Posted: 22.03.09 15:06. Post subject: Пресса знает всё! :) часть 2

 Posted: 30.05.09 09:16. Post subject: Заметка на русском п..

Заметка на русском по мотивам ПК

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Рафаэль Надаль: «Уверен, что Гаске ничего не принимал, не употреблял кокаин» Испанский теннисист Рафаэль Надаль не верит, что француз Ришар Гаске умышленно употреблял кокаин «Это просто невозможно, я уверен, что он ничего не принимал, не употреблял кокаин. Я его знаю, он мой хороший друг, и на прошлой неделе мы говорили с ним об этом. Вы же знаете, какие сейчас времена. Когда вы идете на вечеринку, всё может случиться. Например, вы поцелуетесь с девушкой, которая принимала кокаин. Это реальность, и один такой момент может разрушить вашу жизнь, карьеру. Я бы очень хотел снова выразить ему свою полную поддержку. Я целиком и полностью за чистый спорт, кристально чистый, настолько чистый, насколько это возможно. Но правило, что я должен называть один час каждый день, где я нахожусь, кажется мне неправильным. В понедельник я был в Мадриде, проводил время со своими друзьями, потом вернулся домой, решил принять ванну, и тут меня зовет мама и говорит, что пришли ребята (допинг-офицеры). Вы понимаете, это был мой единственный свободный вечер, а я должен проходить допинг-контроль. Если с юридической точки зрения это правильно, что они должны знать о каждом твоем моменте в жизни, с этим надо считаться. Но я думаю, что это не тот путь», – приводит слова теннисиста РИА Новости.

http://www.sports.ru/tennis/10737884.html

 Posted: 30.05.09 09:20. Post subject: Хьюитт: с каждым гей..

Хьюитт: с каждым геймом Надаль играл всё лучше и лучше

Австралиец Ллейтон Хьюитт, который сумел выиграть лишь пять геймов против испанца Рафаэля Надаля в игре третьего круга "Ролан Гаррос", рассказал, почему получился такой неудачный матч.

"Очень непросто играть против него. Я думаю, что в игре с таким соперником важно хорошо стартовать.

Он очень хороший теннисист, если он поймает свою игру, то он бьёт всё лучше, начинает диктовать свой теннис. А с каждым геймом он действует всё увереннее и сильнее", — цитирует Хьюитта официальный сайт турнира.
http://www.championat.ru/tennis/news-231264.html

 Posted: 30.05.09 10:15. Post subject: May 29, 2009 AWESOME..

May 29, 2009
AWESOME NADAL CRUSHES HEWITT

Four-time defending champion Rafael Nadal made clear his intentions to triumph once more at Roland Garros by lifting his game to clip former ATP World Tour No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt 6-1, 6-3, 6-1 and reach the fourth round in Paris on Friday.
After a relatively low-key start to the tournament for Nadal by his exceedingly high standards, tennis fans looked with anticipation to see what challenge two-time Grand Slam champion Hewitt would present to the Spaniard. Nadal duly responded by significantly raising his level and, despite great tenacity and fine tactics from Hewitt, sent out a clear message to all his rivals with a resounding victory over the Australian.

Nadal was fast out of the blocks in the third match of the day on Philippe Chatrier, rallying from 0-40 in Hewitt’s opening service game to break the Australian and open up a 3-0 lead. The left-hander wore Hewitt down from the baseline, consistently coaxing him into unforced errors as the Adelaide native tried to go for too much in an attempt to get the ball past Nadal. A second break of serve in the sixth game aided Nadal as he closed out the one-set lead after 30 minutes.

Fans were treated to a taster of what might have been early in the second set as Hewitt reeled off three straight games to recover from an early break of serve and lead 3-2, courtesy of some varied and attacking play from the right-hander. However, it only served to further intensify Nadal - who accordingly raised his level to win the next four games and quash Hewitt’s resistance. The third set was a more straightforward affair for Nadal, with breaks in the first and sixth games spurring him on to victory after one hour and 51 minutes.

