TennisThis

As we sift through all the pictures we got while at the BNP Paribas Open last week, we have decided to post a few of the close up pictures we got of tennis superstar Rafael Nadal during his warm up just before his semi final match against Ivan Ljubicic.

Although he did not actually win that match, he sure as heck made it so that us tennis spectators could watch some great tennis. Nadal’s massive spinning ground strokes were a sight to be seen. One thing that we picked up on – as we were so close to the tennis players – is that these guys are HUGE! We all know that the tennis players are generally tall (6 feet or more), but when you are just feet from them, they are what seem to be chiseled from marble. Their muscles and the frames they carry them on, are just breathtaking. When you watch them on TV, it really does not justify their presence. We gotta hand it to them for keeping their bodies in peak physical condition.

As with Andy Roddick, Rafa refused a picture with the tennisthis.com team, but that’s ok. We were still able to get close enough to see the sweat drip from his face.