Rafael Nadal: The crowd-puller who didn't pull the ball girl to safety
If you're a Rafael Nadal, then you'll be guaranteed a sold-out crowd.Playing in front of his homecrowd in his opening match in Madrid, Nadal had quite a number of VIPs who came to watch him play - Spanish Queen Sofia, Madrid mayor Alberto Ruiz Gallardon, former Spanish tennis player Manolo Santana, football star Raul, Real Madrid coach Juande Ramos and film director Pedro Almodovar.
Rafael Nadal powered into the third round of the Madrid Open after a convincing 6-3, 6-1 win over Jurgen Melzer. During the match, one of the Madrid ball girl fainted and was brought to safety by a security guard.
I bet she was in shock because her rescuer didn't turn out to be Nadal.(Images via Yahoo! Sports)
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Comment by Mark / The Mayor on October 15, 2009 at 11:42pm
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Hey HC Foo, Check out this helpful info about copyright - crazy story, but it is all true. Let me know if you need any help working the Flickr pics with Creative Commons. Apparently, it can be a sticky situation so be careful out there! Please take down any photos on Tennisopolis that you are uncertain about (and definitely leave the blogs up though - we love them.)
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