Please check your facts, Delpo did not lose to Fed at Cincy; he lost to Nole in the SF.

Yeah, playing at MSG is profitable, I see Fed, Roddick(?) played there in the past, so now it's Rafa's turn. He probably has to go to NY, having missed it this year, he has his sponsorship obligations to fulfil there, I think.

Rafa is the biggest draw in tennis. That's a well known fact.

^n
Lie uttered != Truth

Well, here is someone who agrees with nadline:

http://www.latimes.com/sports/tennis/la-sp-dwyre-us-open-2 0120830,0,7473489.column

Choice quote:

"This year's U.S. Open tennis tournament is a party without the balloons. They are serving cake with no frosting.

Nadal is a swirling, grunting, lashing baseline strongman; Federer a smooth, cool, effortless puppeteer. Nadal says repeatedly that Federer is the greatest who ever played, and he both believes and means it. Often, after he says it, he goes out and beats him.

The U.S. Open will grind on to its conclusion. There will be drama and excitement. But there will be no Rafa, and that makes this Grand Slam a tad less grand."


Rafael Nadal is an ocean away, home on his beloved Spanish island of Mallorca. He is loving the time he has in the place where his mother says he "comes up for air" but certainly hating that he is not in Flushing Meadows, in the heat, noise and stress that only tennis in New York City can provide. There, he would be grinding match by match in the ugliest, toughest, most difficult tournament on the planet.

arrogant excuse gamesmanship cheater

I just read the article myself and felt exactly the same...

I miss Rafa so much...I miss his style, his effort, his animal instinct, and most of all I miss his smile...Rafa will be back we all know it...But US Open is certainly not the same without Rafa...it does not have the excitement and the flavor that only Rafa can bring...

Our Rafa is training and getting ready...he will be back stronger than ever and eager for trophies...I can't wait to see him back on court again...

Vamos Rafa Dearest!

you can see this nadal

Nadal unsportsmansalike

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FnBi__R4Fs

bump Nadal into Rosol at Wimbledon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klQnRrkl-S8&feature

ritb - thanks for the link, I really enjoyed the article and what he says is true for me.

I am hoping Rafa will come back stronger than - vamos Rafa & god bless.

ritb,

Yes, thanks for the article. Great to read! :)

You see, ritb, some people just don't like the truth. Everyone knows that Rafa is the one who puts the fizz in any tournament, without him it's like champagne gone flat. Even Murray said as much.

You know it, I know it and everyone else knows it, but some people just don't want to admit it.

I am going to stop fretting and hanging on every word from Rafa's team and every speculative article and just wait patiently for the Pied Piper of tennis to return.

How about this bit:

"Without Nadal, the U.S. Open has no foil for Roger Federer. It is Sampras without Agassi, Borg without McEnroe. Tennis fans long for the contrasts in style, which are fascinating and addictive. There will be competitive matches, such as Federer and Djokovic, or either against Andy Murray. But Nadal and Federer are the fire and ice."

And this:

"Much of the game around him, and across the net from him, is vanilla. Nadal's game is chocolate strawberry pistachio, an abundance of flavor that has become an acquired taste for tennis fans."

Rafa is the one who adds flavour to an otherwise bland tour. No other player's absence is as conspicuous as Rafa's.

You're so insecure about this opinion of yours, nadline, that you feel the need to keep asserting it multiple times at every opportunity. Maybe it's the hope that you might just convince yourself one day?

^^^ Lol

On the contrary Danyal, other people are of the same opinion, just read this that ritb posted, whch is what I was responding to:

http://www.latimes.com/sports/tennis/la-sp-dwyre-us-open-2 0120830,0,7473489.column

For with Rafa withdrawal symptoms:

http://bestmoviesevernews.com/rafael-nadal-out-from-us-op en-again/

Brad Gilbert on ESPN2 on Rafael Nadal's withdrawal from the US Open

"It's like a band missing a lead singer"

^^^^it's the true Nadine, no? However, the naysayers hope if they say it ain't so, it won't be so!

Sorry Nadline, it's me IPad that can't spell......designed by a Fedfan I suspect!

Lleyton Hewitt, talking about his son Cruz, said:
"Daddy is not his favourite player. Rafa Nadal is. That is hard to take."

http://www.facebook.com/rafaelnadalfc

Two Hours of Tennis at MSG ? Businessweek
August 30, 2012

Nadal Said to Reap $1.5 Million for Two Hours of Tennis at MSG

Bleacher Report

Nadal Said to Reap $1.5 Million for Two Hours of Tennis at MSG
Rafael Nadal will be paid $1.5 million for an exhibition tennis match at Madison Square Garden (MSG), a person with direct knowledge of the contract said. The 11-time Grand Slam singles champion and the third- ranked player on the ATP World Tour is the ?

How much u gonna benefit from this(%)?

50%.

Rafa gives me 50% of his earnings. Didn't you know?

@6:47 PM
ROFL