http://timesonline.typepad.com/rafael_nadal/2008/06/questions-for-r.html Monday, June 23, 2008 Questions for Rafa Rafael Nadal is writing a blog for Times Online during Wimbledon fortnight and he has also agreed to answer your questions. Email them to [email protected] and we'll do the rest. The latest batch appears below: Hola Rafa! Can you tell me if you need to follow a specific diet during a tournament? Can you get away with eating ice cream every day? Good luck for Wimbledon. - Tania from UK. Rafa: Hi, I don't have a specific diet but I do watch more what I eat. If you follow my blog you will know exactly what I eat. Rafa, if you could do anything in this world, what would it be and why? -Ayesha Kapedia Rafa: As of today I would play the semi-finals of the Eurocup with Spain... :-) But I don't know in reality what would I do. Hi Rafa, welcome back - it's great to have you blogging here in London again! I was wondering: in your US blog you said that you bought a cuddly toy (un peluche), as you do every year. What do you do with them all?! Do you have a room in which you keep all your trophies and cuddly toys? Or do you keep them in bed with you? Thanks for your time. - Emma Chesterman. Rafa: I have them at home, but I don't sleep with them, that's for sure :-) Hola rafa, i know you are a big football fan. i wanted to ask if you were able to play and train with any present footballer in the world who would you choose and why? - Sonia Ihsan, High Wycombe Rafa: I am a huge football fan! But I am a tennis player. I have had the opportunity and luck to play with many football players and I love it. I would love to practice with Cristiano Ronaldo. Hey! You're a great player. I was wondering if you wear the clothes you are wearing during a match are the same one during the whole tournament or if you get new ones for every match. And what do you do with your old clothes? Do you just throw them away? - Kirsten Perfors Rafa: I wear both new and used. I give away most of it but I do keep one of each of the models I use as a memory. Dear Rafa, how often do you go to the hairdresser (only in Majorca)? I really like your hairstyle! All the best for Wimbledon, your big fan - Kati Negele, Germany. Rafa: Thanks. I actually just got my hair cut in Mallorca after Queen's. But sometimes I cut it at tournaments. Dear Rafa, how do you transition from clay to grass or hard courts, particularly so quickly after events like Roland Garros? When I watch you play it seems like so much of what you do on the court is reflex or instinct, for example sliding into or out of points, so how do you change style so quickly? Also, have you prioritised your grass development over hard court or vice versa? Very best wishes for Wimbledon, we have a saying in English which you may not have in Spanish: third time lucky! Vamos! - Anna, Brisbane, Australia Rafa: I have to change otherwise I can't play. When I said I needed to learn more it was something clear. I think I am learning and I just simply try to adapt. How do you stay so motivated, concentrated and in control? Doubt, fear and distractions must creep in sometimes. I only ask because you're my ultimate role model in this respect. - Sarah Burton, Cambridge. Rafa: I just try to think on what I have to do. When I was younger my uncle taught me that on those special moments I need to be more focussed. Why do you think that Wimbledon has such a unique and iconic status among international tennis tournaments? What makes it so special? Good luck! - Kiri Bloom Rafa: It is the one with more history, different, grass, silence during points, the weather, ... I don't know. --

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