The loss for Hewitt, who is making his way back up the South African Airways 2009 ATP Rankings after undergoing hip surgery last August, extended his losing streak against Top 10 opponents to 14 matches. The two-time Roland Garros quarter-finalist won his 27th tour-level title at his first clay-court event of the season in Houston (d. Odesnik) and marked his 500th singles win in the first round in Munich (d. Petzschner).

The 22-year-old Nadal has won a record 31 successive matches at Roland Garros since making his debut in 2005. The Mallorcan has also won 32 consecutive sets at Roland Garros, the second-longest winning streak in the tournament’s history behind Bjorn Borg (41). He has enjoyed near-perfect preparation for his assault on a fifth straight title, winning three clay-court titles at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events in Monte-Carlo and Rome and on home soil in Barcelona. The only blemish on his 2009 clay-court record is the loss he suffered to Roger Federer in the final of ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid.

Next in line for Nadal will be No. 23 seed Robin Soderling, who battled past 14th-seeded Spaniard David Ferrer 6-7(5), 7-5, 6-2, 7-6(5). The Swede hit 64 winners and converted six of 17 break points, including winning 73 per cent of points at the net, to edge through in three hours and 36 minutes. Nadal has a 3-0 career record against Soderling, including two wins on clay.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/1/en/news/newsarticle_3819.asp

 Posted: 30.05.09 12:15. Post subject: Надаль: Победа над Х..

Надаль: Победа над Хьюиттом - всегда хорошая новость!

Испанец Рафаэль Надаль после победы над австралийцем Ллейтоном Хьюиттом в третьем круге Roland Garros-2009 отметил, что очень доволен уровнем своей игры, показанным им в этой встрече. Напомним, что в третьем раунде Рафа отдал Хьюитту всего 5 геймов, разгромив экс-первую ракетку мира со счетом - 6/1, 6/3, 6/1.

“Сегодня я чувствовал себя гораздо лучше чем в предыдущие дни. Я прибавляю с каждым последующим матчем. Победа над Ллейтоном - это всегда хорошая новость, потому что тебе надо играть очень хорошо, чтобы переиграть его. Победа с таким счетом - потрясающий результат для меня, и я счастлив, что мне удалось пройти в четвертый круг. В прошлом году на этой стадии соревнований я играл не так хорошо, как сейчас, и это очень важно для меня. У меня хорошо проходит бэкхенд, я наношу отличные удары,” - сказал Надаль после победы.

http://www.gotennis.ru/news/?p=19126

 Posted: 30.05.09 13:49. Post subject: Молодец, Рафа, что п..

Молодец, Рафа, что поддержал Ришара Ему это вряд ли поможет в тяжбах с WADA, но моральная поддержка все-таки очень важна для любого человека, тем более когда даже "свои" от него отступились и сделали из него изгоя.

 Posted: 30.05.09 17:32. Post subject: ольга пишет: тем бо..

ольга пишет:

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тем более когда даже "свои" от него отступились и сделали из него изгоя.

да??? вот гады

 Posted: 30.05.09 21:36. Post subject: Dinusik Ришару запр..

Dinusik
Ришару запретили посещать РГ даже в качестве зрителя. Видимо, организаторы турнира и французская теннисная федерация поспешили от него откреститься.
Тем временем, выступления Рафы против WADA и в защиту Ришара получили большой резонанс в прессе. Еще и Тони разразился гневным интервью по поводу новых правил допинг-контроля, установленных для игроков.

 Posted: 30.05.09 21:42. Post subject: ольга Ришару запрет..

ольга

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Ришару запретили посещать РГ даже в качестве зрителя.

Я сегодня вычитала в прессе, что Мартине Хингис (которую уличили в употреблении кокаина) также было запрещено посещать турниры, в частности РГ и Уим. То есть, это не самодеятельность федерации, похоже, а правило.

Но мне не понравилось, к примеру, такое заявление от одного из игроков: Монкур: наши нарушения с Гаске сравнивать нельзя.

 Posted: 30.05.09 21:43. Post subject: Что-то дамочки в пос..

