The essence of Rafa. When you stop to think what turned you on to Rafa in the first place, what is it? Of course, you can state the bleedin' obvious ... body, bum and biceps ... but watching him play makes you sit up and marvel ... the prowling, the shot making, the noise!! But have you ever seen anyone before who fights like that? ... who has the passion? ... who has the sheer will just NOT to be beaten? Pretty it ain't sometimes ... but damn, its real on-the-edge-of-your-seat type stuff. But once you find the attraction of the man that's the tennis player, it leads you to start finding out more about him ... and he is an absolute treasure. I marvel at just how well brought up he is, his manners, his totally endearing personality. Anyone who gets close to him to get an interview never seems to be able to write anything other than positive stuff.
Attached is another superb article about Rafa, given during Indian Wells this year. But for all its well written words, one paragraph to me stands out that exemplifies the absolute essence of our boy:-
"If you ask the people closest to Nadal for a story that explains him, they don't tell a Wimbledon story or a French Open story or even a story about women ogling him. They talk about a semifinal match in Hamburg in 2007 against Lleyton Hewitt. Nadal had lost to the Aussie previously, and after he lost the first set, Roig sent a text message to a worried group of Nadal's people. The message, in part because it preceded another Nadal comeback, has become their motto. It read:-
Don't worry. He is Nadal."
Class.
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=4180348
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