Suspendu deux mois et demi pour un contrôle positif à la cocaïne en mars dernier, Richard Gasquet rejoue une partie de son avenir, mardi à Lausanne. La Fédération Internationale de Tennis (ITF) et l'Agence mondiale antidopage (AMA) ayant en effet décidé de saisir le Tribunal arbitral du sport (TAS), l'ancien numéro 7 mondial se défend une nouvelle fois pour tenter d'échapper à une sanction beaucoup plus lourde.
Lundi soir, Rafael Nadal, qui a reçu le Grand Prix de l'Académie des sports à l'Assemblée nationale, a été interrogé sur la nouvelle sanction encourue par le Français de 23 ans. « J'ai déjà donné mon avis personnel et dit publiquement que pour moi il était innocent. Demain (NDLR, aujourd'hui), il se passera ce qu'il se passera. Mais j'espère que la sanction ne sera pas aggravée parce qu'il ne le mérite pas. »
Paris, November 9, 2009
Rafa Nadal is set to receive this evening at 6:00pm (local time), the prestigious Serge Kampf Award from the French Academy of Sports, which will honour the Australian Open champion as the “best sporting talent” in 2008.
He was supposed to receive the prize this year during Roland Garros, but instead, the French National Assembly’s president, Bernard Accoyer will present the trophy in a ceremony at the Palais de Lassay residence tonight.
Some of Rafa’s "exceptional set of results" in 2008, include his fourth successive win at Roland Garros, as well as winning Wimbledon for the first time, an Olympic gold in Peking and the world No.1 ranking.
Congratulations Rafa!
Le Tennis Channel a mit un nouvel outil sur leur site appeler '' players lounge'' ou les joueurs/joueuses répondent à quelques questions et donne un lien pour acheter des chansons qu'ils/elles écoutent sur leur Ipod. Rafa est un des joueurs qui figure sur la liste.
Vous pouvez voir son questionnaire en cliquant sur le lien suivant http://www.tennischannel.com/root.html
Paris, November 6, 2009
The draw ceremony for the Paris Masters Series Tournament took place this evening and it was revealed that either Nicolas Almagro or a Qualifier will be Rafa’s opponent for his opening match in the second round.
Amongst the players on his side of the Draw, Rafa could clash with Tomas Berdych, Tommy Robredo, Jo-Wilfred Tsonga, or Gilles Simon on his way to a hypothetical semi-final where he could face either Novak Djokovic or Robin Soderling.
Vamos Rafa!
November 5, 2009
Rafa Nadal sat down for an in-depth interview on this week’s Talk Asia with CNN’s John Vause. The champ shared his thoughts on his comeback this year, how long he hopes to continue playing and a lot more.
Enjoy!
Video courtesy: Talk Asia CNN
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RAFA FACEBOOK UPDATE: "[i'm] going to Lyon (Babolat's HQ) on Friday, [and will travel] to Paris on Saturday.
Mallorca, November 4, 2009
Six-time grand slam winner Rafa Nadal sits down for an in-depth interview on this week’s Talk Asia. CNN gets access to the Mallorcan tennis player on and off the court at the Shanghai ATP Masters 2009.
Rafa shares with CNN’s John Vause thoughts on his comeback this year, how long he hopes to continue playing and a lot more.
(Airtimes: Indian Standard Times ,Wednesday, Nov 4 at 19:00hrs ,Thursday, Nov 5 at 10:00hrs , Saturday, Nov 7 at 17:30hrs , Monday, Nov 9 at 05:00hrs)
Source: http://www.rafaelnadal.com/nadal/en/home
Santander, October 31st, 2009
Rafa Nadal will spend this weekend in Santander (accompanied by members of his family) where he plans to play a golf tournament at the Pedreña golf club today, Saturday.
BANESTO'S NEW TV AD
All day yesterday, in hall No.3 of the Bilbao Exposition Center (BEC), Rafa shot a TV commercial for Banesto (The bank that represents him). The ad, called 'The Matrix', was closely watched by Ana Patricia Botin, president of the entity.
During filming, Rafa ran from side to side of the set chasing imaginary balls and not even his signature Babolat racket had strings. The aim, as they explained, was to achieve the show-motion effect that you see in the scenes when Keanu Reeves fights.
With Rafa, they think, it will be even better, more spectacular, since cameras (placed on the set of filming as the backbone of a triceratops), will show the movements of the tennis player from a 360 º angle: A complete view of the muscular champion. The technique has been called, very appropriately, 'instant bullet'.
During lunch, at the Gloria Zierbena restaurant, Rafa signed some autographs and took photos with fans, always smiling and grateful to them for their affection. There is no doubt his greatness goes way beyond his skills on a tennis court.
Vamos Rafa!
