RAFA NADAL LOST IN SEMI-FINAL AT AUSTRALIAN OPEN '08

Rafael Nadal is my favorite tennis player. But Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France was in a zone that no one could have touched, in my humble opinion at the Australian Open. Swiss Roger Federer or Serbian Novak Djokovic will play Tsonga in the Final. That match airs on ESPN2 Friday morning at 3:30 a.m. and reairs on Friday at 3:00 p.m. ………………………………………………… ………………………………………………

Rafael Nadal interview

Bits of the Match
Rafael Nadal versus Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Semi-Final at the Australian Open ‘08

Tsonga's interview

This is Hatice from Australia and her children with Rafa at his hotel in Melbourne. Hatice is the Rafa fan who went to all of Rafa's matches at the Australian Open and posted her daily encounters with Rafa and other exciting stories at Rafael Nadal. She and her daughter were on ESPN2 a lot waving the Spanish flag in support of Rafa.

She also gave us the two pictures here of Rafa at a practice court.