Iker Casillas' Team: David Ferrer, Feliciano Lopez, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Santi Cazorla, Cannavaro, Sergio Ramos, Alberto Contador, Dani Sordo, Alvaro Bautista, Kanouté, Fernando Alonso.
Nadal's Team: Carlos Moya, Jorge Lorenzo, Raul Gonzalez, Carlos Sastre, Pedro Martínez de la Rosa, Marcos Senna, Novak Djokovic, Sergio García, Carlos Sainz, Sete Gibernau, Samuel Eto'o.
พี่ล่ำได้รับรางวัล ITF World Champions 2008 ประเภทชายเดี่ยวจากผลงานอันสุดยอกจากฤดูกาล 2008
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พิธีมอบรางวัลจะมีขึ้นวันที่ 2 มิ.ยที่กรุงปารีสในงานเลี้ยง ITF World Champions Dinner
ITF honour Nadal and Jankovic Eurosport - Wed, 17 Dec 14:17:00 2008
World number ones Rafael Nadal of Spain and Jelena Jankovic of Serbia were named as World Champions for 2008 by the International Tennis Federation.
The 22-year-old Nadal, who won the French Open, Wimbledon and Olympic gold in Beijing to dethrone Roger Federer atop the rankings, is the first Spanish man to be named men's World Champion. "It has been an incredible year for me and I will never forget all that's happened," Nadal said.
"To finish the year ranked number one was really special. At the same time I was proud to win the Olympic gold medal, and help Spain regain the Davis Cup. It has been a wonderful year for Spanish sport, and I am happy to have been part of it."
Jankovic becomes Serbia's first tennis World Champion in singles after securing the year-end number ranking in a standout year.
She reached her first Grand Slam final at the US Open, and won more matches on the tour than any other player, capturing four titles in Rome, Beijing, Stuttgart and Moscow.
The 23-year-old also represented her country at the Olympics and in the Fed Cup, where she helped Serbia qualify for the World Group for the first time ever.
"I am very proud of myself for all I have accomplished in 2008 and am delighted to be named ITF World Champion," Jankovic said.
"I worked really hard this year and to finish No.1 is where I want to be and where I want to stay.
"It was also an honour to represent Serbia in the Beijing Olympics and I hope I can achieve further success for my country in Fed Cup."
The ITF also announced that Daniel Nestor of Canada and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia, and Cara Black of Zimbabwe and Liezel Huber of the United States are the 2008 ITF Doubles World Champions.
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โดย: som (som_jerry ) วันที่: 18 ธันวาคม 2551 เวลา:14:01:00 น.
Could the Wimbledon champion have been any deeper in his element? Los amigos de Rafa had beaten the friends of Iker (Iker Casillas, the Real Madrid goalkeeper) in a three-pronged sporting hoopla in front of a full house of 11,000, the proceeds from which will be spent on attempting to drive malaria from the world. At Rafael Nadal's right hand was Fernando Alonso, at his left, Sergio García; Raúl in front of him, Samuel Eto'o behind. Somewhere in the mix, having flown in that day from the Austrian mountainside upon which he had been putting his body through its pre-season paces, was Novak Djokovic.
The stars had come out to play and it is difficult to think of anyone who would have charmed such extravagant plumage from their various perches than the world No 1 tennis player, recently voted Spain's most simpatico person. As in any person, not simply its sporting megastars.
That the 22-year-old is doted upon here is beyond dispute, for every which way Nadal turns in the capital, someone wants a picture, a signature, a smile, a touch. Complete strangers are met with a positive word and gesture - it is quite extraordinary to see him go about a business that is not really his business at all. He is granted greater privacy on his home island of Mallorca, where, next week, the greeting Happy Christmas is, in the local language, Buon Nadal. He genuinely is Señor Christmas.
Put a football at Nadal's feet and he could still be that boy on a Mallorca beach, where he learnt the balance and acquired the physical strength that have made him such a distinctive champion. He is not as handy as Andy Murray in a go-kart - indeed Ana María, his mother, watched that bit of the entertainment through her fingers - but her son emerged unscathed, if in last place, which is not something he will ever get used to.
Every go-kart was of the same dimension and engine strength and Alonso - almost as much a hero as Nadal - breezed his race, so he should have no worries if conformity comes to Formula One. The tennis bit, with Carlos Moyà, Juan Carlos Ferrero, David Ferrer and Feliciano López as well as Djokovic on tap, was a lark.
In 2008, Nadal won two grand-slam tournaments - a fourth successive French Open and a first Wimbledon - within a month, the first person to achieve that double since Bjorn Borg in 1980, three Masters Series titles and sundry others. He completed the year as the best in the rankings but with a sore knee that meant he was on a beach texting his team-mates as Spain completed an astonishing Davis Cup triumph in Argentina last month.
