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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

RAFA NADAL ~ AEGON CHAMPIONSHIPS ~ QUEENS 2011

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UPDATE: June 22, Wednesday, 2011, 12:18 a.m. USA EST

Aegon Championships ~ Queens Tournament
June 4 - 12, 2011
AEGON-Championships
or for more
Queens Club Website

TV
The tennis Channel
Starts Friday, June 10, 2011

LIVE Streaming
www.fromsportcom

Live Score Window

Tournament Draw

Order Of Play


Singles
Round 1
Rafa Nadal had a bye

Round 2

Rafa Nadal defeated Matthew Ebden
6-4, 6-4
Centre Court

Singles

Round 3

Rafa Nadal defeated Radek Štěpánek
6-3, 5-7, 6-1
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Centre Court

The first match begins at 7:30 a.m. USA EST
(Rafa and Marc Lopez's Round 2 Doubles match is the fifth match on the Centre Court)

Quarter Finals
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated Rafa
Friday, June 10, 2011
7-6, 4-6, 1-6

Doubles

Round 1
Rafa Nadal and Marc Lopez defeated Thomaz Bellucci and Andre Sa
7-6(6), 6-2

Round 2
[7] R Lindstedt (SWE) / H Tecau (ROU) vs M Lopez (ESP) / R Nadal (ESP)
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Centre Court
Rafa and Marc Lopez's match is the fifth match on the Centre Court

To be honest I am not sure what happened about the doubles match. I am guessing Rafa pulled out of this match. I couldn't find it at the Aegon - Queens Tournament site in the scores section.

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Who Won? Who Lost? EGON-Championships Match-Centre

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Pictures Aegon Championships ~ Queens Tournament

Singles
Rafa practicing
zimbio pictures

Rafael Nadal of Spain on the practice court on day two of the AEGON Championships at Queens Club on June 7, 2011 in London, England.Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images Europe

Rafa practicing on day 2 ~ June 6, Monday , 2011
zimbio pictures

Round 2
Singles Pictures of Rafa

Round 2 ~ Rafael Nadal of Spain returns a shot during his Men's Singles second round match against Matthew Ebden of Australia on day three of the AEGON Championships at Queens Club on June 8, 2011 in London, England. Photo by Julian Finney

More Round 2 Singles Pictures

zimbio pictures

daylife pictures

Doubles Pictures
Rafael Nadal of Spain (L) and Marc Lopez of Spain during their Men's Doubles first round match against Thomaz Bellucci and Andre Sa of Brazil on day two of the AEGON Championships at Queens Club on June 7, 2011 in London, England. Photo by Clive Brunskill

More Doubles Pictures
Round 1 zimbio pictures

LIVE Streaming
www.fromsportcom


Fan Support Sites ~ Great sources of information

Vamos Brigade

Rafa's Babolat-sponsored Forum

Facebook RAFA-NADAL-BRING-BACK-LONG-PANTS-SLEEVELESS-TOPS


Rafa's Facebook
www.facebook.com/Nadal

Rafa's Website
rafaelnadal.com


Steve Flink: Rafa Greatest Ever on Clay

6/5/2011

by Steve Flink

PARIS—The way I see it, the debate is now over: Rafael Nadal is indisputably the greatest men’s player ever on clay. I have immense respect for Bjorn Borg, and saw him capture his six French Open crowns with style, grace, and an unshakable demeanor that set him apart from all of his rivals. Borg was magnificent on the dirt, imperturbable to his core, machinelike with his groundstroke accuracy, and an astonishing athlete and sportsman who could beat his rivals to a pulp with his uncanny consistency and ball control that seemed at times to be out of this world.

But Rafael Nadal has taken the clay court game to another level, and I believe simply by tying Borg here at Roland Garros with six championships he deserves the honor of being considered the best player ever on his favorite surface. Nadal has lost only one match in seven years on the red clay of Roland Garros, and it is hard to imagine that he won’t win this tournament at least two more times. It is the place he most loves to do his work, the tournament that seems to inspire him the most, the setting he prefers beyond all others. He is a champion through and through and a man of immense character, which he demonstrated again today with a hard fought 7-5, 7-6, 5-7, 6-1 triumph over Roger Federer in a contest that lasted three hours and 39 minutes, on a day when the Spaniard was not at the top of his game.

