RAFA NADAL - MIAMI 2012

UPDATED: Friday, March 30, 2012, 11:04 p.m.

Rafael Nadal, of Spain, serves to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, of France, during the Sony Ericsson Open tennis tournament in Key Biscayne, Fla., Wednesday, Photo - J. Pat Carter/AP

Miami 2012
Sony Ericsson Open
Singles

Semifinal

Rafa withdrew from the Semifinal match due to tendonitis
so the following match didn't happen and Andy will be in the Final.
Rafa Nadal(ESP) vs. Andy Murray(GBR)
(QF = Murray defeated Janko Tipsarevic 4-6, 6-3, 6-4)
Friday, March 30, 2012
First Men's Semifinal
Stadium Court
Not to start before 3:00 p.m. USA/EST

Online Live Streaming LIVE and Matches already played are available ~espn3

TV
The Tennis Channel through Tuesday, March 27, 2012
The Tennis Channel reairs matches a couple of times usually.
ESPN2 began Wednesday, March 28, 2012
CBS

TV-Schedule

Online Live Streaming
espn3
sportlemon.tv

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Miami 2012
Sony Ericsson Open
Men's Singles

Round 1
Bye

Round 2
Rafa Nadal defeated Santiago Giraldo
6-2, 6-0
Friday, March 23, 2012

Round 3
Rafa Nadal vs. Radek Štěpánek
6-2, 6-2
Sunday, March 25, 2012

The Tennis Channel TV schedule

Round 4
Rafa Nadal(ESP) vs. Kei Nishikori (JPN)
6-4, 6-4
Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Quarterfinal
Rafa Nadal(ESP) defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
6-2, 5-7, 6-4
Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Murray and Nadal Set Blockbuster Semifinal


Rafa withdrew from the Semifinal match due to tendonitis
so the following match didn't happen and Andy will be in the Final.
Rafa Nadal(ESP) vs. Andy Murray(GBR)
(QF = Murray defeated Janko Tipsarevic 4-6, 6-3, 6-4)
Friday, March 30, 2012
First Men's Semifinal
Stadium Court
Not to start before 3:00 p.m. USA/EST

TV
The Tennis Channel through Tuesday, March 27, 2012
The Tennis Channel reairs matches a couple of times usually.
ESPN2 began Wednesday, March 28, 2012
CBS

TV-Schedule

Online Live Streaming
espn3
sportlemon.tv

Live-Scores

Miami 2012

Men's Doubles

Round 1
Rafa Nadal and Marcel Granollers defeated Marin and Ivo Karlovic
6-1, 6-3
March 22, Thursday, 2012

Round 2
Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna defeated Rafa Nadal and Marcel Granollers
6-4, 6-3
Monday, March 26, 2012

Note: Rafa will be playing doubles in the Olympics with Marcel Granollers.

Pictures

Singles

Round 1 ~ Bye

Round 2

zimbio

Rafael Nadal of Spain returns a shotto Santiago Giraldo of Columbia during day five of the Sony Ericsson Open at the Crandon Park Tennis Center on March 23, 2012 in Key Biscayne, Florida. March 23, 2012 - Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images North America

Round 3

zimbio
uk.eurosport.yahoo
daylife
rafael-nadal-shirtless-at-the-sony-ericsson-open

Round 3 ~ Rafael Nadal of Spain in action against Radek Stepanek of The Czech Republic during Day 7 at Crandon Park Tennis Center at the Sony Ericsson Open on March 25, 2012 in Key Biscayne, Florida. March 25, 2012 - Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images North America.

Round 4
zimbio
uk.eurosport.yahoo
More at uk.eurosport.yahoo
daylife

Round 4 -Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates his win against Kei Nishikori of Japan during Day 9 at Crandon Park Tennis Center at the Sony Ericsson Open on March 27, 2012 in Key Biscayne, Florida. Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images North America

Quarterfinal
daylife
uk.eurosport.yahoo
zimbio

Quarterfinal - Rafael Nadal of Spain looks on during a match against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France during Day 10 of the Sony Ericcson Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center on March 28, 2012 in Key Biscayne, Florida. March 28, 2012 - Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images North America.

Quarterfinal - Rafael Nadal of Spain reacts to winning a match against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France during Day 10 of the Sony Ericcson Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center on March 28, 2012 in Key Biscayne, Florida. March 28, 2012 - Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images North America.

Quarterfinal - Rafael Nadal of Spain reacts to winning a match against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France during Day 10 of the Sony Ericcson Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center on March 28, 2012 in Key Biscayne, Florida. March 28, 2012 - Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images North America.

Doubles

Round 1

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zimbio

Round 2

zimbio

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CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? NO US OPEN MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH TELEVISED ON CBS OR ESPN

YES, THAT IS THE CASE WHERE I LIVE....

