RAFAEL NADAL RUMORS & GOSSIP
Spain leads Kazakhstan 2-0 in Davis Cup
Spain showed it can win without Rafael Nadal, with the defending Davis Cup champions taking a 2-0 lead over Kazakhstan on Friday behind victories by Juan Carlos Ferrero and Nicolas Almagro.
Ferrero rallied in the fifth set to beat Mikhail Kukushkin 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-4 to open the World Group first-round series on indoor clay. Almagro downed Andrey Golubev 6-3, 4-6, 6-1,...
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Nadal slams French TV station for skit
The Spanish tennis federation is planning to sue Canal Plus France for using its logo in a video that poked fun at Rafael Nadal and other Spaniards' alleged ties to doping.
In the video skit this week on Les Guignols (The Puppets) satirical program, a man wearing a Nadal puppet mask is shown urinating into his car's gas tank before racing off at immense speed only to be...
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Spanish federation to sue French TV for Nadal skit
The Spanish tennis federation said it plans to sue a French TV channel for using its logo in a video that poked fun at Rafael Nadal.
In the video skit on the satirical program called The Puppets, a life-size cartoon figure of Nadal is shown urinating into a gas tank before racing off and being pulled over by police for speeding.
A message of ''Spanish athletes. They don...
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Rafael Nadal Skit: Fair or Foul?
Earlier this week, a comedy show called Les Guignols (translation: The Puppets) broadcasted a skit where Rafael Nadal urinated into the gas tank of his car to fill it up and then was later arrested for speeding, with the not-so-subtle implication that Rafa's "doped-up" urine would have the energy to power a car.
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Nadal: Tax bill paid up despite reports
Rafael Nadal says his fiscal requirements are up to date after a Spanish website reported the Australian Open finalist had set up several companies to trim his tax bill.
Spanish website Primeran says Nadal created companies in the Basque region to take advantage of a local tax rule to drop the amount of income tax he would have to pay from image rights. Spanish media reported on...
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Nadal’s Pre-Final News Conference at the Australian Open
Rafael Nadal had his pre-final interview at Melbourne Park on Saturday afternoon. Here is the transcript courtesy of AustralianOpen.com.
Q. How are you feeling after your session on court just now?
RAFAEL NADAL: Fine. I practiced for two hours. So having day off yesterday, today I felt with energy to practice a little bit more. I felt that I needed to move well the...
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Australian Open Final: Novak Djokovic vs Rafael Nadal
It’s the final that we both learned to love and got bored of all in one year last year. The pair met 6 times in 2011, all of them in Grand Slam or Masters 1000 finals, and Djokovic won every single match. At this point he probably has quite a mental as well as physical edge over Nadal. Rafa rarely gives up though and his matches always involve a fight. And just like Federer...
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Ball Boy At Australian Open Makes One-Handed Catch During Federer-Nadal Tennis Match (Video)
During the Australian Open semifinal tennis match between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, Federer accidentally made a star out of one of the ball boys. Federer flicked the ball towards the side of the court after faulting on a serve, and the ball boy got up from his knees and reached behind him to catch the ball with one hand.
The crowd cheered for the impressive catch. ...
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