Nadal: Give me more time, Don't Judge me!

[Chanwan]

Originally Posted by Start da Game

he easily donated five or more slams to federer and djokovic so far, starting from wimbledon 2007.......

Now which would that be? And since it's "easily five" can you make it seven for good measure?

[Tennis_Hands]

Originally Posted by OddJack

Nadal not happy with the reviews he is getting from the press:

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/more-ti...9479--ten.html

The usual from Nadal.

Requesting more time.

[Chanwan]

Originally Posted by Crisstti

That he was going to test them in Abu Dhabi and see how it went from there. He couldn't play Abu Dhabi nor train for days because of the virus, hence what they say about the preparation time.

You just seem to lack reading comprehension skills.

And you seem both to be rude and lack comprehension skills.

Where did he say
"he was going to test them in Abu Dhabi and see how it went from there" in what I posted?

Benito specifically stated that
We’re not lying to people; we never lie to people; it’s not our style,” he said. “His knees are doing well, but he’s got this thing and this thing has stopped him from practice, from getting everything on track

And Nadal said that:
My knee is much better and the rehabilitation process has gone well, as predicted by the doctors, but this virus didn't allow me to practise this past week," Nadal said in a statement.
"Therefore I am sorry to announce that I will not play in Doha and the Australian Open, as we had initially scheduled.

And BOTH statements indicate that the virus, not the knees, are what's keeping him from Australia. Because of lack of preparation and training.

You may choose to interpret that as "he didn't get a chance to test the knees", but my interpretation is certainly closer to what they actually said.

[abmk]

Originally Posted by cc0509

So true. I think you have to have a "dumb" gene to be able to believe what comes out of that Nadal camp. You certainly can't be a smart person, that is for sure.

QFT ...........

[mariecon]

Originally Posted by Crisstti

And you know how exactly that he would have lost those matches?. There's certainly nothing to indicate he would have lost to Fed or Murray. Or Roddick.

Only in your fantasy world.

[Steve0904]

Originally Posted by Crisstti

And you know how exactly that he would have lost those matches?. There's certainly nothing to indicate he would have lost to Fed or Murray. Or Roddick.

There's nothing saying he would've beaten them either.

[Cup8489]

The banhammer has truly fallen on this day. Seems like half a dozen or more are gone.

[OddJack]

Originally Posted by Fiji

Good post.

Players that won 3 or more RGs in the open era:

Rafael Nadal 7 2005 2012
Björn Borg 6 1974 1981
Ivan Lendl 3 1984 1987
Mats Wilander 3 1982 1988
Gustavo Kuerten 3 1997 2001

Wilander won his last RG at age 23 - 24th birthday in August.
Kuerten won his last RG at age 24 - 25th birthday in September.
Borg won his last RG at age 25 - one day after turning 25.
Nadal won his last(?) RG at age 26 - eight days after 26th birthday.
Lendl is the only one who won RG past his 27th birthday in 1987. His 27th birthday was in March of that year. He won his last RG title 3 months after turning 27.

Great post Fiji,

Lendl did great winning that last RG. I wasnt watching tennis his days, did he ever had big injuries, ever had to take time off?

The game is much more physical nowadays, I doubt he could do it today.

[Feather]

Originally Posted by Cup8489

Irony. He reports me, and gets banned xD

DRII knows I'm kidding anyway.

I think he was successful the last time he reported you from another account of his. He expected some thing this time, hehe

I didn't know that one can post gifs and can get reported. Many guys could have been banned for that

[rafan]

Originally Posted by vernonbc

Good article from the BBC talking about Rafa's type of injury. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/21309064



So Rafa is doing his "competition loading" now. Hopefully, his knee will feel better soon.

A good intelligent summary of his position

[TennisCJC]

Originally Posted by OddJack

Great post Fiji,

Lendl did great winning that last RG. I wasnt watching tennis his days, did he ever had big injuries, ever had to take time off?

The game is much more physical nowadays, I doubt he could do it today.

I cannot speak for Fiji, but I don't think Lendl had any major injuries in the heart of his career. He made 8 straight USO finals. He also was credited with bringing fitness into the sport in a major way. He was supremely fit and worked out extensively off the court. I remember reports that he actually spent as much or more time on his fitness training than actually practicing tennis late in his career. His off court training was viewed as innovative for his era. Not to say pros did not work hard during the 80s but most of the work was on court work or light training. Borg would practice tennis 4-5 hours per day in the early 80s.

Nadal's chances to win at RG depend on 2 things: 1. his fitness - can his knees take the stress? and 2. confidence - can he regain confidence?

I thought his movement and confidence looked shaky in Chili. He did not appear to be as fast and he appeared to limp a bit at times. Also, his confidence did not seem to there as he looped a lot of short balls in the final. But, this is his first tournament so he has time to improve.

[Cup8489]

Originally Posted by Feather

I think he was successful the last time he reported you from another account of his. He expected some thing this time, hehe

I didn't know that one can post gifs and can get reported. Many guys could have been banned for that

Well to be fair the reason I was banned for two days was legitimate. I overstepped and made a bad judgment call.

Also, Post 7777

[Sentinel]

Originally Posted by rommil

Take another 7 months off

He means give me more time between points.

[rommil]

Originally Posted by Sentinel

He means give me more time between points.

Same answer, have Rafa take 7 months in between points.

[Sentinel]

Originally Posted by rommil

Same answer, have Rafa take 7 months in between points.

Are there enough milk cartons in the world or I suppose this will lead to a resurgence in teh economy.

[OddJack]

Originally Posted by TennisCJC

I cannot speak for Fiji, but I don't think Lendl had any major injuries in the heart of his career. He made 8 straight USO finals. He also was credited with bringing fitness into the sport in a major way. He was supremely fit and worked out extensively off the court. I remember reports that he actually spent as much or more time on his fitness training than actually practicing tennis late in his career. His off court training was viewed as innovative for his era. Not to say pros did not work hard during the 80s but most of the work was on court work or light training. Borg would practice tennis 4-5 hours per day in the early 80s.

Nadal's chances to win at RG depend on 2 things: 1. his fitness - can his knees take the stress? and 2. confidence - can he regain confidence?

I thought his movement and confidence looked shaky in Chili. He did not appear to be as fast and he appeared to limp a bit at times. Also, his confidence did not seem to there as he looped a lot of short balls in the final. But, this is his first tournament so he has time to improve.

Thanks for the info CJC, I wonder how a thinker like Lendle hadnt been into coaching until recently.

Regarding Nadal's fitness, he is mentally toast. The signs were there..."less passion for the game" .." tired of competition" his case is death by a thousand cuts. He started early and is going to go down early.