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Rafa Just Can’t Beat This Guy (U.S. Open Edition)
You really have to feel for Rafael Nadal. He was on rails to become the greatest tennis player of all time (despite his protestations), until the Djokovic Express pulled into the station. And then –...
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That’s Just So Sad! (Rafa Can’t Beat This Guy Edition)
The hardworking staff loves Rafael Nadal, a tennis player who’s classy, humble, and supremely talented. But he’s clearly met his match in Noval Djokovic, a tennis player who’s admirable in his efforts...
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Rafael Nadal’s Feat Of Clay
From our How Rafa Got His Mojo Back bureau: Nadal beats Ferrer for 7th Barcelona Open win BARCELONA, Spain (AP) Rafael Nadal became the first player in the Open Era to win two tournaments seven times...
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No Djoke: Rafa CAN Beat This Guy
As the hardworking staff has painstakingly chronicled, Rafael Nadal has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Novak Djokovic for the past year, never so much as in the last three Grand Slam finals. That...
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Big Blow For David Ferrer At U.S. Open
The U.S. Open went all Key Largo yesterday, with heavy winds turning the Andy Murray-Tomas Berdych men’s semifinal into a game of Wiffle Tennis. From ESPN.com: NEW YORK — Dealing with 20 mph wind that...
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Damn! Rafa Can’t Even Beat THIS Guy
What’s with the tennis journeymen who play the match of their lives against Rafael Nadal? (See 100th-ranked Lukas Rosol at last year’s Wimbledon for details.) Latest edition: Yesterday’s finals loss at...
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Wait – Nadal CAN Beat This Guy
It was shaping up to be the worst: Rafael Nadal, Le Roi de Roland Garros, up two sets to one, six games to five, thirty-fifteen. Two points from dispatching arch-nemesis Novak Djokovic in the French...
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Oh, Wait – Rafa CAN Beat this Guy (II)
The hardrooting staff just watched the Tennis Channel rerun of Rafael Nadal’s French Open semifinal win over arch-rival Novak Djokovic. And we were struck by how tough Rafa hung in the fifth set,...
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Our ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff (Carr Stalled Out Edition)
The hardwatching staff is a little late to the Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight this week, but hey – we were distracted by Rafael Nadal’s epic dismantling of Novak Djokovic in the French Open semifinal...
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No Djok: Novak Will Take Wimbledon, But Who Cares
With Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer flaming out at Wimbledon, it’s pretty much a lock for Novak Djokovic, who rolled in the second round over Bobby Reynolds. Odds are Djokovic will win the tournament,...
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On 7/7, 77 Years Of British Tennis Frustration Ended
Hey – Murray can beat this guy at Wimbledon. Yesterday Andy Murray, the Great UK Hope (Scotland Division), channeled Fred Perry, defeated Novak Djokovic, won the Wimbledon Championship – the first time...
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Hey! Rafa CAN Beat This Guy!
The Rogers Cup semifinal in Montreal last night between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic was yet another standout battle between the two premier players on the men’s tennis circuit. And this time Nadal...
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That’s Just So Stupid! (Novak Djerkovic U.S. Open Edition)
In the run-up to the 2013 U.S. Open, the New Yorker ran a major takeout by Lauren Collins on world number one tennis player Novak Djokovic. Nut graf: Djokovic and his family were slow to internalize...
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Hey, Rafa CAN Beat This Guy (2013 U.S. Open Edition)
That was sweet. Rafael Nadal, who two years ago had Novak Djokovic so far inside his head Djokovic should have been paying condo fees, now officially owns him. Exhibit A: That’s 13 Grand Slams. And...
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Hey! Rafa CAN Beat This Guy!
First, let’s not bury the lede. Nadal Denies Djokovic, and Defies Belief, Once Again PARIS — After all the consecutive victories and the confidently clenched fists, after the new hires and the new...
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Quote o’ the Day (French Open Edition)
From our Late to the Victory Party desk The hardwatching staff yields to no man in our admiration of Rafael Nadal, who we believe is the classiest athlete in the world of sports (winning a photo finish...
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WSJ’s Wimbledon Double-Fault
Question: When the Wall Street Journal gets it wrong, how does the paper set it right? Answer: Stealthily, in this case. From Tom Perrotta’s piece in the Weekend Wall Street Journal print edition:...
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Nadal’s Last Stand: Fail Better
The hardrooting staff has long been a fan of Rafael Nadal, the Half-Volley Hamlet of the men’s professional tennis tour. Rafa has been one of the most likable, ferocious, and – openly, sometimes...
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Rafael Nadal’s ‘Gael’ Force Win at Monte Carlo
As you splendid readers know, for the past two years the hardrooting staff has suffered along with Rafael Nadal as the great Spaniard (and 14-time Grand Slam winner) has struggled with his game both...
View ArticleWhy Rafael Nadal Is the Most Admirable Person in All of Sports
The hardrooting staff has written often about Rafael Nadal, one of our all-time favorite athletes along with New York Yankees icon Mickey Mantle (our youthful crush) and Mantle’s New York Rangers...
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