Что-то дамочки в последнее время сильно активизировались в написании статей о Рафе

Статья из французского издания журнала Elle
(перевод на английский - Moondancer c VB.com)

Tennis at every age

To find yourself on a court facing Rafael Nadal, the best tennis player in the world ? Not even a shiver ! You see, Dr Aga (the name she uses for her writings on Elle magazine) knows a thing or two about tanned, muscled young men and she discovered a couple of secrets about the great champion!

The French tennis federation confirms that you can start hitting that yellow ball at any age. Fine, I say, but not against just anybody. So, imagine my joy when I find out that Rafael Nadal, ATP n°1, muse of the new fragrance of Lanvin L’Homme Sport, is willing to face normal journalists - that is to say; not sports journalists (the colleagues from L’Equipe will appreciate this).
Time to nag the press agent into letting me have access to a particular court, annoy the Lacoste company into sending me an outfit, bothering my daughter into lending me her racket and off I go, in the Thalys heading for the Rotterdam tournament with a “An Introduction to Tennis” DVD in my computer.


Rafa is Féfé

Rafael Nadal has entered the training court, his racket bag loosely hanging on his shoulder. The only player to have won 81 consecutive matches on clay. He has the reputation of being a machine out to crush his opponents. I look at him, amazed: so this is it? The killer who never lets go, the champion with blood on his bandana? This young man with the very innocent smile? I know that athletes always look more slender in real life but standing in front of his 1m85 of sheer muscles, only one thought enters my mind: Rafa is Féfé.
Rafa - as his millions of fans call him - and Féfé – as his friends call my son Félix, almost 18 years old (I know what you’re going to think: “Not possible. Dr. Aga is too young to have a child of that age! You see, I had my share of dramas. Like others, I also experienced the shock of getting pregnant at an early age from a man much older than I was, a man who had the sheer nerve of making sure that I had two other children, forcing me to raise them together…but I digress. You can read about it under the title “My story”, about 65 pages long.)


Typical Teen

So, my friends, Rafa is Féfé or in other words; a typical teen. At the age of 22, all the signs are there: his shyness forces him to look away directly followed by a couple of unexpected kisses. Incomprehensible electrocution: like my son, Nadal makes sounds more than he uses words. Like my son, when you least expect it, he has a stupid, yet contagious laughter. Really, I don’t see what’s to laugh at the way I hold my racket. For heaven’s sake; so what if I want to hold it like you do in ping pong?


That striking grace

Like Féfé, Rafa still lives with his mum and he doesn’t talk about his girlfriend (a certain María Fransesca). Like Féfé, Rafa wears clothes that reveal his muscles and I’m going to get killed for that because Felix hates it when I comment about his muscles and whats more: on that day, Nadal is really elegant with sleeves. See for yourself in the picture. Well, usually, those two boys are not really fashion victims, it has to be said.
Like Féfé, Nadal high fives his friends about every six seconds.
To conclude : like my son, Rafael has the striking grace of youth with a spontaneous elegance, unaware of his beauty although it’s very obvious at the same time.


A seductive boy

I say to myself that it’s a pity that you only see Nadal during his matches when he’s very concentrated with a closed look on his face because when you see him off court, with the smile of an archangel…my god, what a seductive boy he is! I become aware of the fact that I’m not the only one looking at him with mouth wide open. Ten, twenty, perhaps thirty people have come to watch along the court. The word “Nadal is on 8” quickly spreads among the public. “They’ve recognized me, they’re here for me”, I say ironically and Rafael politely laughs. Later, when it’s no longer thirty but two hundred and fifty people who are eager to witness me sending balls into the net, my giggling fades quite a bit. Just how do those top athletes stay focused with all those eyes locked on them?


Shy, like others

Earlier, a female colleague of mine interviewed Nadal and afterwards, she told me: “it’s odd how he doesn’t look you in the eyes”. I understand it. He doesn’t look to avoid the gaze of all those eyes zoomed into him. Rafael Nadal is a young man like many others. By this, I mean that he’s shy like others.

First exchange and Rafael tells me that we’re going to work on my forehand. With a bit of luck, it passes. It goes well above the net even though it doesn’t exactly land where I imagined it would go. Nadal moves to catch my ball, seemingly in slow motion whereas I need to run like a rabbit on my little back paws. He sends back a soft ball to me, straight to my racket and he says: “muy bien, Alice”. This is when Rafa is no longer like Féfé because my son, when we play ping pong, finds sheer joy in sending me scud missiles accompanied by aggressive grunts.

