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Tuesday, August 16, 2011
RAFA NADAL IN CINCINNATI ~ 2011
Cincinnati ~ Singles cincytennis.com Round 1 Rafa Nadal ~ Bye
Round 2 Rafa Nadal defeated Julien Benneteau
6-4, 7-5
August 17, 2011
Round 3 Rafa Nadal defeated Fernando Verdasco
7-6(5), 6-7(4), 7-6(9)
Thursday, August 18, 2011
At the LINK, watch Round 3/Round of 16 match of Rafa Nadal vs. (defeat) Fernando Verdasco with three sets, with three tie breaks.
Quarter Final Mardy Fish defeated Rafa Nadal
6-3, 6-4
Friday, August 19, 2011
This may be "history" as far as Rafa's fashion style on the tennis court, but it will forever be "Rafa's signature look". What he wears now is nothing unique and is no "signature look" - though he is just as likable.
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Cincinnati 2010
Quarter FinalMarcus Baghdatis defeated Rafa Nadal 4-6, 6-4, 4-6 Friday, August 20, 2010
Rafael Nadal of Spain returns a forehand to Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus during Day 5 of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on August 20, 2010 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images North America
Rafael Nadal of Spain charges the net to return a drop shot by Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus during Day 5 of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on August 20, 2010 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images North America
but delaying it until Friday, at 10:00 p.m.or until the Little League Baseball game is over, apparentlyWatch it live free here www.atdhe.net www.fromsport.com
Rafael Nadal of Spain returns a forehand to Julien Benneteau of France - Round 3 - of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on August 19, 2010 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty
Rafael Nadal of Spain reacts after winning a point in his second set tiebreaker against Julien Benneteau of France - Round 3 - of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on August 19, 2010 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images North America
Rafael Nadal of Spain reacts after winning a point in his second set tiebreaker against Julien Benneteau of France during - Round 3 - of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on August 19, 2010 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images North America
Rafael Nadal of Spain has his right foot attended to by a trainer after winning the second set against Julien Benneteau of France during Day 4 of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on August 19, 2010 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images North America
Pictures of Rafa from Toront0's Rogers Cup daylife
NOTICE:
I am busy trying to get a job, so I can't keep this post up as I typically do. Sorry, but I do this for fun and I need money to live. ....................................
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One hundred fourteen Darfuris and 27 Associations and Organizations in North America issued a statement today calling on the international community to act on their Responsibility to Protect (R2P), particularly the United States:
“Currently, our people in the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp of Kalma are under threat of violence, homelessness, and lack of basic life subsistence. The threat is coming from the local government of South Darfur and from central government in Khartoum. Similar conditions are faced by IDPs in Hamideyeah in the Zalengi area of West Darfur.
The Government of Sudan is intent on dismantling these camps by force. The Government officials in South Darfur made their intentions very clear in defiance of all international protocols and conventions that protect IDPs. This is a continuation of the crimes of genocide in Darfur.
We believe strongly that the Government of Sudan, sadly, has perfected reading in advance the reaction of the international community, and the United States in particular.
The Government of Sudan, headed by a President indicted for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, continues using same tactics used by other genocidal perpetrators through history to finish the job. They will not stop till they are stopped.
The Government of Sudan feels absolutely immune to any accountability. Furthermore, the officials in Khartoum and South Darfur audaciously state their plans in dismantling the IDP camps in meetings with UNAMID and NGOs representatives.
We believe that what is happening in Darfur has direct relation to the U. S. policy in handling Darfur’s crisis.
The international community has an obligation to protect the Darfuri civilians. This Responsibility-To-Protect (R2P) should be exercised now to stop the on-going genocide in Darfur.”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE : August 6, 2010 CONTACTS: Jonathan Hutson, jhutson@enoughproject.org, 857-919-5130 Janessa Goldbeck, goldbeck@genocideintervention.net, 202-559-7405 Ann Brown, abrown@savedarfur.org, 301-633-4193
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Human rights advocacy organizations expressed dismay today following reports that the Obama Administration is not approaching the situation in Sudan with the urgency it demands. In a New York Times article published yesterday (“Violence Said to Be Rising in Sudan’s Darfur Region” by Neil MacFarquhar), a senior State Department official was quoted saying, “There is no sense of urgency that this is a crucial moment [in Sudan].”
