he always comes back to his beloved impressionist painters in the Musée d’Orsay. Even there, while he loses himself in the paintings of Cezanne, perhaps before stopping in front of Renoir's Le Bal au Moulin de la Galette that he admires, Uncle Toni still conveys his philosophy on life, which is to always demand the most of yourself, a philosophy that he has transmitted to his nephew ever since he was a little boy convinced that his Uncle Toni had the power to make it rain or to make him invisible. Rafa, the lefty who had to choose between fishing, football and tennis, was exempt from the museums; but not from the rest. He was born with the body of an athlete. He learned and continues to learn strokes from a maestro. And yesterday, today and always he's maintained a relativistic life philosophy and a permanent dissatisfaction, transformed into a desire to improve, which is the indelible mark made on him from a life spent in the company of his coach.

“I wasn’t strict with him just because I thought it would improve his chances to be successful”; argues his uncle, who has three children. “Maradona, Romario, Ronaldinho and various tennis players … they were not self-disciplined. I’m not so foolish that I think that this attitude is the reason that Rafa is at the top of the game, but I like it as a life philosophy. This is a game. To consider yourself important because you play tennis is as stupid as thinking that you are important because you’re good at playing hide and seek".

Rafael refused to stay in a luxurious hotel in one of his first trips to Australia. He was given a list of the errors that he had committed just after winning his first Grand Slam. And he learned how to eat like an athlete after he lost a match due to a stomach ache caused by eating too many croissants covered with Nutella. Behind each of these movements shaping the person and the athlete, was always Uncle Toni, his complicit gestures, his genuine affection and his audible silences. Rafael never broke a tennis racket. Although, his uncle observes, he has broken several Play Station controllers.

“I liked that Rafa was austere”, explains the coach. “We spend a lot of time together and I’ve always been strict with him. He had no choice but to adapt to my way of seeing life. As far back as the Greek philosophers the question of where happiness comes from has been debated, if it came from work or pleasure. The Stoics or the Hedonists", observes Toni, always pleasant. "I believe that happiness comes primarily from work and discipline. It’s what I would want from my children. I try to guide them along that path. This does not mean that I act like a dictator; but in this society it seems as if discipline is looked down upon. And discipline, like respect, is necessary".

http://www.elpais.co...elpepiult_1/Tes

Edited by desperate for housewives, 21 October 2008 - 12:14.

[ivana23]

LAS 10 DE NADAL - VIDEO