RAFA
Proper noun
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RAFA
(Britain) Acronym of Royal Air Force Association.
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In Majorca, I can be myself. I go to the supermarket and the cinema, and I am just Rafa. Everyone knows me, and it is no big deal. I can go all day - no photographs.
I look at Rafa Benitez in his time at Liverpool, he had difficult periods and the same goes for Brendan Rodgers in the same job now. These difficult periods come and you have to accept that.
I'm more in that Rafa Nadal high-energy high-octane mold out there. I wear that emotion on the court. That's how I play my best tennis. People either like that or not. And I can't change that: that's who I am on a tennis court.
"Everybody's in the same boat, but for the old players like Roger and even Rafa (Rafael Nadal) and particularly Serena, it's more difficult, no doubt about that."
A final-round of 67 saw McIlroy finish in a tie for fourth place alongside Rafa Cabrera Bello at Roy.
Defending champions Rafa Nadal and Bianca Andreescu as well as women's world number one Ash Barty are among those who have decided not to travel to New York.