Read the full article at www.tennischannel.com

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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

RAFA NOW IN MELBOURNE for AUSTRALIAN OPEN '09



Rafael Nadal practicing with Bernard Tomic
in Melbourne, Australia January 14, 2009
Photo credit: unknown


Rafael Nadal of Spain plays a backhand during a practice session ahead of the Australian Open 2009 at Melbourne Park on January 14, 2009 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Lucas Dawson/Getty Images)

The Australian Open '09 Draw will be released Friday January 16, 2009
The Tennis Tournament begins Monday, January 19, 2009


Rafa will be answering questions during the Australian Open online:
For as long as he is still in the tournament, the most exciting player on the planet will answer your questions exclusively on heraldsun.com.au
Source: www.news.com.au/heraldsun

News from Rafa's Official website:
www.rafaelnadal.com

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Rafa practicing January 13 and 14, 2009 in Melbourne for the Australia Open 09

Last week . . .
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Singles Rounds 1 - 3 in Doha, Qatar 2009
Rafa won Rd 1 with Fabrice Santoro Jan 6, 6-0, 6-1
Rafa won Rd 2 with Karol Beck Jan 7, 6-2, 6-2
Rafa lost Round 3 against Gael Monfils Jan 8, 4-6, 4-6

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Doubles
Doha Qatar
Rafael Nadal and Marc Lopez win over Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic
4-6, 6-4, 10-8


Reminder: President Obama gets sworn into office Tuesday, January 20, 2009
which simultaneously means President Bush is done.
Yay!!

(AFP OUT) President-elect Barack Obama greets patrons at Ben's Chili Bowl January 10, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama ordered a chili half smoke at the Washington landmark during a lunch with the DC mayor. (Photo by Joshua Roberts-Pool/Getty Images
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Sunday, January 11, 2009

Rafael Nadal and Marc Lopez Win the Doubles Championship in Doha

Marc Lopez reads his words after their final doubles victory
~ while Rafa heartily enjoys him.













The photos above are from the Championship of the Doha Doubles Match
and Victorious duo Nadal and Lopez
Photo credits: Unknown
My apologies to the photographer(s)

Rafa and Marc Doubles final parts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak3Mu5MIt4U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_b8Zr8UbxE
Thanks to merikob

Lopez and Nadal Win Doubles

January 9, 2009

The wild card Spanish pairing of Marc Lopez and Rafael Nadal stunned the world No 1 ranked Canadian-Serbian duo of Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic 4-6, 6-4, 10-8 (8) in the men's doubles final of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open tennis tournament at the Khalifa International tennis complex yesterday.
Nestor and Zimonjic, the 2008 ATP World Tour champions, who were bidding for their eighth team title and their first in Doha had their dreams dashed against the inspired Spanish pair in the 87-minute match.

In their route to the final, while Nestor and Zimonjic edged out the American-Romanian pair of James Cerretani and Victor Hanescu 6-1, 6-7 (8), 10-3, Lopez and Nadal rallied to defeat the French-Russian duo of Fabrice Santoro and Mikhail Youzhny 1-6, 7-6 (2), 11-9.

Source: www.qataropen.org

Murray Beats Federer Again!
January 9, 2009

Third seed Andy Murray of Britain on Friday beat top seed Roger Federer of Switzerland for the third time in as many matches to reach
the final of the Qatar Open.Murray rallied from a set down to win 6-7 (6), 6-2, 6-2 in two hour and two minutes. Read more

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January 10, 2009

Murray the Champ in Doha

Andy Murray on Saturday won the Qatar Open title following a straight-set demolition of fourth seed Andy Roddick of the US in the final of the season's first tournament.

Murray, playing in his 14th career final, won 6-4, 6-2 in only 70 minutes for his second successive title triumph in Doha. Read more

Please let me know if you want more pictures of Rafa at the Qatar Open. I have a lot more. I was unable to post during this past week, but I will post more pictures if someone just asks.

Parts 1,2 and 3 of the Match that Rafa lost to Gael Monfils in singles at Doha:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58w9FlIdgqk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be1X2gdtgcM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSwnsGRLsK4
Again thanks to
merikob

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