The comment comes on the heels of an alarming resurgence of violence in Darfur and just months before south Sudan is scheduled to vote for its own independence—a landmark event that, if mishandled, could plunge Sudan back into all-out war.
John Prendergast, Co-founder of the Enough Project, said, “The US and other key countries have largely turned away from serious political engagement in Darfur in favor of the North/South issues. US Special Envoy Gration has fallen into the same trap which has doomed previous diplomatic efforts by allowing the Khartoum regime to play the North/South crisis against the one in Darfur. The old adage of walking and chewing gum at the same time on Darfur and the South seems unattainable to the internationals attempting to address Sudan’s interrelated ills. By not focusing on an all-Sudan solution, they end up with no solution at all, and the crises bleed on.”
Mark Hanis, President of Genocide Intervention Network, said, “Where is Candidate Obama, who promised the American people that he would address the crisis in Sudan with ‘unstinting resolve’? It will take more than rhetoric to ensure that the people of Sudan are not plunged again into war. Voters demand that the president and his administration do the right thing.”
Mark Lotwis, Acting President of the Save Darfur Coalition, said, “It is disturbing to hear that the there is no sense of urgency in the Obama administration in implementing an effective Sudan policy. I recently returned from Darfur and South Sudan and know that conditions on the ground have deteriorated, the Darfur Peace Process is stalled, and critical preparations for the referendum are not being made. The president needs to provide his entire team—Vice President Biden, Secretary of State Clinton, Ambassador Rice and Special Envoy Gration—with a new direction that makes all of Sudan an urgent priority now.”
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Enough Project – Enough is a project of the Center for American Progress to end genocide and crimes against humanity. Founded in 2007, Enough focuses on crises in Sudan, Chad, eastern Congo, northern Uganda, Somalia, and Zimbabwe. Enough’s strategy papers and briefings provide sharp field analysis and targeted policy recommendations based on a “3P” crisis response strategy: promoting durable peace, providing civilian protection, and punishing perpetrators of atrocities. Enough works with concerned citizens, advocates, and policy makers to prevent, mitigate, and resolve these crises. Visit www.enoughproject.org.
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The Save Darfur Coalition – an alliance of more than 190 faith-based, advocacy and human rights organizations – raises public awareness about the ongoing crisis in Darfur and mobilizes a unified response to promote peace throughout the Darfur region and all of Sudan. The coalition’s member organizations represent 130 million people of all ages, races, religions and political affiliations united together to help the people of Sudan. Please join the movement at www.SaveDarfur.org.
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Investors Against Genocide is a non-profit organization dedicated to convincing mutual fund and other investment firms to change their investing strategy so as to avoid complicity in genocide. The organization works with individuals, companies, organizations, financial institutions, the press, and government agencies to build awareness and to create financial, public relations, and regulatory pressure for investment firms to change. The ultimate goals are that the Government of Sudan ends its deadly genocide in Darfur and that investment firms avoid investing in genocide. For more information, visit www.investorsagainstgenocide.org.
The above pictures of Rafael Nadal are from the Semi-Final match in Cincinnati August 2, 2008. Novak Djokovic won 6-1, 7-5. The pictures are from Daylife, but sometimes Daylife pictures are really from Getty. Just hard to know who to give credit, although I try.
Rafa had played in the final match of 8 of the last 10 matches he played in. He won 7 of those final matches, including Monte Carlo, Barcelona, Hamburg, Roland Garros, Queens Club, Wimbledon, Toronto. All three surfaces: clay, grass and hard. He lost in Miami.
