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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Set Your Alarm For Wednesday

Okay, you guys probably have noticed that I try to avoid serious news as best as I can. Sadly, Rafa cannot just fill his days doing ridiculous poses and pretending that he's totally not doing it to make us Rafanatics happy. So I have to post the Rotterdam draws, for you serious tennis types. And also because it's a seriously slow day. 

Rafa will play his first singles match in Rotterdam on Wednesday night, against Simone Bolelli.

I tried looking for the time of the match but I went to the official site and despite my country's history of being colonized by the Dutch for 3 and a half century, I cannot understand a thing. I went on a clicking rampage but tough. No love for me from the Rotterdam site. You can check out the whole draw here. Rafa's half is quite brutal, but he's not number 1 for nothing.

Anyhoo. Rafa actually played today on doubles, and lost, against the partnering of Clement and Llodra. Rafa's partner was Ignacio Coll-Riudavets. 

Other seeds in the draw:

Andy Murray/The Ginge Hotness (GBR x2) 

Nikolay Davydenko/I'm Really 28 But I Look 40 (RUS x3)

Gilles Simon/Baby Pom (FRA x4)

Gael Monfils/He Scares Me (FRA x5)

David Ferrer/He Scares Me Too (ESP x6)

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga/The Hulking Baller (FRA x7)

Robin Soderling/Uh... No Snark For Robin (SWE x8 )



What do you think of this ensemble? I personally love the white shorts. May you sweat like a pig, Rafa, and render the shorts helpless and transparent.

It's the 1st day of the tournament, and we already have a Rafarse pic. Bless.


Just because this is a blog about him:



And because he is The Ginge Hotness:



Boy, they sure make 'em cute nowadays.


UPDATE:  Thanks to Rafanatic CC, we now know that Rafa's match is scheduled at 7.30 PM UK time on Wednesday. Fire up your broadcast.