OC=We are worried about Rafa, he's one of our best sportsman in history and we need to know how his physical shape is after being eliminated by David Ferrer, with evident signs of problems. Toni Nadal, good night.
TN= Hi, how are you? Good night.
OC= Well, I think Rafa has done all kinds of tests and it has been confirmed that he has a hamstring tear.
TN= Yes, right after the match he had an ecography done, we knew it was better to wait for some days to do more tests and he did another one when he arrived to Manacor in Mallorca, on Saturday it was confirmed what he had, 2 cms thats all.
OC= Thats all, now to recover...I dont know but maybe this injury is worse for the scoccer players than for a tennis one, normally they have to be out 3 weeks.
TN= 2 weeks more or less, next week he has to have more tests done before starting his recovery, to see how it is going, so 2 weeks of not doing anything and afterwards to begin to practice. The First tournament that he will play is the Davis Cup.
OC= Rafa was so convinced what he had during the match-
TN= Yes, he knew it for sure, in the 2nd game of the match.
OC= Why didnt he retire?
TN= Last year he had to retire with a serious knee problem and he couldnt play because of the pain, I told him last year to retire and this time it wasnt necessary. 15.000 people bought the tickets, the only thing that was going to happen was that he was going to lose.
OC= You have to have a lot of guts to continue playing, a tear of 2 cm does hurt...
TN= Yes.
OC= He decided in every moment, no?
TN= Yes, we knew what was going on, we had it very clear what it was and much more after what happened last year.
OC= Did he have any problems in Abu Dhabi?
TN = No, everything has happened caused by the flu he caught in Doha. Maybe it was his mistake to play the doubles final, the Doctor from Barcelona told him to not play, the defenses go down and your body is weaker, it was the final with his friend who he plays always doubles there, Marc, and he wanted to try to win it again.
OC= For 15.000 people, for his friend, he does not think in himself, he is not selfish at all.
TN= In Australia's case, the next tournament is the Davis Cup and there is one month until then, until the 1st match, in Doha it was different.
OC=The calendar does not need to be changed, no?
TN= It stays the same, except if next week the results of the tests say something else, but the normal thing is that all goes as expected.
OC= Only that his wonderful shape in which he started the season may be affected with this break no?
TN= Yes, its a shame, In Abu Dhabi vs Berdych and Federer he played at a very high level, in Australia he was more tired than usual, when I arrived there, during his practices he was very tired but when it seemed that everything was ok, he played a good match vs Cilic, a dangerous player, and afterwards he could not continue in his next match and this is a shame, but these things happen in sports and it doesnt matter at all.
OC=We are more relieved after talking to you, thank you, please give a big hug to Rafa from us and we will see him in the Davis Cup totally recovered.
TN= Perfect, thanks to you.
