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Rafael Nadal

Topic started by ajithfederer on Tue Jun 9 12:51:23 2009. [Full View]

This dude deserves a space in Hub.

6 Grandslams and 4 consective French open's is an outstanding achievement at 22(now 23). I for long was waiting for somebody to open a thread on him, nobody did so here I am. All the best for Rafa in Wimbledon. More General information and other links will be updated soon. He is an Olympics Gold Medal winner for spain in Tennis Men's singles too.

Potential Career Grandslam Champion and many such honors are indeed possible.

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From: ajithfederer on Mon Jul 6 14:11:48 2009. [Full View]

Nadal Targets Montreal Return
Player News
by ATP Staff
| 06.07.2009

Reigning ATP World Tour Champion Rafael Nadal is targeting his return to tennis at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Montreal, beginning 10 August. The Spaniard is the defending champion at the Rogers Cup, having defeated Nicolas Kiefer in the final last year. He also triumphed in Montreal in 2005 with victory over Andre Agassi.

The 22 year old was not able to defend his grass-court titles at The Queen’s Club or Wimbledon due to knee tendinitis. At the time, the Mallorcan said: “To not play Wimbledon is one of the toughest decisions of my career. I have some time now to recover and will work very hard to return as soon as possible.”

Speaking to Matt Dickson of The Daily Mail though, Nadal’s spokesman Benito Perez Barbadillo confirmed that the Spaniard is expected back on the practice courts within the next few weeks. He is currently doing pure fitness work, while having treatment on the tendinitis in his knee.

“The plan is still very much that he plays in the Montreal Masters beginning on August 10. He is entered into it and that is what will happen if things go as we think they will,” said Perez-Barbadillo.

With his return to the court, Nadal will also look to win back the No. 1 spot in the South African Airways 2009 Rankings. The Spaniard’s 46-week reign atop the Rankings came to an end on Monday as Roger Federer reclaimed the No. 1 position after clinching his 15th Grand Slam title at Wimbledon.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2009/07/Nadal-Targets-Montreal-Return.aspx
From: ajithfederer on Wed Jul 15 11:29:45 2009. [Full View]

Update on Rafa
RAFA UNDERWENT MED EXAMS TODAY. WILL RESUME PRACTICE ON MONDAY AND WILL PLAY MONTREAL
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Manacor, Balearic Islands - Spain, July 14th, 2009
Rafa Nadal underwent further medical tests today in Barcelona. He is slowly recovering from his injury and will resume practice next Monday July 20th. He will back in action in Montreal where he is defending champion.
Rafa travelled to Barcelona yesterday and underwent medical exams to see the evolution of the insertion tendinitis of both Quadricipitals Tendons through an MRI and radiography under the supervision of his doctor Angel Ruiz-Cotorro.
"The evolution of his injury is positive and the player will continue with his physiotherapy and muscular work and will resume his tennis activity in a progressive way starting next Monday July 20th, estimating his return to competition on August 8th at the Montreal event" says Angel Ruiz-Cotorro, Rafa's doctor.
Rafa will travel back today to Manacor to continue with his recovery plan and will resume his tennis practice next Monday.
Rafa Nadal: "I am happy with the way the tests went and of the positive evolution of the injury as the doctors are saying. I am really looking forward to practice again and to do again what I most like: to play tennis. The event in Montreal is important and I expect to be there fit to play. Until then I need to continue to work on my recovery and practice well."
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http://www.rafaelnadal.com/nadal/en/home
From: Plum on Wed Jul 15 11:35:32 2009. [Full View]

stomach is churning already...vandhuttAnya vandhuttAnya!
From: ajithfederer on Wed Jul 15 11:37:59 2009. [Full View]

Vaaamoss Rafaa

Plum/Others, FEI - Spain singam is the defending champion in Cincinatti.
From: ajithfederer on Tue Jul 21 11:19:00 2009. [Full View]

http://www.rafaelnadal.com/nadal/en/news/article/rafa-is-back

JULY 21 | 2009
RAFA IS BACK!

Manacor, Balearic Islands, Spain

20th of July, 2009

Rafa is finally back training! It was the moment we’ve all been waiting for, especially Rafa and his team.

In what was a very light session lasting an hour and 15mins, the champion had a hit with his uncle and coach Toni Nadal. “It was just a quick training session, with no pressure to get a better idea of how he feels and on top of everything, make sure there is no pain,” said Toni.

“I’m very happy to be back training, get to touch a racket again and do what I love doing the most. At the same time, it was just a very light session, without putting too much pressure; just enough to see how I am".