NO US OPEN MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH TELEVISED ON CBS OR ESPN

I cannot believe this.

And the U.S. Open website is not streaming well at all. It is stallling.

Want to see it and you are desperate?

Try this:

http://www.atdhe.net/

Click my post title to go to the US Open website.

RAFAEL NADAL PLAYING NICOLAS LAPENTTI AUGUST 1 in CINCINNATI

Photo credits for above 3: Getty

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Slideshow photo credits: Getty and Cincinnati Enquirer

Statistics of Rafa and Nicolas

TV schedule

The quarter final match with Rafa and Nicoloas starts at 7:00 p.m. tonight, August 1, 2008

You can also catch it online
Justin TV works on both PC and IMACs
www.justin.tv/slazenger

Works just on PCs (requires downloading their free software)
at tvunetworks.com
10006 Star Sports
tvunetworks.com/channels

Thursday Highlights, including Ivo Karlovic defeating Roger Federer as well as Rafael Nadal's match.
In case you didn't know, since Roger didn't win yesterday, Rafa is moving on up.

RAFAEL NADAL SOON TO BE NUMBER ONE

ALREADY NUMBER ONE IN HIS FANS' HEARTS

Congratulations Rafael Nadal

RAFAEL NADAL TO PLAY TOMMY HAAS IN ROUND 3 - CINCINNATI JULY 31, 2008

Rafa rolls over Serra in Cincinnati tennis beat-down

CINCINNATI, Ohio (AFP) — Rafael Nadal steamrolled to another overwhelming victory this season, crushing Florent Serra 6-0, 6-1 on Thursday in the second round of the ATP Cincinnati Masters tournament.

The lop-sided victory took just 46 minutes and was the second runaway win for the world number two in less than three months. He also lost just one game in a dominating victory over German Denis Gremelmayr in the Barcelona semi-finals.

Nadal also lost only four games when he beat number 84 Serra, of France, at the Australian Open in January.

Nadal laid down another marker for Roger Federer, whose top ranking he is closing in on and now trailing by a hair-thin 300 points.

But the Spaniard refuses to peer into the future: "I'm focussed on Cincinnati, this is a very important tournament.

"If the number one comes it will be very difficult to achieve. I have to keep playing like I have for the last four months," said the Roland Garros and Wimbledon winner.

Dmitry Tursunov sent 11th seed Richard Gasquet packing, the Frenchman collapsing in the second set to go down 7-6 (10/8), 6-0.

Novak Djokovic timidly re-entered the rankings chase behind Nadal, the third-seeded Serbian advancing over Italy's Simone Bolelli 7-6 (7/2), 7-6 (7/2).

Djokovic is being left behind as Nadal closes in on Federer. The Australian Open champion Djokovic trails Nadal by a massive 1,300 points and did not help his cause when he lost in the quarter-finals to Britain's Andy Murray during a Toronto title defence a week ago.

He came to that event with minimal confidence after going out in the Wimbledon second round to Marat Safin. But the Serb may not be quite ready to resume the fight.

"I'm just trying to focus on my game, on my career and my matches. That's my priority," he said. "I just want to improve."

The winner has advanced beyond the Cincinnati second round for the first time this week on his fourth appearance.

"I'm only 21. I don't want to put an extra pressure. I have enough pressure and expectations of being a favourite in most matches I get in.

"Thinking about number two or number one in the world would create an extra amount of pressure, which I don't need in this moment."

Eighth-seeded Scotsman Andy Murray and American seventh seed James Blake advanced with straight-set victories.

Blake continued the rescue of a modest hardcourt start, producing a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Frenchman Gilles Simon, who won the Indianapolis title earlier this month.

Murray dropped an early break but roared back over erratic American Sam Querrey for a 7-6 (7/3), 6-1 victory. The British number one looked healthy after tweaking his knee in Toronto. A scan showed him good to play this week.

Blake, who has won five of his 10 ATP titles at US events, has been trying to recover after second-round disappointments at Roland Garros and Wimbledon.

He was badly let down in Indianapolis a fortnight ago, after winning the first set but losing a semi-final to Tursunov. Blake fell 6-1, 6-2 last weekend to Nicolas Kiefer.

Spain's fifth seed David Ferrer became the highest-ranked player to fall, going down in a struggle lasting two and a half hours to Ecuador's Nicolas Lapentti 7-6 (7/2), 3-6, 6-3.

