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FOR THOSE WHO CAN NEVER GET ENOUGH OF RAFAEL NADAL
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Round 2 in Paris
Photo credit: I think this is Getty but not sure
Photo credit: Abaca Press
Round 2 statistics Thanks to Mary from The Forum at www.rafaelnadal.com for the above screen caps
Rafael Nadal and Juan Monaco Doubles Partners
Rafael Nadal plays singles and doubles Friday, October 31, 2008
Singles Rafael Nadal v Nikolay Davydenko Start time approximately at 10:00 a.m. USA EST This match begins after the match: Andy Murray v David Nalbandian
Doubles Rafael Nadal and Juan Monaco v Jeff Coetzee and Wesley Moodie 12:45 p.m. USA EST
More on the schedule:
Friday singles schedule (France time listed here): 14:00 Andy Murray v David Nalbandian Fb Rafael Nadal v Nikolay Davydenko 19:45 James Blake v Roger Federer Fb Andy Roddick v Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Friday doubles schedule Rafael Nadal and Juan Monaco v Jeff Coetzee and Wesley Moodie Rafa's doubles match follows another doubles match which begins at 16:45 (France time) So Rafa will play approximately at 18:45, which would be 12:45 p.m. USA EST
Confused? I know it took me a long time to decipher this. I hope I got it right.
Rafael Nadal defeated Florent Serra 6-2, 6-4, October 29, 2008 Rafael Nadal defeated Gael Monfils 6- 3, 6-2, October 30, 2008 ..................................................... ..................................................... Round 2 Rafael Nadal d Florent Serra 6-2, 6-4 Oct 29, 08 Photo credits: Abaca Press, DPPI Antone Couvercelle, Mary Boo Boo Screen Caps, Hamish Blair/Getty Images Europe and unknown
I paid for the annual ATP tennis site's live streams, but it never works well for me. So I always end of watching for free at Justin TV. Here is the link: www.atptennis.com
Round 3 Photo credit: Unknown but a good guess is Getty
..................................................... Round 3 Rafael Nadal d Gael Monfils 6-3, 6-2, Oct 30, 08 Photo credits: Hamish Blair of Getty Images Europe and unknown
UPDATE OCTOBER 29, 2008 Rafael Nadal defeated Florent Serra 6-2, 6-4 and will play Gael Monfils October 30, 2008 not before 1:45 p.m. USA EST In Paris that is 7:45 p.m. I'll have to post pictures of the Round 2 match with Serra in the near future. Please go to The schedule for more information
Thursday, October 3o partial schedule:
Court Central 11:00 Juan Martin Del Potro v David Nalbandian Nb 12:00 Andy Roddick v Gilles Simon Nb 13:30 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga v Novak Djokovic Fb Marin Cilic v Roger Federer Nb 19:45 Rafael Nadal v Gael Monfils Fb Tomas Berdych v Nikolay Davydenko
Court 1 14:00 Philipp Kohlschreiber v James Blake Fb Andy Murray v Fernando Verdasco
Pictures of the doubles match in Paris, October 28, 2008 Above photo credits are Getty and unknown
Above two photo credits: Hamish Blair ~ ATP ................................................... ................................................... Rafa training and brief interview Uploaded by RafaNadalLive
It is not often that so many big names play on the same day of a tournament, but that is exactly the treat that is in store for the crowd at the BNP Paribas Masters on Wednesday. With Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Andy Murray, David Nalbandian, Gilles Simon and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga just part of the galaxy of stars hitting the courts, fans will hardly know which way to turn.
Anyone with tickets for Wednesday at the BNP Paribas Masters can consider themselves very lucky indeed. Be it for the day or for the night session, they will be witnessing star-studded tennis at its best. From 11 am until late at night, a panoply of seeds will be battling it out for a third-round berth.
Some of the best will be saved til last, with the No2 and 3 seeds taking part in the night session. At 7.45 pm (CET), Roger Federer will make his grand entrance onto Centre Court to face Robin Söderling, who won last week’s tournament a few hours south of Bercy in Lyon. While the Swiss maestro leads 7-0 in the head-to-head and won a title himself last Sunday – at his home tournament in Basle for the third year in a row – the Swedish indoor specialist will certainly be no pushover.
Another pretender to the BNP Paribas Masters throne will follow Federer onto centre stage – Andy Murray. The Scotsman has very much been the rising star of the second half of the season, winning at Madrid and Saint Petersburg in the last two weeks to go with his title in Cincinnati and US Open final. Facing American Sam Querrey, the world No4 should not be in any danger.
The highlight of the afternoon will be the singles debut of world No1 Rafael Nadal, who according to his coach and uncle Toni Nadal is currently suffering from fatigue (though this was not apparent when he partnered Juan Monaco to doubles victory earlier on Tuesday…). He will face lucky loser Florent Serra – a man whom he has beaten twice this year dropping only five games over five sets in the process. The Frenchman will have the crowd behind him and has vowed to play a more aggressive style of tennis on Wednesday.
The crowd will have other home favourites to fete on Wednesday, with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (No13) facing wily Czech Radek Stepanek and rising star Gilles Simon (No10) who will take on Russia’s Igor Andreev in a match crucial to the Frenchman’s hopes of making the end-of-season ATP Tennis Masters Cup.
David Ferrer (No5), James Blake (No11) and Stanislas Wawrinka (No12) all hope to squeeze into the top eight and secure a berth for Shanghai and all of them will be playing on No1 court tomorrow. Opening the proceedings back on Centre Court at 11am will be reigning champion David Nalbandian (No8), facing Germany’s Nicolas Kiefer.
Surprises may well be in store on Wednesday but one thing is for certain – there will be some incredible tennis from a host of top names.
THE SINGLES SCHEDULE
October 29, 2008 Wednesday Tennis in Paris
Paris (Paris time ~ 6 hours ahead of USA EST) Court Central 11:00 David Nalbandian v Nicolas Kiefer Fb Gilles Simon v Igor Andreev Fb Rafael Nadal v Florent Serra Fb Jo-Wilfried Tsonga v Radek Stepanek Nb 19:45 Robin Soderling v Roger Federer Fb Andy Murray v Sam Querrey
Court 1 11:00 Marcel Granollers v Marin Cilic Fb David Ferrer v Philipp Kohlschreiber Fb Ivan Ljubicic v Nikolay Davydenko Fb Stanislas Wawrinka v Tomas Berdych Fb Simone Bolelli v James Blake
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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.
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