The first question is as inevitable as the warmth of his greeting and he answers: I'm a little bit tired, but only in the shoulder because of so much practice. The knee is perfect.
And how does he view the onset of another year, his seventh on the tour, having burst on to the scene as a 15-year-old in Monte Carlo in April 2003? Of course, like everyone I am going to be a little bit nervous but after a couple of matches, you find your rhythm and start to play your normal level, he says. Am I afraid of anything? I don't think afraid is the correct word. Maybe worried a little bit because when I go out on court, if it is the Wimbledon final, or the first round of Umag, I know I can lose but also I know I have a very good chance to win. In the final of Wimbledon this year, there was a chance I could lose but I was not afraid to lose.
It has not taken Nadal long to be drawn to the match to end all matches in 2008 and for many a long year. Though he concedes that surviving the endurance test of the clay-court season and winning its brutal finale, Roland Garros, in four consecutive springs takes the biscuit, his success on Wimbledon's grass, against someone on the brink of a sixth straight victory in Roger Federer, gave him the singular emotion that will never be topped. Nadal led by two sets to love, lost the interrupted third set on a tie-break and, having had two match points in the fourth-set tie-break, was pegged back. I was still very positive, Nadal says, though the combined body language of his support team suggested that they were not quite so upbeat. I knew I was a little bit closer to losing than a few moments before, but I was still close to winning so I continued to be positive.
I knew it was important for me to hold serve for the first three games. If I had chances on his serve, that would have been perfect, but I needed to get to 3-3 at least because I knew after he had won the third and fourth sets, he has to be thinking he can push me hard in the fifth. All I was thinking was to hold my serve and, as it turned out, he served better than me in that fifth, but I was telling him that I was still here. If I get it to 4-4, 5-5 then the pression [Nadal's word for pressure] is equal for both, no? Seemingly, Nadal never doubted. It is stupid to think negative, he says. If you dream a lot to win Roland Garros, to win Wimbledon, why should you be negative? Everybody said that the style of the game is not for Rafa, the grass. When I arrived at the French Open this year, I had won three titles on clay, so I am a favourite; Federer won Estoril, finals at Monte Carlo and Hamburg, he is a favourite, Djokovic won Rome and had semi-finals in Monte Carlo and Hamburg, so he is a favourite, too.
On clay, I know the tactics, it is play there [pushing his arm out to the right], there [to the left] and change to there [we shan't give that one away]. Who is the No 1, No 5, No 10, No 30 on grass? On grass, there is not always that security. Two good returns and you can have break points and the match is there.
Last year, I had a terrible draw, Mardy Fish in the first round, Robin Söderling [a match that spanned five days], Mikhail Youzhny, Tomas Berdych, Djokovic and then lost to Roger in the final, being so close to winning.
Maybe my best chance was gone, so yes I cried, for about half an hour. I cry in special situations, that is OK, no? This year, I played Queen's just for fun - one win, two wins, is OK - then I won the title [admitting that the final against Djokovic was not for fun at all], so instead of zero preparation, I am prepared. I am comfortable. I am a favourite. It is different. To win this time, I tell you, is the most special.
Nadal, by dint of this and many other achievements, usurped Federer as the No 1 player after a 237-week reign. Surely it has changed the way he views his relationship with the Swiss. Believe me, nothing changes, he says. I was very happy being No 2 and I am very happy being No 1 now, but I have no different feelings from five months ago. I had titles before this year. I should change my feelings about him because of one number? That's stupid.
Being No 1 at the start of the year will bring an added pression and the theory goes that Nadal's style, the honesty of his physical approach, the relentlessness of running, is bound to catch up with him sooner rather than later. You remember me at 16? he says. The same argument. Now I am 22 and everything is going very well. I respect and accept opinions but sometimes people talk without thinking. They say my career is going to be short, but already it is seven years. If I stop at 25, that is ten years. But you know, watching me play now than from three years ago, I do a lot less running because I play more inside' the court and I have improved my shots.
The end of my career may be because of [physical aspects] but I think it will come when I have no more the illusion to improve my tennis, when the motivation to win titles - and not only grand-slam titles - has gone. If I am No 20 in the world and my satisfaction with my game is still high, I will play. But to play eight more years with this calendar, I tell you, that is impossible.
At that, he departs, to prepare for a lot more hours of practice, a family Christmas in Mallorca, where he will play his part in the Christmas Eve ritual of the procession of the three kings to Christ's manger [I wonder what part he plays!], open his presents, then travel to his mother's parents' home, on Christmas Day, for lunch.
