Friday, January 30, 2009

Caliente

Azucar!!!! Spain's tennis wonder kid, Rafael Nadal, and his fellow Spaniard, Fernando Verdasco, share a hug after Rafa beat his countryman in the men's singles semifinal match at the Australian Open Tennis Championship in Melbourne on Friday. What a hot pic of the duo celebrating! You're lucky, Fernado! We wish we could have a sweaty Rafa Nadal wrapped around us! -PEREZHILTON.com

This is a little too close for comfort for me. It was a rough five setter. I can't believe Verdasco let up at 4-4 in the fifth up 0-30 and choked on two forehands in a row to let Rafa back in the game and close out the match. Well, we look forward to another rafa-fed marathon soon...Rafa has never been to the final of a slam on a hard court surface. Should be fun to watch with some theatrical points like there was in the Verdasco match. Just hope they play the final during a reasonable hour instead of 3:30am EST...I can't stand waking up that early anymore to watch these matches...