Oh he looks so damn good in that purple.
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Oh he looks so damn good in that purple.
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Have you seen the videos? 
Oh, and
Oh, and
Rafael Nadal complains that the 50 percent tax put on players' appearance fees, winnings and a proportion of their worldwide endorsement earnings in the United Kingdom is putting the year-end ATP World Tour Finals in London at risk.
"It is really tough what is happening today in the UK with the tax,” Nadal told reporters. "There are a lot of things that are really positive. This (tax) thing is probably really negative. What I believe in my heart is that London is a fantastic event. There's a full crowd at every match, a fantastic stadium. But London is not the only city in the world. The tax regime from UK is complicating a lot of things because to go and play at Queen's, the problem is not to win. The problem is I can lose money because I go there. I play for one week, and they take out money from my sponsors. That's a lot. I'm going play at Wimbledon. I'm going to play in the World Tour Finals. So that is a lot of weeks, a lot of tax. It is becoming more and more complicated to play in the UK at the moment. So (if there is a tax) change, the chances of keeping the World Tour Finals in London are going to be very, very high."
Nadal is estimated to earn around $21 million in endorsement income annually. He just announced that he would play the Wimbledon warm-up tournament in Halle, Germany next year rather than in Queen's Club, but denied that he made the change because of a reported $1.2 million dollar appearance fee.
London has a five-year contract for the ATP World Tour Finals that comes up for renewal in 2013.
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Ha I hadn't seem them videos no, they're great.
Leave Nadal alone.
Leave Nadal alone.
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Tell Nadal to stop being a spoilt brat then 
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50 percent tax is a lot man. 
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But when you earn as much as he does, does he really have the right to complain?
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You're right, when you're sitting from our perspective, but it's like a kid in Africa dying of aids would say do we have a right to complain about anything, it's human nature that whatever you've got you want more, especially when other countries aren't taxing your money like that.
/Blindly defending Nadal, if Murray said it I would call him cancer.
/Blindly defending Nadal, if Murray said it I would call him cancer.
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Murray has said similar things, not about tax in England but about how he should be paid considerably more money if they add one extra day to the US Open (ie. starting on the Sunday instead of the Monday)
And this strike thing he's been talking about is also ridiculous.
And this strike thing he's been talking about is also ridiculous.
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I think Nadal's point is that he can actually lose money by playing in the UK. I.E. it's not just 50% of any money he earns in the UK, it's to do with some worldwide sponsorship shizzle.
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That'd be his fault for losing his matches early 
Either way, given how much he earns in a year normally, the loss would hardly be significant.
Either way, given how much he earns in a year normally, the loss would hardly be significant.
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I think his point is that someone like him coming to play in the UK should be our honour, and he shouldn't be losing money to do it.
Usain Bolt has the same opinion, he doesn't like competing in the UK for the same reason.
Usain Bolt has the same opinion, he doesn't like competing in the UK for the same reason.
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Aww Rafa you be so cute.
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Doesn't his uncle have a kid of his own to show off on camera? 
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His own kid is a mere cockroach compared to the great Rafael Nadal.RobbieSavageIsA... wrote:Doesn't his uncle have a kid of his own to show off on camera?
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Less than a month 'til I go to the ATP World Tour Finals in London Might even see Rafa play
Might even see Rafa play 
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On another note, no need to feel bad about Sharapova losing to Kvitova at Wimbledon. KvittyGOAT is on another planet right now 
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You have some fucking weird names for players.
Damn, I wish I could keep up with Tennis like you, seriously have no idea what is going on.
Damn, I wish I could keep up with Tennis like you, seriously have no idea what is going on.
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There's the women's season ending championships on Eurosport all this week 
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OOF.RobbieSavageIsA... wrote:There's the women's season ending championships on Eurosport all this week
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Other funny names that get used a lot on the tennis forums I use (I don't use them all but still)
Fakervic, Pushniacki, Nadull, Mugray, Cow on ice, Facepalmarenka.
Fakervic, Pushniacki, Nadull, Mugray, Cow on ice, Facepalmarenka.
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Heather Watson (I think that's her name) just said that she's not a big grunter
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Cam wrote:Heather Watson (I think that's her name) just said that she's not a big grunter
Was that on Sky Sports News? I can't believe the sent a cameraman down to film her match from a $75k event in Barnstaple
And they only showed 2 points in 2 sets from what I saw 
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