Rafael Nadal left Spain for Wimbledon today.

Roger Federer didn’t get moved up in the Wimbledon seeding while the Williams sisters did.

Rafael Nadal is training for Wimbledon on the red clay.

I adored Rafa when he came on tour. He was such a breath of fresh air! He was a marvelous guy. I adored his positive energy. After that, he had a period I didn’t like. Negative energy. When he played the intimidation game by jumping all over the place, when it was him against the world…

Rafael Nadal says he’s looking forward to some rest before his Wimbledon title defense.

“I didn’t play badly at the beginning,” Nadal said. “He was serving really well. Second set I had my chances, in my opinion. Probably after losing second set mentally I lost my concentration. First game [of the third set] mentally a little bit tired. A lot of matches in a row. And after that with the break in the third it was a mountain for me to come back into the match.”

Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Andy Roddick face big-time matches Friday at Queen’s.

Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray begin their grass season today in London.

Rafael Nadal visits Disneyland after winning another French Open title.

Notes: Federer steps off the clay onto the grass and a first-round match-up with fellow former Wimbledon champ and No. 1 Hewitt (with the winner to likely to face former world No. 2 Haas in the next round); (6) Mayer a tough opener in front of the home crowd against nouveau-German Brown; the first-round Federer-Hewitt blockbuster is a rematch of last year’s final where Hewitt beat Fed; seeds Monfils, Dolgopolov and Raonic makes their debuts at the event; former champs in the field are Hewitt (2010), Haas (2009), Federer (2008, ‘06-04), and Berdych (2007).