Jaime Rayo

Bilingual teacher. Flipatleta. Músico aficionado. Fabricante de ruido profesional.

[Roger Federer @rogerfederer]

Vamos, @RafaelNadal!

As you get ready to graduate from tennis, I’ve got a few things to share before I maybe get emotional.

Let’s start with the obvious: you beat me—a lot. More than I managed to beat you. You challenged me in ways no one else could. On clay, it felt like I was stepping into your backyard, and you made me work harder than I ever thought I could just to hold my ground. You made me reimagine my game—even going so far as to change the size of my racquet head, hoping for any edge.

I’m not a very superstitious person, but you took it to the next level. Your whole process. All those rituals. Assembling your water bottles like toy soldiers in formation, fixing your hair, adjusting your underwear... All of it with the highest intensity. Secretly, I kind of loved the whole thing. Because it was so unique—it was so you.

And you know what, Rafa, you made me enjoy the game even more. 

OK, maybe not at first. After the 2004 Australian Open, I achieved the #1 ranking for the first time. I thought I was on top of the world. And I was—until two months later, when you walked on the court in Miami in your red sleeveless shirt, showing off those biceps, and you beat me convincingly. All that buzz I’d been hearing about you—about this amazing young player from Mallorca, a generational talent, probably going to win a major someday—it wasn’t just hype.

We were both at the start of our journey and it’s one we ended up taking together. Twenty years later, Rafa, I have to say: What an incredible run you’ve had. Including 14 French Opens—historic! You made Spain proud... you made the whole tennis world proud.

I keep thinking about the memories we’ve shared. Promoting the sport together. Playing that match on half-grass, half-clay. Breaking the all-time attendance record by playing in front of more than 50,000 fans in Cape Town, South Africa. Always cracking each other up. Wearing each other out on the court and then, sometimes, almost literally having to hold each other up during trophy ceremonies.

I’m still grateful you invited me to Mallorca to help launch the Rafa Nadal Academy in 2016. Actually, I kind of invited myself. I knew you were too polite to insist on me being there, but I didn’t want to miss it. You have always been a role model for kids around the world, and Mirka and I are so glad that our children have all trained at your academies. They had a blast and learned so much—like thousands of other young players. Although I always worried my kids would come home playing tennis as lefties.

And then there was London—the Laver Cup in 2022. My final match. It meant everything to me that you were there by my side—not as my rival but as my doubles partner. Sharing the court with you that night, and sharing those tears, will forever be one of the most special moments of my career.

Rafa, I know you’re focused on the last stretch of your epic career. We will talk when it’s done. For now, I just want to congratulate your family and team, who all played a massive role in your success. And I want you to know that your old friend is always cheering for you, and will be cheering just as loud for everything you do next.

Rafa that!

Best always, your fan, 

Roger

[Jaime Rayo @JRayo5]

Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe - Barcelona | 2024 @Circuitcat_es
@GTWorldChEu https://t.co/oT8QPup3nZ

[Oasis @oasis]

“This is it, this is happening”
Tickets on sale this Saturday 31st August (🇮🇪8AM IST / 🇬🇧9AM BST)
Dates:
Cardiff Principality Stadium - 4th/5th July
Manchester Heaton Park - 11th/12th/19th/20th July
London Wembley Stadium - 25th/26th July & 2nd/3rd August
Edinburgh Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium - 8th/9th August
Dublin Croke Park - 16th/17th August

[Jaime Rayo @JRayo5]

Y es en esto en lo que se ha convertido Twitter. Un lugar donde la gente opina sin tener ni idea de lo que habla y va dando lecciones al resto. Como es el caso de María José, que le dice que no tiene ni idea de fotografía a un dos veces Premio Pulitzer en fotografía. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[elDiario.es @eldiarioes]

En 2022, el 27,4% de los estudiantes de centros privados obtuvo entre un 9 y un 10 de nota. En los públicos caen hasta el 17,9%

Pero en la Ebau todo se comprime: el alumnado que viene de centros privados con sobresaliente se queda en el 8,1% https://t.co/ggku71AvI0

[Jaime Rayo @JRayo5]

@MybittersweetAl En pista, no? La primera vez que he entrado me aparecían a 200€ las más baratas! 😳 Al rato ya me han salido las de 50€ en grada, pero quedaban poquísimas.

[Jaime Rayo @JRayo5]

@MybittersweetAl ¿Dónde las has mirado?

[Jaime Rayo @JRayo5]

@ilustremartinez Cuánto difiere el nombre de “Mi peor canción” de la realidad. Auténtico temazo y qué suerte la mía haber podido tocarla en directo. 😉

[Chema Fernández @oasispain]

Noel Gallagher y un coro de 100.000 personas en Glastonbury

[Jaime Rayo @JRayo5]

@DJIGlobal

[Jaime Rayo @JRayo5]

[…] “Trafalgar” que grabamos @rubentwm y yo en aquel 2020 preparando lo que será un concierto soñado.
Nos vemos pronto. #vm

[Jaime Rayo @JRayo5]

Lo rápido que pasa el tiempo. Hoy Vida Marsupial cumple 7 años. Esta pandemia no nos permitió celebrar su “V Aniversario” como nos hubiese gustado. Pero tranquilos, esa celebración sigue pendiente. Mientras tanto, os dejamos con esta versión de […]

https://t.co/etB3nmxGsN

[Set Tenis @settenisok]

La derecha de Tsitsipas.

La mirada de Alcaraz.

La reacción del público.

[Óscar Westermeyer @offwestermeyer]

Hace catorce años veía la luz un delicioso disco de pop orquestal que confirmaba que el bromance entre Alex Tuner y Miles Kane tenía recorrido musical. Vestidos de crooners y con la garganta puesta en Scott Walker, Bowie o Richard Hawley publicaban «The Age of the Understatement»

[Jaime Rayo @JRayo5]

@DJIGlobal

[Angel Gª Muñiz @agarciamuniz]

¿Hasta cuándo esto, que en cualquier deporte/lugar es una locura inconcebible, va a ser algo cotidiano en el tenis? Niños en la pista puestos en peligro y niños en la grada y en casa con un ejemplo pésimo.

El gran mérito de Rafa no son 21 Grand Slams…

[Valle del Jerte @vallejerte_tur]

😍 JRayo5 nos envía este vídeo de su paso por el VALLE DEL JERTE la pasada semana https://t.co/t2YIz0IVtb

[Jaime Rayo @JRayo5]

Cuánto vamos a echar de menos a @RafaelNadal y a @rogerfederer cuando se retiren. Ejemplos dentro y fuera de la pista. Los Zverev, Medvedev y demás que les suceden dejan mucho que desear…

[El Chiringuito TV @elchiringuitotv]

💥 ZVEREV AGREDE AL JUEZ DE SILLA tras perder su partido de dobles en el Abierto de México.

🔥 Ha sido EXPULSADO de individuales. https://t.co/hV0ZZtUqZr

[Jaime Rayo @JRayo5]

No quedan palabras para definir a este extraterrestre. #AusOpen #21