Rafa was tired, very tired in Cincinnati. He played more tennis than any other competitor because he won the most matches.
Now, he is in Beijing, to play for his country of Spain.
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............................................ Uploaded by niinzniinz Rafael Nadal and Tommy Robredo arrive in Beijing ............................................
............................................ Uploaded by luneworld Rafael Nadal and Uncle Tony in Beijing Uncle Tony interviewed and playing pool with Rafa
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When TV doesn't air tennis matches, or the streaming stalls or completely doesn't work - and the "paid for" sites are the most unreliable - youtube is the place to see the sport of tennis. And customer service on ATP's live streaming site is not that helpful to the individual. Recently so many fan-uploaded tennis matches or parts of matches have been removed from Youtube. My personal opinion is that this hurts tennis. The money that the tennis copyright holders are trying to save for themselves to make surely isn't diminished by uploading tennis to Youtube or other similar sites. We want to see it live, but failing that, Youtube tennis viewing promotes the sport, peaks and nurtures interests and only helps those who want more people to tune into tennis so that they can make money.
Youtube in effect is free advertising for the corporate tennis administrations. But they delete the tennis youtube videos continually thinking they are protecting their money-making ventures. Roland Garros deleted videos continually during the French Open.
Rethinking their philosophy and method to make money and allowing videos to be put on Youtube and Daily Motion should be allowed so that more people are brought into the viewing tennis population.
I actually have bought the passes to ATP (which most of the time doesn't work) and Wimbledon. Wimbledon by far is the better. I couldn't get the live matches (probably because of too much "traffice"), but the downloads of entires matches are fantastic. The ATP was having technical difficulty at the Toronto final last Sunday, so the entire match was unavailable. And ESPN was knocked out by a thunderstorm in my area.
ATP doesn't upload entire matches of the current tournaments, just selected matches of the past. And of those, I have always had difficulty getting these matches to play all the way to the end.
Yesterday, I was so surprised to be able to view the entire match on the ATP site of Rafael Nadal v Nicolas Lapentti. This only proves it is not my computer. It probably means that since the match was televised the traffic on the ATP site was so much less and I was able to to have success. ATP is better than TV in that the change overs are shown and there are no commercial breaks.
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................................................ Rafael Nadal beat Nicolas Lapentti in Cincinnati August 1, 2008 7-6(3), 6-1 and secures the number 1 position. Uploaded by tennis24gr
Who has won on clay, grass and hard court and just became Number One?
Rafael Nadal
Most recently in 2008 Rafa won Toronto, Wimbledon, Queens Club, French Open - Roland Garros, Barcelona, Monte Carlo, Hamburg
Nicolas Lapentti lost the Quarter Final match to Rafael Nadal August 1, 2008 7-6 (3), 6-1
Lapentti played magnificently until Rafa won the tie break, then Rafa took on unbeatable proportions.
Congratulations to Rafa for becoming Number One tonight.
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................................................ Quarter Final Spainard Rafael Nadal defeats Ecuadorian Nicolas Lapentti 7-6(3), 6-1 August 1, 2008 in Cincinnati (Mason), Ohio
Rafael Nadal NUMBER ONE by way of points accumulated
Rafa's next opponent in Cincinnati Novak Djokovic August 2, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.
VAMOS CAMPEON - RAFA!
Photo credits: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images North America except the one at the top, which is a Sports Illustrated photo
Rafael Nadal will replace Roger Federer at the top of the world rankings this month after the second-seeded Spaniard moved past Nicolas Lapentti 7-6 (7/3) 6-1 in the quarter-finals of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters on Friday.
Nadal has won his last five tournaments and if the 22-year manages to claim the championship at this hardcourt event, he will overtake Roger Federer as the number one player in the world.
The top-ranked player for a record 235 weeks, Federer had the opportunity to keep Nadal at bay a bit longer had he reached the semi-finals here, but a third-round loss to Ivo Karlovic on Thursday ended that possibility. By reaching the semi-finals, Nadal will become number one on August 18 and he is guaranteed to move atop the rankings on August 11 by finishing as the runner-up.
