May 28, 2009

"I am writing [these words] after the Champions League final. All of us  staying here have watched it here at the hotel lobby and the first thing I want to do is congratulate all the Barcelona team. What a fantastic team. The closest thing to perfection!!!. And I say this first since it looks like this is the only thing people were really caring today was about the football match. Sure I wanted to watch it, you know I love football and I watch a lot but it was kind of funny to have questions in the press conference about me wanting to change the match today to play earlier," said Rafa on his blog today for Times Online. 

The World No.1 is scheduled to practice at 11:00am at Roland Garros today, where he plans "to continue to try to improve things". After that, he will be present at a promotional event for the Balearic Islands' Government, where he will get together with the International media at 4:00pm.

ATP'S SOLVING THE RAFA RIDDLE

Paul Macpherson from ATPworldtour.com has written a great article that explains in detail the challenge Rafa is facing as the defending champion at this year's French Open, and also analyzes how the other top-3-contenders compare to the Roland Garros champion. 

"Rafael Nadal is a man accustomed to getting what he wants or, more to the point, taking what he earns. There is nothing he wants more than a record-breaking fifth consecutive title at Roland Garros, where he is one of the hottest favourites in Grand Slam history." 

Vamos Rafa!