US OPEN 2010 - RAFA NADAL

The next time I post will be a new post for Rafa at the US Open 2010



Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates after defeating against Fernando Verdasco of Spain during his men's single quarterfinal match on day eleven of the 2010 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 9, 2010 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images North America

US Open 2010

Semi Finals
Rafa Nadal versus Mikhail Youzhny
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Noon USA EST/EDT
Arthur Ashe Stadium
If you want to see it without commercials
see the links below to watch online

US TV Schedule
CBS, The Tennis Channel

At this link
www.usopen.org/en_US
look on right for
US OPEN LIVE
WATCH IT NOW
Also, click on post title at the top to go to the online viewing
This will be available on the Arthur Ashe court through September 12
and the other courts are available there, too
NOTE
There are no commercials
and you get to watch the players during changeovers

Other free online watching
www.atdhe.net
www.fromsport.com

RAFA IS BLOGGING AT THE US OPEN 2010
Submit your question at
rafa@timesonline.co.uk

You must be subscribed to The Times to read Rafa's blog.
But there is a way around this.
There are threads at both of the following fan sites
that post Rafa's blogs:
Vamos Brigade
Rafa's Babolat-sponsored forum
It is free to register at these sites and then you can read at your heart's content.
These two fan sites are a great source of up-to-date information


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My previous post of the US Open 2010
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Quarter Finals
Rafa Nadal defeated Fernando Verdasco
7-5, 6-3, 6-4
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Arthur Ashe Stadium
Pictures of US Open Quarter Finals September 9, 2010
daylife Rafael Nadal
zimbio Rafael Nadal

Article on Rafa's win over Verdasco
in the US Open 2010 Quarter Final
at
www.usopen.org

See Highlights of the QF match
Click on Highlights tab
after clicking on Video and Radio tab

Pictures of Rafa in Quarter Final - US Open 2010

Rafael Nadal of Spain looks on against Fernando Verdasco of Spain during his men's single quarterfinal match on day eleven of the 2010 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 9, 2010 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images North America

Rafael Nadal of Spain returns a shot against Fernando Verdasco of Spain during his men's single quarterfinal match on day eleven of the 2010 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 9, 2010 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images North America

Rafael Nadal of Spain reacts after a point against Fernando Verdasco of Spain during his men's single quarterfinal match on day eleven of the 2010 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 9, 2010 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images North America

Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates after defeating against Fernando Verdasco of Spain during his men's single quarterfinal match on day eleven of the 2010 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 9, 2010 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images North America

Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates after defeating against Fernando Verdasco of Spain during his men's single quarterfinal match on day eleven of the 2010 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 9, 2010 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images North America


Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates after defeating against Fernando Verdasco of Spain during his men's single quarterfinal match on day eleven of the 2010 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 9, 2010 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images North America

Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates after defeating against Fernando Verdasco of Spain during his men's single quarterfinal match on day eleven of the 2010 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 9, 2010 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Photo by Nick Laham/Getty Images North America

Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates after defeating against Fernando Verdasco of Spain during his men's single quarterfinal match on day eleven of the 2010 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 9, 2010 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Photo by Nick Laham/Getty Images North America


Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates after defeating against Fernando Verdasco of Spain during his men's single quarterfinal match on day eleven of the 2010 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 9, 2010 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Photo by Nick Laham/Getty Images North America

Round 4
Rafa Nadal defeated Feliciano Lopez
6-3, 6-4, 6-4
Tuesday, Sept 7, 2010
Arthur Ashe Stadium
Round 4 Pictures
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espn video

Round 4 Pictures ~ US Open 2010

Round 4 US Open 2010
Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images North America

Rafael Nadal of Spain hits a return shot against Feliciano Lopez of Spain during his men's singles match on day nine of the 2010 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 7, 2010 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images North America

Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates after he won match point against Feliciano Lopez of Spain during his men's singles match on day nine of the 2010 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 7, 2010 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Both photos above by Chris McGrath/Getty Images North America

Rafael Nadal of Spain reacts against Feliciano Lopez of Spain during his men's singles match on day nine of the 2010 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 7, 2010 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images North America

Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images North America


Chris McGrath/Getty Images North America


Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images North America

Round 3
Rafa Nadal defeated Gilles Simon
6-4, 6-4, 6-2
Sunday, September 5, 2010

US Open 2010
Round 3 pictures
First Chance to See Rafa's Daytime Sleeves
daylife Rafael Nadal

zimbio Rafael Nadal

Round 2
Rafa Nadal defeated Denis Istomin
6-2, 7-6(5), 7-5

Round 1
Rafa Nadal defeated Teimuras Gabashvili
7-6(4), 7-6)(4), 6-3
Tuesday, August 31, 2010

US Open 2010
Round 3 pictures

Rafael Nadal of Spain returns a shot against Gilles Simon of France during the men's singles match on day seven of the 2010 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 5, 2010 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Photo by Nick Laham/Getty Images North America

Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates after a point against Gilles Simon of France during the men's singles match on day seven of the 2010 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 5, 2010 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.

Photo by Nick Laham/Getty Images North America

Rafael Nadal of Spain returns a shot against Gilles Simon of France during the men's singles match on day seven of the 2010 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 5, 2010 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Photo by Nick Laham/Getty Images North America

Rafael Nadal of Spain stands on the court during play against Gilles Simon of France during the men's singles match on day seven of the 2010 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 5, 2010 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Nadal defeated Simon 6-4, 6-4, 6-2. Photo by Nick Laham/Getty Images North America New

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LOYALTY IS CHARACTERISTIC OF RAFA FANS

We who are Rafa Nadal fans, want him to win. But our admiration doesn't wane when he doesn't win. It is who he is as much as his winning record that we are attracted to.

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Rafa tossing bottle - best part - it is a practice and Rafa was wearing his sleeveless top
Uploaded by vamosrafelnadal

Click on post title
Video of Rafa at U.S. Open - after practice
Signing autographs

My picture was selected by Rafa to be one of the ten winners of the Babolat contest

I received an email from Babolat (Rafa's tennis racket company) stating Rafa selected my picture biting my tennis racket to win prizes for winners of photos 4-10. So, I am not one of the top three winners. My prizes are small. But still - cool.

To enlarge click on the image above.

The following links show all the photos that entered the contest (I am on the first link below (page 3):
www.flickr.com/photos/babolatvs/page3/
www.flickr.com/photos/babolatvs/page4/
www.flickr.com/photos/babolatvs/page1/
www.flickr.com/photos/babolatvs/page2/

DEL POTRO MAKING THE ROUNDS ON USA TV

Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro on Charlie Rose after winning the US Open

The entire September 15 interview will be on Charlie Rose's website for a short time.

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Here is a 3:14 portion of the interview.
Uploaded by CharlieRose

Del Potro on Regis and Kelly

US Open Championship Ceremony
Thanks to quierover1234 - here is the Spanish
Del Potro said... "I want to say thanks to my team, the truth is that without them this would be very difficult to achieve. To all Argentinians in here (people shouting) and specially to my mom, my dad, to Julieta, to my grandfathers and to all my friends, the people who support me all the time, this is for you."

Championship Match Video

Click post title to go to pictures of Juan Martin Del Potro.

My complaint is I couldn't find the championship match on CBS as was promised. And that once I called and complained to my local CBS station, I was informed the match was on another channel. But the match was jumping from one TV station to another throughout the match - without warning. Name another sport that network TV would disrepect so much and do this. Ridiculous.

CBS Complaint line: 212-975-4775