"I'm sorry for my performance today, Rafa played well and deserved to win today, " said Djokovic.
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I'd say this was the perfect time to play Rafa considering the confidence factor and everything.
Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez was the happier of the two managers after the game.
But the visitors should have realised that the Reds under manager Rafa Benitez are anything but predictable.
Rafa studies everything on the table and directs the team from the bench like an orchestra conductor.
Rafa brings up 30-0 in no time, his viciously-spinning forehand forcing Ferrer to return balls at head height.
Rafa regains control but looks nervous and two poor drop volleys prevent him from seeing out the game.
The ball boy furore is the last thing under pressure Chelsea interim manager Rafa Benitez needs just now.
"We can turn the tide, I don't think to get rid of Rafa now is the answer, " Aldridge told Sky Sports.
He seems to be OK as Rafa puts a forehand long and here's a second break point .
The next day both Nadal and Federer sought to defuse the squabble, in the most predictably courteous Rafa-Roger manner.
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"I think Rafa deserved to win, " said del Potro, who has lost eight of his 11 matches with Nadal.
I'm sorry I couldn't defend my title but Rafa's had an incredible clay-court season, he was just supreme today.
"It was a massive win for us, " Chelsea interim manager Rafa Benitez said.
Frank Lampard's 200th goal for the club and an Eden Hazard effort sealed the points for Rafa Benitez's side.
"Rafa comes in off a very tough year and his body has been warning him for weeks, " Ruiz-Cotorro said.
"The whole city is absolutely electrified by Rafa Nadal being here, " he said.
The striker denied he had had a run-in with Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez.
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My comfort zone of moving the ball around and maybe chipping it around a little bit doesn't work against Rafa.
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Finnish striker Lauri Dalla Valle had briefly equalised for Liverpool in front of watching manager Rafa Benitez and defender Jamie Carragher.
It took Rafa Benitez, the previous Liverpool boss, several years to find a natural place on the pitch for Mr. Gerrard.
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Obviously a lot of people on the back of last night's defeat are saying that Rafa should go but I don't think he will.
David thinks his backhand has kissed the line, Rafa calls it out, David asks for a Hawkeye challenge, Rafa is proved correct.
If she had to refer to Pura at all, it was to say something like Rafa, what would Puta like to eat?
"Rafa, thank you for allowing me to win it once, " Djokovic said.
Rafa was taking the money my mother kept stashed in her room!
"They both recognize there was a mistake, " Chelsea manager Rafa Benitez said.
Sure, unpopular Chelsea boss Rafa Benitez was returning to the more friendly confines of Anfield where he managed successfully from 2004 to 2010.
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