Just before this, he lost a doubles match with his Spanish friend. I ask him if he was referring to that earlier. He shakes his head: “Oh no, doubles is of no importance. In fact, we knew that we were going to lose.” He explains to me that his friend is not really tournament level but they let him pick a partner himself so Nadal chose him because it’s gives his friend the opportunity to earn a nice amount of money. Like Féfé, Rafa has elaborate plans with his friends to make money, like baby-sitting or trading mathematics notes….


He smells really good

We move on to working on my backhand. With the advice of his uncle and coach Toni Nadal. Rafa is now ambidextrous but he learned to play like a lefty from the age of 4 whereas he’s a natural right hander. After a couple of tentative backhands, which I personally find remarkable, Rafa grimaces and advices me to use two hands after which he calmly say: “It’s worse, go back to one hand” without malice. I manage to return a couple of balls but not a lot and it annoys me all the more because his shots really look like he’s playing with a 5-year old. I make him understand that his soft balls are driving me crazy. I can manage a good smash in ping pong, for heaven's sake, so he needs to really go for it.

Nadal gives me a huge grin, looks me straight in the eyes and then, he shoots off a missile that flies far behind me and hits the white line with a flat noise. I think that it was a ball because I didn’t have time to look.
I think that it’s time to fulfill my true mission: whatever it takes, I'm to check out if the fragrance he represents - Lanvin L’Homme Sport - really smells good. Without warning, I move to the other side of the net and I throw myself into the neck of the champion to smell him. Like my son, he instinctively moves back when I suddenly invade his personal space. Like my son, he explains to me that he didn’t have time to shower yet. Like my son, in fact, he smells really good. Lavender, that’s certain, and something else. Sage perhaps?


Rafael Nadal and his complexes

We’re now standing on the same side opposing a murmuring crowd. Rafael has undertaken the mission to show me the serving technique with his huge body close behind mine. He lifts his arm and takes mine along with it in the same movement until he stands on the tip of his shoes, totally stretching out, still glued to my back. I try to feel nothing but maternal emotions but without much success. I tell him: “Oh, this looks really difficult as a shot, the serve”. He jokingly replies: “Yes, it’s the worst. It poses me problems as well ». You see, even though he’s the world number one, Rafael Nadal has his share of complexes. Not only about his serve but about his entire game on surfaces he hates. The surface in Rotterdam is synthetic “and it’s not a given that I will go far in this tournament because it’s not my thing” he adds with a pout that’s quite similar to the pout of the best student of the class who returns from a physics test saying: “I failed half of the questions” while everybody knows that he will succeed with a huge margin.


No time to chat

We barely have time to chat, only to ask him about his tennis idols. The names I mention make him smile politely: “Borg, McEnroe, Lendl…I’ve heard people talk about them but I’ve never seen them play.” This makes me realize that Nadal was born three years after Noah’s victory in Roland Garros and I take a big sip from my coffee but the shy young man immediately murmurs: “For me, the best of them all is Roger Federer”. I think about this display of fair play: Federer, former n°1, Nadal’s historic opponent. Then, I remember that Rafa has beaten the Swiss on a regular basis for almost a year now. Symbolically, what he’s telling me implies that he’s better than the “best of them all”. Clearly, Rafael Nadal has a bit of an ego of his own and with good reason because he’s an exceptional young man. Just like my son.

http://www.elle.fr/elle/societe/les-enquetes/a-nous-deux-nadal/le-tennis-a-n-importe-quel-age/(gid)/897075

 Posted: 30.05.09 21:51. Post subject: хруня пишет: Я сего..

хруня пишет:

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Я сегодня вычитала в прессе, что Мартине Хингис (которую тоже уличили в употреблении кокаина) также было запрещено посещать турниры, в частности РГ и Уим. То есть, это не самодеятельность федерации, похоже, а правило.

