All posts in category Rafael Nadal

She tries savoury, too

Since going vegan I’ve realised the need to cook for myself. As in actually cook, and not just sling a couple of waffles and some fishless fingers on a plate, smother it in red sauce and call it a job well done. Preparing meals for myself from scratch should, in theory, be more satisfying than [...]

“Winter is coming”

It might be cold and wintery outside, but I still feel all warm and fuzzy when I get to read stories like this about everybody’s favourite Spaniard. I’m glad he’s ending the year on such a positive note; 2011 has had its ups and downs for Spanish tennis. Here’s to next year seeing Rafa back [...]

Gotta love claycourt season!

Can we take a moment to appreciate this humble GQMF genius, please? Today Rafael Nadal won his seventh consecutive Monte-Carlo Master’s title, defeating the lovely David Ferrer 6-4 7-5. He didn’t play anywhere near his best, but that’s okay – it’s the first claycourt event of the year and he’s got time to warm up [...]

I am very happy to write this post. It is a dream, no?

WARNING: THIS IS A TENNIS POST. IF YOU AREN’T INTERESTED PLEASE SOD OFF NOW. THANK YOU. …guess who’s running on 2.5 hours sleep and has thus far managed to avoid an epic re-enactment of HEAD MEET DESK? …who else was it gonna be, really? ANYWAY, we are in our supremely sexy zombiefied state to celebrate [...]

The champ is here!

In the words of Victor Meldrew, I can’t believe it! Rafa, I doubted from the beginning. Why on earth did I do that? Never again will I fail to believe. He always pulls it out the bag, doesn’t he? It was by no means a great final, neither man playing their best, but my argument [...]