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family affair
Translated by Reyes only for www.vamosbrigade.com
Nadal (Foto: EFE)
May 31st.- I write you from Paris one more day.
The good news for me are that my parents arrived yesterday. By surprise! But I'm so glad about that and that they are here. Carlos Costa told me about that only one day before.
They do not use to come to many tournaments and the truth is that they are a big support. I like them to come to some tournaments. Last night we three wre having dinner as well as Rafa Maymo in the Napoletano. Chela and his team were also in the same restaurant. Everyday comes somebody.
On saturday I had a quite day, the first one I'm not focused on playing a match. It's a little bit odd because in Grand Slams the normal thing is to have a day off to go to the site only to train and get ready for the following day. With all the rain and delayed matches I've been there the wholoe week playing or waiting to do it.
So, on saturday I heve gone there only to train and to do an interview Benito has sheduled for me. Lately we call him Dynamite.com. Francis Roig began doing that in the USA march tour and we keep on calling him in that way.
After the interview, I went out to have lunch with my parents. Rafa Maymo stayed at the tournament site because he needed to so some internet job, so it has been a close and family lunch. I point out this fact because he use to come with me everywhere.
Many people ask me about my favourite city. I always say Paris is one of them. It is not that I know it much by my years here in Roland Garros. We don't have much time to visit the city. In fact I know the city when I came with my parents and my sister some years ago as tourists. That's how we enjoy the cities the most.
But when we are playing tournaments we don't enjoy much about them because we don't have free time. Sometimes we go to visit some place but not with touristics purpose. It's too exhausting and we cannot so it. How many of you in a touristic trip arrives at the hotel tired? So, imagine that together with the fact that you have to be ready to play a three, four or even five hours match!
OK, I must leave now. Tomorrow, in the blog, I will tell you about how the PlayStation games are going as well as how they were.
1 May 08 'Las ampollas están bajo control'
El consultorio de Nadal
© Translated by nou.amic for www.VamosBrigade.com
"The blisters are under control"
1.- Congratulations on your win! Now you're into the last sixteen! However, there's something that worries me a lot (and you, too, I suppose). I'm referring to the blisters on your feet. Do you think they'll allow you to play at your normal level this tournament? Thanks.
Thank you very much. Don't worry about the blisters. For the time being they're under control. I stopped yesterday as a precaution because the sticking plaster moved and I stopped to avoid getting them. At the moment everything's fine and let's hope it continues like that. Thank you very much for your concern.
2.- Hola Rafa. I'm from Madrid and I follow all your matches. I love watching you play and seeing you transmit that competitive spirit by fighting for every point. It's amazing! During these three matches at Roland Garros I've noticed you take two bags out on court with you, the Babolat one, which I suppose is the one you've always had for your racquets, and another Nike one. Can you tell me what you carry in them? All the best, champion! Kisses.
Everybody in my team asks me that.. They are really heavy, especially the Babolat one because, as well as the six racquets, I have everything in it: wallet, iPod, coins, old passes, etc. In the Nike one I have clothing and shoes for if I have to change. Normal things for me...
3.- Dear Rafa, I don't know if what I want to ask is a 'state secret': What type of racquet string do you play with and what tension do you use? The best of luck!
I play with a type of stringing cord that practically nobody uses but it suits me fine. The tension depends on the tournament and the surface. I usually use a tension of between 24.5 and 25 kgs.
4.- Hi Rafa, congratulations for your match with Nieminen. How do you put up with the hounding we fans subject you to? I saw for myself in Bremen that you are very nice to people, you never say no to a photo or an autograph (by the way, thanks for signing one for me), but deep down it must be really tiresome not to have a minute's peace, is it not? Thanks.
No hounding. It's all OK, the reverse. I think people are very affectionate and respectful towards me. I can't complain. What I do ask is that people understand when I can't for some reason. I'm sure to come back and sign later. Thank you very much indeed..
5.- Hello Rafa. I have the feeling nobody is going to stop you this year, and I hope it'll be like that. Although it looks as if the weather and the rain are not on your side. One odd thing stands out, though it's pure chance: first Bellucci, second Devilder and third Nieminen, all lefties, and that's what my question is about. It's a complication for a righthander to play a southpaw, but is it complicated for a leftie to play another leftie? Could it affect you to have played three lefthanders in your first three matches?... added to the intervals there have been with play suspended by rain. Thanks and good luck champion. Gustavo.
And you forgot that I now play Verdasco who is also a lefthander. They say that it does have an influence on righthanders, and, in theory, it should also affect us when they serve out wide, but it's not like that. It is really odd that I've had four matches in a row against lefties. It must be a record.