Если это правило, то очень жестокое и унизительное. Пока по "делу Гаске" или другого теннисиста не принято официальное решение, могли бы его в покое оставить. Интересно, а если он купит билет и придет на стадион, его что, с позором выгонят?

 Posted: 30.05.09 22:51. Post subject: ольга хруня Каньяс..

ольга
хруня
Каньяса тоже не пускали, это было точно. причем, насколько помню (могу ошибаться), он пришел, а его развернули.

 Posted: 30.05.09 22:54. Post subject: Nadal Hammers Hewitt..

Nadal Hammers Hewitt
By Tennis Week
Friday, May 29, 2009

Rafael Nadal refuses to deviate from his successful French Opens script, but today the World No. 1 showed his improvisational skills as well.

Lleyton Hewitt found himself once again racing from corner to corner when he made a slick forehand stab that sent Nadal on his back foot near mid court only to see Nadal screech to a stop, take two quick steps backward and smack a forehand winner.

Even when rolling in reverse gear, nothing could stop Nadal from speeding forward in the draw.

The four-time French Open champion hammered Hewitt, 6-1, 6-3, 6-1, to score his record-extending 31st consecutive Roland Garros victory and cruise into the fourth round. It was Nadal's third French Open win over Hewitt in the past four years. Competing for a record fifth straight French Open crown, Nadal converted seven of 13 break points in dictating play for most of the one hour, 51-minute match.

The two-time Grand Slam champion stepped on Court Philippe Chatrier knowing he needed to play a near-perfect match to test the champion, but it was Nadal who played his best match of the event, storming out to a 5-1 lead in stomping the former World No. 1.

"For sure it was my best match here so far," Nadal said.

There was little pleasure in the play for Hewitt at the outset today. Though the feisty, fist-pumping Aussie entered the encounter with a 4-4 lifetime record against Nadal, he had lost all three of their clay-court clashes.

Hewitt tried to sap some of the sting from Nadal's topspin by stepping on or inside the baseline to take Nadal's shots on the rise, but Nadal refused to give up ground and consistently probed the corners of the court sending a scurrying Hewitt racing from one sideline to the othe in pursuit of his drives. Playing as if he'd stepped right off the practice court into the match, a sharp Nadal collected the first set in a half hour before Hewitt knew what hit him.

Nadal won eight of the first nine games before Hewitt held at 15 for 1-2 in the second set. When Nadal knocked an off-balance forehand into the net, Hewitt screamed "Come on!" in an effort to exhort himself to raise his game. Unleashing a surprise serve-and-volley winner, Hewitt held for 3-2 then took a 0-30 lead in Nadal's next service game. But that was as close as Hewitt could make this contest.

The 5-foot-11 Aussie has unusually long arms for a man his height, but even with that expansive reach Hewitt spent much of the match looking like a man in desperate need of a step ladder to retrieve Nadal's shots that bounced shoulder high off the court.

Playing Nadal on clay can be downright demoralizing in that even when you expended extraordinary effort in long baseline exchanges, often the only thing you have to show for your efforts are more mileage on your legs, an abruptly elevated heart rate and lungs crying out for a reprieve. Nadal reeled off 10 of the final 11 games to dismiss Hewitt and set up a fourth-round meeting with either 23rd-seeded Swede Robin Soderling or 14th-seeded Spaniard David Ferrer.

Nadal's Davis Cup teammate, Fernando Verdasco, could face his fellow Spanish lefthander in the quarterfinals. In an all-Spanish third-round match, Verdasco converted his ninth match point to subdue a stubborn Nicolas Almagro, 6-2, 7-6(4), 7-6(8). It marks the third straight French Open fourth-round appearance for Verdasco, who will be bidding for his first trip to the quarterfinals when he plays Nikolay Davydenko in the fourth round. The 10th-seeded Russian stopped 17th-seeded Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, to advance to the round of 16 for the fourth time in the past five years.

"I feel fit at the moment, and I hope I'll feel fit for the next match and that I'll continue on the same track," said Verdasco.

 Posted: 30.05.09 22:58. Post subject: Tatiana пишет: Кань..

Tatiana пишет:

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Каньяса тоже не пускали, это было точно. причем, насколько помню (могу ошибаться), он пришел, а его развернули.

