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Paulo’s talking about his fashion sense, etc. Quite interesting for a die-hard fan

Here’s the transcript of the interview in Spanish. (If you are not familiar with Spanish words other than “Vamos”, online translator is very helpful. )

¿CUÁL ES SU ENTRENAMIENTO HABITUAL?
En pre temporada entreno tres y cuatro horas al día y dos tres horas en el gimnasio. Tambien corro (footings largos y en pista). En los torneos juego dos y tres horas al día y una hora y media en el gimnasio.

¿SIGUE ALGUNA DIETA?
No tengo una específi ca. Intento cuidar lo que como porque me gustan mucho los postres. Intento ir despacio con ellos.

¿QUÉ ROPA LE GUSTA LLEVAR?
Me gusta mucho Zadig et Voltaire, Paul Smith y los jeans de Diesel o Seven.

COSMÉTICA QUE UTILIZA
En estos momentos llevo Tokyo, de Kenzo y he llevado durante mucho tiempo Eternity. Como champú utilizo Kerastase. No me afeito demasiado, pero me gusta los productos l’Occitane.

I came across this picture of Paulo from my old hard disk! I didn’t know who it was until I read the caption I’d saved for it.

I do not have a bigger version of this picture, but come on… this is adorable enough!

And there’s also a little story behind it. Here’s the original caption: “his first racket having been stolen, Paul-Henri doesn’t want to leave his new one.” I believe the racket was his Christmas gift in 1988 — so he’s probably about 6-7 years old in this picture.

Awwwwwwww
PS. I believe I have more interesting pictures hidden in my ancient hard disk, but I can’t access it now… VIRUS!! Well, I’ll crack it open later so be patient. :p

It took Paulo just over an hour to score his first win of 2009.  Impressive “1st serve points won”, unfortunately, I can’t say the same for his 2nd serve! :p

Three pictures from his first round match. Credit: AP