“I still have to be very careful and I think within the next week and a half we will know more. Nevertheless, I’m still very happy,” said Rafa after the training session.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8XyjY0bItk&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Erafaelnadal%2Ecom%2Fnadal%2Fen%2Fnews%2Farticle%2Frafa%2Dis%2Dback&feature=player_embedded
From: ajithfederer on Sat Aug 1 13:51:20 2009. [Full View]

JULY 29 | 2009
TVE: EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH RAFA NADAL
July 29th, 2009

Lorenzo Mila and Rosana Romero from TVE (the leading news channel in Spain) interviewed Rafa Nadal yesterday at his summer house in Porto Cristo.

During the show, Rafa spoke about his days away from the tennis courts, about his recovery, his return to the tennis circuit, but most importantly, how he is...

So how is Rafa Nadal?

“Good, the truth is that I feel good. But also, I have to wait and see how I continue to recover because I’ve only been back training for a week and a half and you always feel a bit better anemically. You start with lots of hope, but again, the real test would be to see how I go when I really push my knees and I think that is likely to happen in the upcoming days. So I hope it’s all good,” said Rafa.

What happened?

“What happened was that I was in a lot of pain for a while, when I came back from Miami and I was training in Manacor, I started to feel a strong pain, especially in my right knee. It was a different kind of pain [to what I’ve experienced before], so I took off the bandages in my knees,” he explained…”and everyone thought that it was because I felt great, but the problem was that it didn’t hurt there anymore, now it hurt in the superior end of the knee cap. And well, the bandages weren’t helping me at all and that’s when it all started to get worse, little by little.”

Video: Courtesy of TVE.

PART 1: (Below)

PART 2

Click in the header to read the full report!

Rafa said that he should have rested after Rome to play at his best in Roland Garros, but he wanted to play the Masters Series Tournament in Madrid, which turned out to be a big mistake. At the same time, he admitted that he had “been playing almost every day with an anti-inflammatory and I had too much pain to play well at both tournaments that were important for me, Roland Garros and Wimbledon."

"I decided it was best to stop and recover," because "you lose the drive to go back to train and compete, because you are not with the same energy, little by little it destroys you," he explained.

According to Rafa, it is "knowing how to overcome difficult situations or face them with a positive mindset and learn to enjoy suffering," that has kept him going. "It is a virtue that I’ve always had, I like to suffer, I have learned to enjoy suffering and I believe that is what helps me."

At the same time, the support and love he has received from his fans and family has been the one highlight out of this painful experience. “Without doubt, the best memory in the last two months has been the support I have received from everyone. From my website, where they’ve sent me tons of messages. I have nothing but gratitude for their gesture”.

So what has Rafa been doing in the last two months?

"I have spent more hours on the couch these past two months than in the past four years", he confessed.

This time away from competition has also allowed Rafa to follow other aspects of the sport today, politically and economically, "I've been able to follow many things, to see how colleagues have won some very important things, such as Contador at the Tour of France, or Pau Gasol in the NBA when he won 'the ring'. Of course I'm interested in the [economic] crisis and also in politics, but I never like to talk about those things".

The four-time Roland Garros champion said that his "dream" is to return to the ATP for the August 9 start of the Montreal Masters Series event, "I would like to come back in Montreal in a week and a half. I [will] have to force the knees and just see how far I can go."

"My main objective is not to regain the number one ranking. My main goal is to be well and happy to be playing tennis," Rafa said.

"I’m mentally ready to return now!"

Vamos Rafa!

Part 1 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ym7-2skp7Ek&eurl=http://www.rafaelnadal.com/nadal/en/home&feature=player_embedded
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Part 2 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPKGiwd7R0M

http://www.rafaelnadal.com/nadal/en/news/article/rafa-interview-on-tve
From: Balaspike on Sat Aug 1 23:28:30 2009. [Full View]

"Singam kalam yerungidutchu"

Rafaels back may trouble fed-ex for the remaining season
From: wrap07 on Sat Aug 29 1:30:25 2009. [Full View]

It is quite unfortunate that Rafa is beset with knee issues when he was appearing to dominate the circuit. He should get back to form and make matches more interesting. it is good that he is taking things slowly and not pushing himself too much. For a player who used to cover the court and reach for his shots at will, he seem to be going through his routine carefully.
From: ajithfederer on Sun Sep 13 14:46:00 2009. [Full View]

Nadal has to wait another year to achieve Career slam. It's fair to say that Del potro absolutely dominated Nadal. Good luck next year Rafa.
From: wrap07 on Wed Sep 16 0:54:16 2009. [Full View]

Another repeat year for nadal at US open. quite an onesided match with del porto all the way.

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