Well done Rafa :-)

You've done it! I am glad for you, Rafael ;) You are a crackjack!

it's so interesting why federer cannot sustain his right play against rafa throughout the whole match! the second set of monte carlo was like that and yesterday's match was like that.whenever roger takes the lead,he starts to make unforced errors.
rafa's attitude was surprising but also federer's body language was interesting.i've never seen such reactions from roger.once,he even smashed his racquet into the net.

First, correction: Nadal's injury time-out was 5-2, not 5-1 when it was the change over.

Second, why Nadal didn't look happy is because he knew that he abused the injury time-out. I watched the final twice and paid an extra attention to Nadal's footwork. He had no sign whatsoever his right leg had a problem. He was down 2-5 and took injury time-out. I love Nadal but this incident disappointed me. Of course he was tired and may have had a little problem but it was not big enough to take time-out. Roger could not even try to give a drop shot (only one lousy one) because he did not want to take an advantage of the seemingly-injured one. Injury time-out rule should be reconsidered!

shut up!
Rafa won fare and square...
Federras no match against sexy rafa
Is it just me or is rafa looking better than ever on and off the court
if you know what i meen
what a heart throb
Go Rafa!!!!
MWAH

I disagree Nadal showed no signs of a problem. Early in the match I noticed he was walking unevenly, but I thought it was as a result of his blistered foot. He is a great player, but as far as I know is not an actor, his grimaces of pain when the physio was working on his leg were for real. He has also demonstrated time and time again that he is a leading exponent of 'fair play'. He would not stoop to pretending he had a problem when there wasnt one: not like so many of the players who abuse the time-out rule to unsettle their opponents e.g. the Williams sisters to name just two. Striking the balance between protecting their bodies and recklessly continuing and risking serious long term injuries is always going to be a difficult decision for the top players. Had he torn a muscle it would have been suicidal to go on playing without seeking his trainer's attention. It seems more likely that he cramped a bit probably due to the tension of the match. I am just sad that neither player was truly on form for the final - again this was due to their mental problems. It is rare for Nadal to be affected by his nerves but with so much at stake he was both during the semi (what a feast that was) and the final.

Rafa does sometimes walk unevenly - usually when he's picking his pants out of his backside.

Nadal's body language is understandable considering his great respect for the player that is Roger Federer. His atitude in court is always at the highest level of sportsmanship. He doesn't have to intimidate Federer by his actions as he knows they 're both aware of each others game. Sometimes though, this respect for each other makes their tennis boring for the fans. They're for Rafa fist pumping and shouting "vamos" whenever he scores.
Nadal's threshold for pain has been proven time and again. You wouldn't notice he's got a serious blister on his foot before it was focused on the screen in Rome last week. So the injury time out is not at all a strategy to change the momentum of his opponent.

Thank you all for your comments. I always enjoying different views and learn from them. I did not mean Nadal abused injury time-out. I just wonder if Federer had been in Nadal's shoe, would he have taken it? Probably not. During his serious desease, Mono, he did not take any medical time-out. I know some people got Mono and suffered tremendously. Djokovic took 4 time-outs against Monfis in US Open 2005 and won. I guess it's OK for some people and it's not OK for other people. It comes from different values. Perhaps it makes tennis more interesting.

Nakama - you can't treat a month-long battle with mono in a matter of three minutes! You can treat a minor hamstring issue in three minutes without much problem!

Rafa broke and then took the injury timeout before his own serve. That is considered the proper way to take an injury timeout so as not to throw the other guy's serving rythm off.