Time for my holidays
Rafael Nadal
Hello everyone and BIG THANKS to you all.
You can imagine two things of me today: 1) I am over the moon and 2) I am very tired and need holidays!
The first one is difficult to explain further. The sensation to win the tournament of my dreams for the second consecutive time (I didn't play here last year) and doing it after winning Roland Garros too is something it was difficult to imagine just one year ago. I was suffering, watching the final on TV at home on my sofa, and wondering how things were going to unfold in my career. But today I am again with this special feeling of winning the biggest and most important tennis tournament in the world.
The second one is long to explain. I am not that tired from the match itself. To be honest all the media work I did after the match was longer than the match itself. I got to the house at 9.30pm and only had 5 minutes to get changed. I was then back in the car talking to Spanish radio stations and only finished when I got to the hotel for the Ball. But also tired for these past 16 weeks where I only had a few days at home.
Now it is time to get treatment and rest for 2 weeks, a full 2 weeks of not playing tennis and simply enjoying my holidays!
To end this blog and to end this 2 weeks of being with you, I want to really thank you for your support. I truly mean when I say that I feel at home here in Wimbledon. I feel the warmth of the fans here like at home and I feel the respect for the game, for our sport. For me it is really an honor to play here and a dream to have done what I managed to do on Sunday.
Many thanks also to The Times for giving me this opportunity and I hope we continue with this tradition now that is also lucky for me!
Your Rafa
Times Online Questions..
Questions for Rafa: were you nervous during the Wimbledon final?
Rafael Nadal
42 minutes ago
How does this victory compare to beating Roger in 2008? Mal, Sheffield
RN: It is different since the one in 08 was my first win. But let me say that a win is a win and I am very happy, very proud, very excited about the win.
Who was your most difficult opponent at Wimbledon this year? Helios, San Francisco
RN: Maybe the answer should be obvious because of the five-set matches. However, mentally it is also tough before the match and the semis against Andy as well as the final were both tough.
You seemed quite nervous at the start of the final which is not like you. Did the crowd and the occasion affect you? Joanne
RN: No, I wasn't too nervous. Tomas played very well, especially with his serve, and there was not much I could do then. I was pretty much calmed during the whole match.
Now that you have won the French Open and Wimbledon in the same year twice - which is amazing - what will be your next ambition? Rob, Tottenham
RN: I really want to be ready and fit for the US Open.
I loved your match with Andy (I thought you brought out the best in each other). Do you enjoy all of your matches or are there some players whose style makes them more enjoyable to play against? Sian Morris Ross
RN: Enjoyable is to play and most of the times to win. With Andy we always play good matches. He is very talented and it is really difficult to play against him.
How did you adjust from playing from clay to grass? Was it hard? Shirlee, New York
RN: It is hard, but this is what also motivates me. I won a few matches at Queens and then practiced, practiced and practiced more. That is also why the first matches at Wimbledon are tougher.
After you won in 2008 you gave a lot of your kit to the Wimbledon museum. Did you keep anything for yourself to remember it by? Katharine
RN: I gave a whole kit on Sunday too. But I also keep a whole kit for me, the last racquet i played (the one I converted the match point)
& his last Elmundo Blog
'I think I'm serving well, especially when I need'
best service of your career? How much room for improvement you think you have
still in that section of the game? Carlos Vales.
I think I'm serving well , especially when I want. I'm getting good service without a big punch. I do not know that I have room for improvement but I feel I'm serving well .
As you go through the tournament in the second week in the ski Wimbledon shows that part of the track is running out
grass. " This helps your game that make the boat moreball? Igor Zulaika .
Yes, back where we run from side to side . This helps to avoid slipping but neither affects the bounce of the ball. Yes it is somewhat harder on the issue of not rained in two weeks.
Congratulations on your match against Murray, and everyone else. Can you sleep well before a Wimbledon final or as important as any other Grand Slam ? You do not invade the emotions making you hard to relax ? How are you doing? Miguel Covian .
Thank you very much . Sometimes I slept well and others not. Depends. I hope I can sleep well today. For this I see a movie or something.
Hey man, you're not doing bad at all , hehe. Hey, technical issue : it is said there that the kick you hard because 1) you were born right-handed and 2) your ' grip ' is so extreme that you do not get hit plane. For me they are nonsense, because I see your ' smash 'so devastating , and although the movement differ slightly from your serve , I think that supersedes these theories solvency. Believe it! By the way, remove your statistics against Murray was very good. The average of his first serve and second only were two miles (or less) faster than yours. Cheer from Dubai! Julian CG.
I do not think so but do not call it nonsense. I see that it was not a question but rather a technical contribution jejejeje yours .
Congratulations champ. His performance in "big bigger , " Roland Garros and Wimbledon, is indisputable. His career in these tournaments will partner to Borj , and That is too big . However it has been able to win Australia . It is the U.S. Open to complete the Grand Slam. Always we arrive just in physical form to that part of the season : Is posed change the way they deal with next season in years looking for more options out there ? . Thank you. Pedro Jose Ruiz Ramirez
No, no. My season is well structured and depended only on the past if I was with some unwanted circumstances such as injury .
Congratulations Rafa ! I have no words to express my admiration to you. My question is, can not denounce the behavior of an arbitrator when the other day , the French, so clearly contradicts rules of the game ? If possible , have you done? It's a shame what he did. Rafa Thanks for giving us so many good times . Forward and to you for your F. Charo second trophy .
I do not like beating a dead horse . I said what I had to say and so he also conveyed the tournament supervisor . Also make mistakes like us and that is understandable. What is not acceptable behavior is wrong.
Good Rafa , I need your help. I come from playing tennis. The point is that would win and my opponent has started to tell me that I was going to throw a good beating, I finally got deconcentrated and me . Are you in the circuit with rivals talk to you and trying to destabilize ? How do you not lose your temper , stay focused and not answer ? With Crack ! Pablo Garcia.
Jajajajaja . No man, that's not right to do it and not let him referee . But you yourself have said, we must stay focused and paying attention to only what is yours and not think about what is on the rival.
The first thing I want is to thank you so much I do ...¡¡ enjoy watching you play you're amazing !!... and now my question ... Do you think that with the level currently in the ATP and WTA is possible that a @ @ to get the tennis grand slam in the same year? Get wet ! Thank you for being like that! Ana Ferrer
I think so. But do not ask me who ...
Hello Rafael. My congratulations on your successes , especially to get the very difficult ' Clay Slam '. My question is: Will you return to someday lead -shirts and pants fish? Apart from befriend more for your physique , I think a lot more to intimidate rival. You could bring them back to at least land in the season ... Thanks and greetings ! Jorge Garcia.
We do not think so. We must look ahead.
Hola Rafa ! First I want to tell you 're one of the people I most admire , and I am proud to be Spanish especially by people like you. As your home games because we are a family of tennis players, and know how your game and we all agree that you are a machine, so my other question is : What music do you have in your ipod ? o What is your favorite movie ? Thanks champ! and good luck at Wimbledon. Mercedes Sáiz .
Thank you very much . I have a lot of Spanish music or Spanish. A bit of everything. I have no choice.
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