Rafael Nadal

Description: Sports: Tennis / Sport Topic: Tennis Players & Coaches / As of July 2007, he is ranked No. 2 in the world. He is a ... more

Rafael Nadal ... three-time Grand Slam champion, having won three consecutive French Open singles titles (2005-07), and has twice been a runner-up at Wimbledon (2006-07). Nadal is undefeated in his career at the French Open, having won all 21 matches he has played en route to his three championships. He also holds the longest winning streak among male players on a single surface in the open era. From April 2005 to May 2007, he won a record 81 consecutive clay court matches, before being defeated by World Number One Roger Federer in the 2007 Hamburg Masters final.

Newest Review: ... i wasnt bowled over by his presence on court and when somebody wins the same tournament over and over, in his case the french open, it begins to get boring. however that all flew out the window on sunday evening. his performance in the wimbledon final showed that he is the player of the year so far. ok we all knew that federer had it coming at some point, but the manner in which nadal ... more

... completely humiliated him at the french open and then iced the cake two weeks later just shows how strong nadal is. his top spin forehand commands respect and authority and his little superstitions - the lining up of the water bottles, the adjusting of his wed...more

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Rafael Nadal: rafa the man (190 words)
by - written on 09/07/08 (Useful, 60 readings)
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rafa nadal. what a legend! being a spanish student i should favour any spanish sportsman when the english are down and out. however i wasnt a massive fan of his before last week. i wasnt bowled over by his presence on court and when somebody wins the same tournament over and over, in his case the french open, it begins to get boring. however that all flew out the window on sunday evening. his performance in the wimbledon final showed that he is the player of the year so far. ok we all knew that federer had it coming at some point, but the manner in which nadal completely humiliated him at the french open and then iced the cake two weeks later just shows how strong nadal ... Read the complete review

What a talent (719 words)
by - written on 24/06/08 (Very useful, 492 readings)
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**Introduction** As a huge fan of many sports I like to see players who change their sport for the better and take the sport to a new level with their talent. One of those players is Rafael Nadal who has become one of the hottest young tennis players. Rafael Nadal has been part of the new athletic tennis movement with players becoming stronger and fitter every few years. Nickname(s) - Rafa, The King of Clay, The Clay Monster, The Gladiator, The Matador Country - Flag of Spain Spain Residence - Manacor, Mallorca Date of birth - June 3, 1986 (1986-06-03) (age 22) Place of birth - Manacor, Mallorca Height - 1.85 m (6 ft 1 ... Read the complete review

Rafael Nadal: A future sporting super star (558 words)
by - written on 19/06/08 (Very useful, 71 readings)
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When your talking about future sporting superstars you look for a few ingredients, as you do generally in any public feield, be it music, TV or movies. These "ingredients" are things like natural charisma, good looking and being well spoken, oh and being good in their field of course would help, these sorts of things made people like George Best, Muhammed Ali, Michael Jackson and currently Johnny Depp such superstars. Of course we all know who they are (in Best's case R.I.P. was), and even in the cases of Hulk Hogan and The Rock (in an industry which needs the appeal of the person) you can see the ingredients in these people...as you can, with Rafael ... Read the complete review

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