Да, что-то такое припоминаю. Рафа еще возмущался и Вилли поддерживал. Это года 3-4 назад было.

 Posted: 31.05.09 09:32. Post subject: ольга пишет: Ришару..

ольга пишет:

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Ришару запретили посещать РГ даже в качестве зрителя. Видимо, организаторы турнира и французская теннисная федерация поспешили от него откреститься.

вот мерзавцы!!! (единственное приличное слово из множества тех, чо пришло мне в голову)
Нет, я конечно не понимаю наших тренеров, когда они покрывают спортсменв принимавших допинг (например, в биатлоне), но эти ведут себя вообще неадекватно!

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Тем временем, выступления Рафы против WADA и в защиту Ришара получили большой резонанс в прессе.

вот это хорошо

 Posted: 31.05.09 18:56. Post subject: Не хотела постить эт..

Не хотела постить это до матча, думала, это ошибочное впечатление....

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Дементьева: Надаль выглядит очень уставшим Россиянка Елена Дементьева заявила, что испанцу Рафаэлю Надалю будет очень непросто выиграть "Ролан Гаррос". "Мне кажется, что Надаль устал. Он достаточно легко выиграл свои матчи в первых двух раундах, но не выглядит свежим. Возможно, слишком много играл. Думаю, что ему будет очень тяжело выиграть Открытый чемпионат Франции", — приводит слова спортсменки официальный сайт турнира.

http://www.championat.ru/tennis/news-232160.html

 Posted: 31.05.09 21:11. Post subject: Надаль: Не знаю, что..

Надаль: Не знаю, что произошло

«Сегодня я не показал свой лучший теннис. Я не действовал первым номером, мало атаковал, играл довольно коротко, позволив сопернику вести игру. Честно говоря, не знаю, что со мной произошло. После четырех успешных лет я проиграл здесь так рано», - заявил 22-летний Рафа на послематчевой пресс-конференции.

«Всякий раз, когда я проигрываю, мне задают один и тот же вопрос: «Не играю ли я слишком много?» Нет. Я играю как обычно… Что ж, я потерял возможность выиграть еще один «Ролан Гаррос» - это была одна из моих главных целей», - сокрушается Надаль.

http://www.gotennis.ru/news/?p=19235

 Posted: 31.05.09 22:01. Post subject: Rafael Nadal R. SOD..

Rafael Nadal

R. SODERLING/R. Nadal

6‑2, 6‑7, 6‑4, 7‑6

An interview with:

RAFAELNADAL

THE MODERATOR: Questions in English, please.

Q. It was a great four‑year winning period. All things had to end, and it happened today, your series of wins. Did you expect such power tennis fromSoderling before the game? Were yousurprised during the match of the way he hit his ball consistently so hard,especially on the forehand, but also in general?

RAFAEL NADAL: No. No, no. He didn't surprise me,because I know how he play, how dangerous he can be. Yesterday I didn't play my best tennis. No, I didn't attack in no one moment. I play very short, and I make him very easyto play at this level.

So when one player bad,must lose. That's what happenedtoday. I have to accept with the samecalm when I win than when I lose. Afterfour years I lose here, and the season continue.

Q. Were you surprised that he was able to sustain the level of play that hedid throughout the match? Did you expecthim, at some stage, to perhaps have a little dip, which he never really did?

RAFAEL NADAL: Well, you know, when, for ‑‑ I playedvery short, you know. I play veryshort. I didn't play great. I didn't play with calm at no one time duringall the match.

That makes him easy toplay at this level during all the match, no? So was my fault, and more than ‑‑ well, sure, he did well. He did very well, but I didn't ‑‑ yeah,I think I didn't play my best tennis. And I didn't play not my best tennis, no? I didn't play my tennis, and for that reasonI lose. That's it.

I congratulate him and keep working hard forthe next tournament.

Q. AndyMurray said to us earlier that the wind was a lot trickier. The wind was a lot more difficult thanperhaps it seemed. Is that the reasonperhaps that you were playing a little too short today in the conditions?