Gambas (prawns to you and me) will be on the menu, he says. He shakes hands and you are reminded that, during the conversation, he was asked how he might like to be remembered when all is said and done. As a good person, he says. Nothing special, just a good person.
December 17 | 2008 Hi Rafa.I know that you like rock music(me too) and I wanted to ask you what is your favourite band?And your favourite song?
Liliana Hi, I like very much a Spanish band called "La Oreja de Van Gogh" (//www.laorejadevangogh.com/) and to be honest I like all their songs.They played on Tuesday at the event we organized against the Malaria and I had the luck to meet them also afterwards at the dinner and party. Really nice guys too !
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รางวัล 'Champion of Champions' โดย L'Equipe's ที่จัดขึ้นทุกปี ซึ่งปีนี้คนที่ได้รับรางวัลคือ Usain Bolt ส่วนที่ 2 คือ Michael Phelps พี่ล่ำมีคะแนนมาเป็นอันดับ 3 ค่ะ
โดย: som (som_jerry ) วันที่: 19 ธันวาคม 2551 เวลา:17:10:29 น.
Nadal having fun, feeling good before 2009 12/20/08 5:17 PM | Ricky Dimon Madrid, Spain hosted a charity event featuring three different sports earlier this week, with the goal to raise money to fight malaria. Among those joining the fun were Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.
Several of the biggest stars in men's tennis took part in a Spanish charity event--a sporting extravaganza--in Spain earlier this week. The event, held in Madrid's Palacio de los Deportes in front of more than 11,000 fans, was called "Friends of Iker vs. Friends of Rafa To free the world of malaria." All proceeds went to the fight against malaria, and it is estimated that over 200,000 Euros were raised.
"Iker" is Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas. His soccer team, consisting of David Ferrer, Juan Carlos Ferrero, and Feliciano Lopez among other's, defeated a Nadal-led team that included Novak Djokovic, Carlos Moya. Tennis and go-kart racing were also on the menu.
"I am satisfied to see so many great athletes in one place to support a charity event," Nadal said. "I hope this becomes a traditional gathering and that we collect more and more money every time in order to give it to the ones in need."
The No. 1 player in the world, of course, was also asked about his health, specifically the knee tendinitis that plagued him throughout the end of 2008. Nadal withdrew during the Masters Series Paris and missed the season-ending Masters Cup as well as Spain's Davis Cup final win over Argentina.
"I'm a little bit tired, but only in the shoulder because of so much practice," Nadal explained. "The knee is perfect."
Rafael Nadal returns to be the image of the Balearics. The world tennis number one recorded on Monday in an advertisement inviting German and English to learn about the islands. Under the slogan "these islands are my home, I invite you to know them" Rafa Nadal against a green backdrop (Chroma-key) is the star of a television spot that will be broadcast in prime time schedule in British and German channels from January 5, 2009. It is expected that the tourism promotion campaign last two months.
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พี่ล่ำได้รับรางวัล ITF World Champions 2008 ประเภทชายเดี่ยวจากผลงานอันสุดยอกจากฤดูกาล 2008
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ITF World Champions Dinner
ITF honour Nadal and Jankovic
Eurosport - Wed, 17 Dec 14:17:00 2008
World number ones Rafael Nadal of Spain and Jelena Jankovic of Serbia were named as World Champions for 2008 by the International Tennis Federation.
The 22-year-old Nadal, who won the French Open, Wimbledon and Olympic gold in Beijing to dethrone Roger Federer atop the rankings, is the first Spanish man to be named men's World Champion.
"It has been an incredible year for me and I will never forget all that's happened," Nadal said.
"To finish the year ranked number one was really special. At the same time I was proud to win the Olympic gold medal, and help Spain regain the Davis Cup. It has been a wonderful year for Spanish sport, and I am happy to have been part of it."
Jankovic becomes Serbia's first tennis World Champion in singles after securing the year-end number ranking in a standout year.
She reached her first Grand Slam final at the US Open, and won more matches on the tour than any other player, capturing four titles in Rome, Beijing, Stuttgart and Moscow.
The 23-year-old also represented her country at the Olympics and in the Fed Cup, where she helped Serbia qualify for the World Group for the first time ever.
"I am very proud of myself for all I have accomplished in 2008 and am delighted to be named ITF World Champion," Jankovic said.
"I worked really hard this year and to finish No.1 is where I want to be and where I want to stay.
"It was also an honour to represent Serbia in the Beijing Olympics and I hope I can achieve further success for my country in Fed Cup."
The ITF also announced that Daniel Nestor of Canada and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia, and Cara Black of Zimbabwe and Liezel Huber of the United States are the 2008 ITF Doubles World Champions.
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