Nadal says that his knee still hurts

[Cosmic_Colin]

Where did he say this? Is there a link somewhere?

[TheCheese]

If any of you guys have read his book, Nadal has a foot problem which means he has to wear special insoles to even be able to play. The insoles cause his movement to put extra strain on his knees, so no matter what, his knees are always going to have extra strain on them, even if he moved as gracefully as Federer.

I think it's a misconception that his style of play is what causes his knee problems. There are plenty of players out there who grind even more than Nadal, and their knees are just fine.

[marc45]

Originally Posted by Murrayfan31

Good news is Nadal will never be 100%.

andy would be proud of you...give him a call and tell him that

[krz]

Originally Posted by vive le beau jeu !

the excuse machine is back in full force... seems he'll really play again, this time !

epic win is epic

[veroniquem]

Originally Posted by TheCheese

If any of you guys have read his book, Nadal has a foot problem which means he has to wear special insoles to even be able to play. The insoles cause his movement to put extra strain on his knees, so no matter what, his knees are always going to have extra strain on them, even if he moved as gracefully as Federer.

I think it's a misconception that his style of play is what causes his knee problems. There are plenty of players out there who grind even more than Nadal, and their knees are just fine.

I know, I've been trying to drive that point through a few times. But people just ignore what they want to ignore. Still, fact is his knee problems have nothing to do with "style of play". It makes sense, otherwise other superlative defensers like Murray, Djoko and Ferrer would all have their knees shot as well. (And ironically, Ferrer has had his most successful season at 30 years old!)

[Murrayfan31]

Originally Posted by marc45

andy would be proud of you...give him a call and tell him that

I will. And I'll tell him what a fool he is to support a cheater.

[ultradr]

Originally Posted by TheCheese

If any of you guys have read his book, Nadal has a foot problem which means he has to wear special insoles to even be able to play. The insoles cause his movement to put extra strain on his knees, so no matter what, his knees are always going to have extra strain on them, even if he moved as gracefully as Federer.

I think it's a misconception that his style of play is what causes his knee problems. There are plenty of players out there who grind even more than Nadal, and their knees are just fine.

I think so. "Main" factor of it is the condition he was born with.
All players in this generation have to grind out a lot of points.
Nadal actually has lots of easy points due to his lefty's advantage.

Maybe Federer is most efficient in his serving games and that helps his
longevity but...

[RAFA2005RG]

Originally Posted by Murrayfan31

Good news is Nadal will never be 100%.

Good news, Djokovic has no idea how to beat Nadal at Roland Garros, even when Nadal had his knee numbed in 2012, and even after Djokovic had the biggest mental edge anyone has ever seen. That's how far ahead of the pack Nadal is at Roland Garros.

[raging]

Originally Posted by veroniquem

I know, I've been trying to drive that point through a few times. But people just ignore what they want to ignore. Still, fact is his knee problems have nothing to do with "style of play". It makes sense, otherwise other superlative defensers like Murray, Djoko and Ferrer would all have their knees shot as well. (And ironically, Ferrer has had his most successful season at 30 years old!)

There is more in this though. Nadal moves very well but doesn't get aligned behind the ball as efficiently as Murray, Joker & Federer. When he hits on the run he is often not in alignment. Unfortunately I would have to post lots of video on here to support this and this is my opinion only.

Having written that I don't think anybody is really aligned perfectly when defending, Joker looks like he will sometimes snap in half, Murray grabs the back of his leg, federer looks like it really annoys him that he has to defend!

I have discounted Ferrer because I don't think he really defends, under pressure from Djoker he just hit less hard but no real defensive digging or lobs, slices, junk balls. He plays a great game left, right, corner to corner..all day long...against anyone bar the top 4 on medium, slow courts-very effective. But those guys have seen it all before & know how to break it down. The defense has to be better sometimes.

Point taken with Rafa's knees, they knew when he was 19 that he would get problems. He has been on borrowed time since then.Changing his movement pattern would have been useless, beefing up his serve, shortening points, coming in & volleying made more sense.
Just hope he can get back & compete at RG & Wimbledon, try to duck major hardcourt swing & just do what he can.
If he can't the game has lost a great champion.

[smoledman]

Let's face it, Nadal is done.

[tennis_badger]

RG is sitll so far away and already preparing his excuse.
great.

[RAFA2005RG]

Originally Posted by smoledman

Let's face it, Nadal is done.

He better be, or else this year he becomes the first man in history to win slams for 9 years in a row. Watching Nadal own that record would make a mockery out of the 'early retirement theorists' such as yourself....

[NLBwell]

Just because his knees are in pain doesn't mean he can't play tennis as well as ever. Every NFL player and most NBA players play in pain. What would reduce his effectiveness is if the injury causes him to be less mobile. I don't know one way or the other about that, we will see how he comes back, but I'm sure he is truly in pain
He could always just trim his schedule to clay and grass with an occasional hard-court event that might be important to him.

[vive le beau jeu !]

Originally Posted by TheCheese

If any of you guys have read his book, Nadal has a foot problem which means he has to wear special insoles to even be able to play. The insoles cause his movement to put extra strain on his knees, so no matter what, his knees are always going to have extra strain on them, even if he moved as gracefully as Federer.

didn't read the book, but i saw the movie !

[TheCheese]

Originally Posted by vive le beau jeu !

didn't read the book, but i saw the movie !

10uncletonis

[Murrayfan31]

Originally Posted by vive le beau jeu !

didn't read the book, but i saw the movie !

Hahaha. Awesome.

[Nostradamus]

if his knee hurts then why is he coming back already ? and how did he dominate everybody with this bad knee in French open 2012 ?

[djones]

Originally Posted by RAFA2005RG

He better be, or else this year he becomes the first man in history to win slams for 9 years in a row. Watching Nadal own that record would make a mockery out of the 'early retirement theorists' such as yourself....

Will you just never stop!?
I feel sick every time I come across one your stupid posts.

[Fiji]

This is like a broken record.

[nikdom]

Tell us something new. Knee, foot, long season, too much drug testing, too many hard court events, 2 yr ranking, indoor is not real tennis.... All this guy does is complain.

Perhaps he should take up fly fishing as a sport since he likes it so much. Oh wait, if he started competing, perhaps he would find excuses there too....water is too cold, Mirka is scaring the fish away, injured finger, carpal tunnel syndrome.

Sheesh