RAFAEL NADAL: No, no, no, no. The wind is there for both players, so no,no? I not going to put any excuse rightnow. I think I played short because Iplayed short. I didn't have my day.

Q. Do you think you maybe played too many tournaments lately? How are you going to prepare for Wimbledon?

RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, when you lose, always everybody startsto analyze if I play too much. If I'mtired. The true, I won four years in arow playing the same. That's the true. This year I play the same and I lost. What happen? I lost. That's it.

That whathappened. I lost another opportunity towin a big tournament here. Always is abig loss for me. But in the end is onemore match, yeah.

Q. What about the preparation for Wimbledon? Are you going to play Queen's?

RAFAEL NADAL: Right now, my preparation is for the swimmingpool of my house. (laughter.) Yeah, give me three more days to think aboutpreparation for Wimbledon.

Q. You looked tired. Do you feelexhausted? Do you feel tired physicallyand mentally?

RAFAEL NADAL: No.

Q. You look a bit tired.

RAFAEL NADAL: No, no, I feel okay.

Q. You're handling this with humor, but how much really did this hurt, yourfirst loss at Roland Garros, honestly?

RAFAEL NADAL: Well, is not my best day today, no? I am not very happy. That's true, no? You know, is tough always losing in a GrandSlam, especially in one Grand Slam where you have the better chance to win thanthe rest than the others.

But I did. I did very well on Wimbledon and in Australia,and semifinals last year in US Open. Ihave to be confident on myself to keepgoing, keep working.

If I lost today, it ‑‑ well, the preparationmentally, I don't know, it wasn't perfect, no?

So I have to work harder to be readyfor the next big events.

Q. Youhad to know this day would come. Are yousurprised it came so quickly?

RAFAEL NADAL: What? (Through translation.)

I don't know. If you think it's soon after four years? (laughter.) Why do you think, no? A lot of playerswon four years here in a row? Is onlyanother one, no?

Q. Youwere so enormously strong last year in Paris. If you compare yourself, your level today andthe last years, are you mentally not that strong as in the last years, orphysically? What's the difference?

RAFAEL NADAL: You know, guys, I lost. That's what I can say. I lost. I didn't play my best tennis today. I have to analyze why I lost today, but I think that the things are moresimple than if I am less strong than before, if I am less prepared mentallythan before.

I think today I didn'tplay my tennis, and I wasn't ready to come back over a good player likeSoderling. We have to analyze that andbe ready for the next confrontations in big, important tournaments, no?

No, I think I was ready for everything. If I wasn't ready here, I don't know when Igonna be ready after winning a lot of tournaments and being my best at start ofthe season, no?

Q. Nowthat you've been knocked out, would you say Andy Murray or Roger Federer is thefavorite to win the title?

RAFAEL NADAL: We will see. I don't know. Davydenko orVerdasco is there. Del Potro I think isthere. We will see. Federer is the favorite, in my opinion.

Q. What is it like playing against Soderling, and do you think he willreach top 10 in the future?

RAFAEL NADAL: How old are him?

Q. 24?

RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, he can do it. Why not?

THE MODERATOR: Spanish questions, please.

Q. Asfrom the second set, some of us thought that you would be able to win thematch. What made you lose your calm?

RAFAEL NADAL: Well, I never was calm; that's thetruth. Instead of losing my calm, thematch started off very badly for me. Imean, the second set, I should have won it 6‑4. Then there was wind, and that wasn't good.

Then not being calmenough to face the important points, so I had to fight. But sometimes it's not enough fighting. You have to play a good level of tennis.

And sometimes people think I win because I'mphysically fit, but, no. When I win,it's because I play well, and that wasn't the case today. I must say that at key moments I couldn'ttake the opportunity because I was losing my calm, and I didn't play well.

Q. Youalready answered this question in English, but can you do that in Spanish? Now that Djokovic is out and now that you'reout, who would be your favorite for the final?

RAFAEL NADAL: Well, all those in quarterfinal have anopportunity, but Federer is my favorite.

Q. This defeat makes your victories even greater?

RAFAEL NADAL: No. No, defeats never make you grow, but you also realize how difficult whatI achieved up until today was, and this is something you need sometimes. You need a defeat to give value to yourvictories.

