Nadalites – Rafa Nadal Talk

[MargaretMcAleer]

Rafa has arrived today in Sweden, ahead of the ATP 250 in Bastad

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Nadal practicing with (Leo) Borg in Bastad today!

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Okay this is Rafa's singles draw at Bastad, remember to, he is playing doubles with Ruud

R1 Leo Borg they both practiced together yesterday
R2 Norrie/Kovalik
QF Narone/Nagel
SF Ruud/Garin
F Rublev/Griekspoor

 

[the AntiPusher]

Okay this is Rafa's singles draw at Bastad, remember to, he is playing doubles with Ruud

R1 Leo Borg they both practiced together yesterday
R2 Norrie/Kovalik
QF Narone/Nagel
SF Ruud/Garin
F Rublev/Griekspoor

Didn't Rublev retire to be a self awareness and motivation speaker ?

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Didn't Rublev retire to be a self awareness and motivation speaker ?

You wish lol!

 

[the AntiPusher]

#23 in sight!

 

[PhiEaglesfan712]

#23 in sight!

You mean #93.

 

[the AntiPusher]

You mean #93.

Rafa's body will get tested this week in Basel

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Rafa and Casper won their first round doubles match against the 2nd seeds Guido Andreozzi /Miguel Reyes-Varel 61 64
Rafa and Casper with their doubles win are into the QFs
Rafa will play his first singles match against Leo Borg ( son of my tennis idol Bjorn Borg)

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Rafa will play his first round singles match Tuesday July 16th against Leo Borg not before 2.30pm local time

 

[Moxie]

Rafa and Casper won their first round doubles match against the 2nd seeds Guido Andreozzi /Miguel Reyes-Varel 61 64
Rafa and Casper with their doubles win are into the QFs
Rafa will play his first singles match against Leo Borg ( son of my tennis idol Bjorn Borg)

i saw the match. Rafa looked very good, I thought, strong. Ruud looked pretty good, too. The south Americans were over-matched.

 

[PhiEaglesfan712]

Nadal def. Borg 6-3, 6-4

The chase for a 93rd title is on.

 

[the AntiPusher]

Nadal def. Borg 6-3, 6-4

The chase for a 93rd title is on.

I like the #23 better

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Please I would be very worried if Rafa wasnt able to defeat 21 year old Borg who has hardly set the world on fire, even though he is the son of my tennis idol Bjorn Borg
Rafa's serve was 'on' today around the first serve points won around 80% I know AP will be happy with that stat
BTW Leo Borg is a graduate of Rafa's academy

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Lets see how Rafa fares against another lefty in Cameron Norrie in his next match up

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Breaking News, ( via The Tennis Letter) though I am also trying to find this news is confirmed on my other journalists who I follow with reliable Rafa News, confirmed Rafa will use his PR for the USO via Ollytennis@olly tennis) a journalist who I follow and is reliable with up to date Rafa News.

Rafa will play the 2024 USO
This will be his first USO in 2 years

 

[Moxie]

Please I would be very worried if Rafa wasnt able to defeat 21 year old Borg who has hardly set the world on fire, even though he is the son of my tennis idol Bjorn Borg
Rafa's serve was 'on' today around the first serve points won around 80% I know AP will be happy with that stat
BTW Leo Borg is a graduate of Rafa's academy

I also saw that match. Great serving from Rafa. That's what he's going to need going forward, meaning Olympics, and now, as you tell us, USOpen.

 

[the AntiPusher]

Please I would be very worried if Rafa wasnt able to defeat 21 year old Borg who has hardly set the world on fire, even though he is the son of my tennis idol Bjorn Borg
Rafa's serve was 'on' today around the first serve points won around 80% I know AP will be happy with that stat
BTW Leo Borg is a graduate of Rafa's academy

Young Borg has some game . Rafa didn't take it to the upper levels which he didn't have to but it was enjoyable

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Young Borg has some game . Rafa didn't take it to the upper levels which he didn't have to but it was enjoyable

It must be hard to be the son of his dad Bjorn, to live up to expectations, a lot of people have said at his age he should be showing more? I will also say that about if Federer's twins decided to take up tennis, also Novak's kids
We will have to wait a bit for Rafa's young son Raphael, though from what I have seen already he loves his junior racket

 

[the AntiPusher]

It must be hard to be the son of his dad Bjorn, to live up to expectations, a lot of people have said at his age he should be showing more? I will also say that about if Federer's twins decided to take up tennis, also Novak's kids
We will have to wait a bit for Rafa's young son Raphael, though from what I have seen already he loves his junior racket

Speaking of offspring Kobe Bryant Dad Joe jellybean Bryant passed away yesterday. Joe Kobe's dad a good basketball player who played with Dr J and the 76ers. It might be fair to say there's have been a lot of great players whom parents played sports at a high level but Kobe might have been the Greatest off spring ever.