Nadal, who is an ATP-best 64-7 this season and is riding a 32-match win streak, connected on 67 percent of his first serves and saved all three break points. He had two break opportunities and capitalised on both. Nadal will meet third-seeded Novak Djokovic in a semi-final clash. Djokovic downed Latvia's Ernests Gulbis 6-3 6-4, in the quarters.
"I thought that I was serving much better, and day after day I'm getting stronger in the segment of my game, which is really important coming up to the final stages of the tournament," said Djokovic, who improved to 43-10 on the season, 22-5 on hard courts.
Djokovic won his first Grand Slam title earlier this year at the Australian Open and appeared destined to challenge Federer and Nadal atop the rankings, but his season has taken a downturn after a disappointing second-round exit at Wimbledon and a quarter-final loss to Andy Murray in Toronto last week. The 21-year-old Serb is likely excited about facing Nadal on a hard court. A win would exact a small measure of revenge for Djokovic, who twice failed to beat Nadal on clay this spring with the number two ranking hanging in the balance.
On the opposite side of the draw, Karlovic built on his win over Federer when he upended unseeded German Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-6 (8/6) 7-6 (7/3) in a quarter-final. The hard-serving Croat - who leads the ATP with 657 aces this year - came into this tournament on a three-match losing streak, but has regained the form that led him to a title at Nottingham earlier this year.
Karlovic will face the eighth-seeded Andy Murray, who overcame a slow start to post a 2-6 6-2 6-1 win over veteran Spaniard Carlos Moya, the 2002 champion.
Murray looked uninspired in losing the first set to the 31-year-old and was broken in the first game of the second. From that point, however, he won 12 of the last 15 games and looked more like the player who recently reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon and Toronto.
"I mean, to go two breaks down, a set and two breaks down, would have been tough to come back from," Murray said. "But, you know, it happens sometimes in tennis when you're feeling confident and you know your opponent hasn't maybe played as well as he can throughout the year."
I watched the match on ESPN2 and also on the ATP website when TV went to commercials or when I wanted to see something again. TV is always ahead of the ATP streaming by a couple points it seems. Well, Rafa WON! He is number 1! What a night in Cincinnati for Rafa. It happened on hard court and it happened in the USA. How Special is that - that where before he has not found such Rafa-success, he showed the USA and the World that he has arrived! Nicolas Lapentti gave Rafa a great match to become number 1. Rafa had to earn it. The ESPN commentators thought Rafas nerves were affecting his play. I don't know. Lapentti was fantastic! Rafa did seem to bring more magic from Set 1's tie break on. Some of his points were so Rafa-like! But Lapentti had some magical points too.
So wonderful for Rafa!
So wonderful for us as his loyal and loving fans to be a part of This Special Moment.
So happy for Rafa and Uncle Tony. So special Rafa's dear people get to share it with Rafa.
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........................................... Uploaded by Juliette2007September 16, 2007 "A New Day" Seems such an appropriate song for today
I love my life. I love where I live. And I am passionate about my passions. I love to dance. Necessary to live: music, piano, singing, writing, acting, painting.
I have been fighting for and supporting the arts all my adult life. Since 2004, I have been working with other activists to end the Darfur genocide.
I have traveled to Europe many times since my early twenties. Places I have been: many USA states including Hawaii, Montreal, Canada, Barbados, France, Spain, Luxembourg, England, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Greece and Germany - and have wonderful memories.
My last trip was in May - June 2013 to Spain.
I would like to travel to Europe and Kyoto, Japan.
I love the southwest where I have visited Hopi, Navajo, Zia and San Idlefonso potters.
Life is exciting and I intend to live it full-out to the end.
B.S. and M.M., both in music
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RAFA NADAL -BRING BACK LONG PANTS - SLEEVELESS TOPS
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