I'm 22. Well, 23 in a couple of days. But unfortunately, it's the first time I'mnot going to celebrate my birthday in Roland Garros. I hope I'll be able to celebrate more hereand be back next year and try and win.

Q. Two questions: Apparently younever felt comfortable during that match. How did you accept to walk in this room immediately after the match?

RAFAEL NADAL: Well, you don't think about this, youknow. I'm not saying this because ofyour question, but with ‑‑ I've stopped playing in altitude two weeks ago,so this is what ‑‑ I need to face the fact I didn't play well thisweek. When I practiced this morning Ifelt good, no? I felt very good, but itwasn't the case during the match.

Well, that's the end ofthe road, and I have to accept it. Ihave to accept my defeat as I accepted my victories: with calm. So I have to stay calm and stay cool‑headed to try and analyze what Idid wrong.

I need to learn, and you learn more when youlose than when you win. I need to workon those points on which I wasn't good, and from there try and do better for mynext tournament.

So as I said, this is not a tragedy,losing here in Paris. It had to happen one day, and this is anexcellent season for me.

Of course it's a bit sad, but I haveto overcome this as quickly as possible.

Q. Wasit the wonderful game level of Soderling on this surface, or because you wereon a bad day or any other phenomenon, like you played in Barcelonathen in Madrid? Maybe you played too many tournaments.

RAFAEL NADAL: Stop it. Stop it. Had I played my bestlevel against Soderling, maybe the results would have been different. But he played a very good level of tennis andI didn't play well, so the results are what they are.

I didn't play at mybest level. I have days like this, andthis was one of those days. I hadsomeone playing very well in front of me.

I'm not going to modify the way I prepare,because I've always prepared in the same way for the last four years. So that wouldn't make sense.

Q. 6‑0,6‑1 when you played Soderling in Rome. That was the last result. So is it because he was very aggressivetoday? Was it having an influence?

RAFAEL NADAL: No, not at all.

Q. Were you surprised by the level of his game?

RAFAEL NADAL: No, not at all. I've seen him playing quite a few times, andthat was not a surprise. It was my gamelevel that was a surprise to me today.

Q. A minute ago you were saying that, well, this day had to happen oneday. So were you prepared, or are yousurprised by this defeat?

RAFAEL NADAL: Well, all of us athletes, we know that whenwe walk on the court we can either win or lose. I know it for a fact anything can happen, and I have to accept them bothin the same way.

You cannot collapseeither because you've won a match or because you've lost it. This is sport, and you can have victories ordefeats. No one remembers defeats on thelong run. People remember victories.

So I have to move forward. Well, I have little time left to prepare for Wimbledon, but I have to move forward and try and preparethe best I can.

Q. Whenthe crowd on the central court was supporting you in such a wonderful way, whatdid you feel?

RAFAEL NADAL: Well, I didn't feel anything, because I'mused to hearing the names of players being shouted, whether the crowd supportsme or supports my opponent.

But it's a shame. I mean, this tournament is so important, sucha beautiful tournament for me. Well,that's the way it is. Maybe at one stagethey supported Soderling more than me, and that was a bit sad.

But I wish when I'm back they can support mea bit more in key moments.

Q. Isthis the worst defeat in your career?

RAFAEL NADAL: Oh, please. I never lost a final. I neverlost here so far. It's my first ‑‑it's the first match I lose. It's theround of 16. So once again, peopleremember about victories and not defeats. So it's not the worst in my career. Not even close to that.

Q. You said that now that you're out, your favorite player is Federer. Now, tell us, who would you like to seewinning the tournament, if you could pick one?

RAFAEL NADAL: Well, no. Always one of my compatriots, a Spanish guy.

Q. If there were no one from Spain, would you like Federer towin?

RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, that would be great. He's tried to win it for many years, and hewas very unfortunate losing three finals and one semifinal. If one guy deserves it, that's him.

Q. Rafa, could you please describe the moment when you met at the changingroom and what you said?

RAFAEL NADAL: Well, what we say in the locker room staysthere, and we said nothing. I mean, youwalk in there, you sit on your bench, and you've lost and that's it.

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