Translated by Reyes only for www.vamosbrigade.com
Nadal (Foto: EFE)
May 31st.- I write you from Paris one more day.
The good news for me are that my parents arrived yesterday. By surprise! But I'm so glad about that and that they are here. Carlos Costa told me about that only one day before.
They do not use to come to many tournaments and the truth is that they are a big support. I like them to come to some tournaments. Last night we three wre having dinner as well as Rafa Maymo in the Napoletano. Chela and his team were also in the same restaurant. Everyday comes somebody.
On saturday I had a quite day, the first one I'm not focused on playing a match. It's a little bit odd because in Grand Slams the normal thing is to have a day off to go to the site only to train and get ready for the following day. With all the rain and delayed matches I've been there the wholoe week playing or waiting to do it.
So, on saturday I heve gone there only to train and to do an interview Benito has sheduled for me. Lately we call him Dynamite.com. Francis Roig began doing that in the USA march tour and we keep on calling him in that way.
After the interview, I went out to have lunch with my parents. Rafa Maymo stayed at the tournament site because he needed to so some internet job, so it has been a close and family lunch. I point out this fact because he use to come with me everywhere.
Many people ask me about my favourite city. I always say Paris is one of them. It is not that I know it much by my years here in Roland Garros. We don't have much time to visit the city. In fact I know the city when I came with my parents and my sister some years ago as tourists. That's how we enjoy the cities the most.
But when we are playing tournaments we don't enjoy much about them because we don't have free time. Sometimes we go to visit some place but not with touristics purpose. It's too exhausting and we cannot so it. How many of you in a touristic trip arrives at the hotel tired? So, imagine that together with the fact that you have to be ready to play a three, four or even five hours match!
OK, I must leave now. Tomorrow, in the blog, I will tell you about how the PlayStation games are going as well as how they were.
1 May 08 'Las ampollas están bajo control'
El consultorio de Nadal
© Translated by nou.amic for www.VamosBrigade.com
"The blisters are under control"
1.- Congratulations on your win! Now you're into the last sixteen! However, there's something that worries me a lot (and you, too, I suppose). I'm referring to the blisters on your feet. Do you think they'll allow you to play at your normal level this tournament? Thanks.
Thank you very much. Don't worry about the blisters. For the time being they're under control. I stopped yesterday as a precaution because the sticking plaster moved and I stopped to avoid getting them. At the moment everything's fine and let's hope it continues like that. Thank you very much for your concern.
2.- Hola Rafa. I'm from Madrid and I follow all your matches. I love watching you play and seeing you transmit that competitive spirit by fighting for every point. It's amazing! During these three matches at Roland Garros I've noticed you take two bags out on court with you, the Babolat one, which I suppose is the one you've always had for your racquets, and another Nike one. Can you tell me what you carry in them? All the best, champion! Kisses.
Everybody in my team asks me that.. They are really heavy, especially the Babolat one because, as well as the six racquets, I have everything in it: wallet, iPod, coins, old passes, etc. In the Nike one I have clothing and shoes for if I have to change. Normal things for me...
3.- Dear Rafa, I don't know if what I want to ask is a 'state secret': What type of racquet string do you play with and what tension do you use? The best of luck!
I play with a type of stringing cord that practically nobody uses but it suits me fine. The tension depends on the tournament and the surface. I usually use a tension of between 24.5 and 25 kgs.
4.- Hi Rafa, congratulations for your match with Nieminen. How do you put up with the hounding we fans subject you to? I saw for myself in Bremen that you are very nice to people, you never say no to a photo or an autograph (by the way, thanks for signing one for me), but deep down it must be really tiresome not to have a minute's peace, is it not? Thanks.
No hounding. It's all OK, the reverse. I think people are very affectionate and respectful towards me. I can't complain. What I do ask is that people understand when I can't for some reason. I'm sure to come back and sign later. Thank you very much indeed..
5.- Hello Rafa. I have the feeling nobody is going to stop you this year, and I hope it'll be like that. Although it looks as if the weather and the rain are not on your side. One odd thing stands out, though it's pure chance: first Bellucci, second Devilder and third Nieminen, all lefties, and that's what my question is about. It's a complication for a righthander to play a southpaw, but is it complicated for a leftie to play another leftie? Could it affect you to have played three lefthanders in your first three matches?... added to the intervals there have been with play suspended by rain. Thanks and good luck champion. Gustavo.
And you forgot that I now play Verdasco who is also a lefthander. They say that it does have an influence on righthanders, and, in theory, it should also affect us when they serve out wide, but it's not like that. It is really odd that I've had four matches in a row against lefties. It must be a record.
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