Source for the above article

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Pictures from the Rafa d Florent Round 2 match
Photo credits: Daylife, Elmundo, Getty, Yahoo Sports, Cincinnati Inquirer, The Pulse Journal

Thursday, July 31

CENTER COURT start 11:00 am
[7] J Blake (USA) vs E Gulbis (LAT)

Not Before 1:00 PM
A Seppi (ITA) vs [3] N Djokovic (SRB)
[1] R Federer (SUI) vs [16] I Karlovic (CRO)

Not Before 7:00 PM
T Haas (GER) vs F Serra (FRA) or [2] R Nadal (ESP)

[1] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) vs [8] M Fyrstenberg (POL) / M Matkowski (POL)

GRANDSTAND start 12:15 pm
[4] N Davydenko (RUS) vs C Moya (ESP) 67(8) 01 - To Be Finished
D Tursunov (RUS) vs [8] A Murray (GBR)
[4] N Davydenko (RUS) or C Moya (ESP) vs I Andreev (RUS)
N Lapentti (ECU) vs [10] F Verdasco (ESP)

Not Before 7:00 PM
[4] M Bhupathi (IND) / M Knowles (BAH) vs [WC] M Fish (USA) / J Isner (USA) or [5] J Bjorkman (SWE) / K Ullyett (ZIM)

COURT 3 start 12:00 noon
R Soderling (SWE) vs P Kohlschreiber (GER)
[WC] M Fish (USA) / J Isner (USA) vs [5] J Bjorkman (SWE) / K Ullyett (ZIM) 76(4) 00 - To Be Finished
R Lindstedt (SWE) / J Nieminen (FIN) vs [3] J Erlich (ISR) / A Ram (ISR) 01 - To Be Finished

PICTURE RAFAEL NADAL IN TORONTO 2008

Above photo credit: Getty

Above two photo credits: Yahoo of the Semi-Final match against Andy Murray

Above photo credit: Daylife in Semi-Final match

Above two photo credits: Yahoo
Quarter Final match

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The Championship Trophy Ceremony and Rafael Nadal Thanks Everyone
From luneworld

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Toronto Rogers Cup July 23 - 27, 2008 Nadal played and defeated Levine (Round 2), Andreev (Round 3), Gasquet (Quarter Final), Murray (Semi-Final) & Kiefer (Final)
Photo credits: Daylife, Elmundo, Reuters, Yahoo, Zuma Press, CBS, El pais, Reuters, Getty

El mundo photo credit

Photo credit: Ines also known as Ganda at The Forum at
www.rafaelnadal.com


I am caught up with pictures except for one match.
And that is the Wimbledon match of Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray.

RAFAEL NADAL AND HIS ROGERS CUP LOOKING GOOD

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Some of the Final Match
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Above picture credits: Daylife

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Rafael Nadal wins the Rogers Cup in Toronto
over German Nicolas Kiefer July 27, 2008
6-3, 6-2

The ATP website live streaming didn't work for the Final due to technical difficulties. And ESPN2 aired the final, but not live. Then we had a thunderstorm and almost the entire match on ESPN2 was completely missed. So I am waiting to see the fireworks and the ceremony once someone uploads it to Youtube.

More pictures coming of the Rogers Cup

Next tournament is in Cincinnati. www.cincytennis.com
The second round play begins Monday, July 28, 2008

RAFAEL NADAL ~ DESSERT FOR THE EYES

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Rafael Nadal drives the bus and John McEnroe drives Rafa bananas
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Rafael Nadal serves July 23 versus Jesse Levine in Round 2 in Toronto

Picture credit above: Daylife

Picture credit: Reuters

I am so far behind on the Rafael Nadal's matches and pictures. Tomorrow, Rafa plays Nicolas Kiefer in the Final in Toronto at the Rogers Cup.

You can catch it online for free www.justin.tv/slazenger (works on both MACs and PCs). This is exactly what you would see on the ATP website where you have to pay. It just doesn't have the clarity that the ATP has, but it is more dependable than the streaming at the ATP in my experience. You have to pay to use the ATP streaming. The ATP website doesn't work on MACs.

You can also catch it on the tvunetworks.com, which only works on PCs.
Go to Sports when there, then use the 10006 Star Sports channel. This requires free software installation, first.

ESPN2 is scheduled to air it from 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. However, the Rogers Cup website says it can start as early as 1:30 p.m. The Doubles Final Match precedes the Singles Final Match so it depends on how long the doubles match goes.

The match pictures here are of Round 2 in Toronto (Rafa didn't play Round 1), where Rafael Nadal defeated Jesse Levine 6-4, 6-2. He played a hard fought match Saturday, July 26 against Andy Murray. Murray played fabulously. Rafa won however 6-7, 3-6.

Next picture credit: Elmundo

Rafael Nadal
Above picture credit: Daylife

Photo credits to next six pictures of Rafael Nadal: Daylife

Next two pictures' credit: Daylife

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Nadal ~ Federer French Open Special
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Rafael Nadal Interview at the Rogers Cup 2008