lol.I watched some wheel chair tennis at the U.S. open a couple of years back, it was amazing.
And you never hear them complain how they are not "100%".
BBC - Nadal to confirm if he will play Wimbledon tomorrow lunchtime
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And you never hear them complain how they are not "100%".
Nadal had such a tough draw at FO again, he had Soderling in his draw. At AO 2007 he had Gonzales, at AO 2008 he had Tsonga, at AO 2009 he had Verdasco, he's always so unlucky to have all the tough guys in his draw. US Open he had a redhot murray in his part of the draw, at Wimbledon last year he had to defeat grasscourt giants like Andy Murray, Ernie Gulbis and Rainer Scheuttler, he had Murray in his half of the draw AGAIN this FO and Murray obviously made it further than Djokovic so was a tougher draw.. Rafa's a really poor guy being up against that big a conspiracy.
Nadal_Freak
Banned
This is the exact same kind of tendinitis I have. I have trouble running on balance. It really messes with your movement and it flares up often. Poor Rafa.
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Yes I know, I wasn't that interested because I wasn't really worried it was that serious. I'm not saying Rafa fakes injuries, but Toni always exaggerates his injuries and how it's so great that Rafa still plays (in every not-event that tennis is rich including Dubai, Barcelona, Rotterdam and Doha this year as well as some doubles).
It would have been more logical to say nothing, do the tests and after the tests come say you did some tests and there was nothing to really worry about apart from the usual problems. It's not a big deal he did it another way, but it just seems a bit dumb to make a statement that you are gonna announce a statement which ends up being inconclusive as well.
marc45
G.O.A.T.
somebody just posted a link on the nadal article on espn about this, and it's about something called prolotherapy where you shoot plasma into the knees for healing....hines ward of the steelers was able to play in the super bowl because of it apparently....of course sampras took cortisone shots at wimby 2000 into his shin, and agassi had multiple shots for his back near the end of his career....sounds like the nadal people aren't ready to go to those places yet
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Purostaff
Banned
Drama = publicity = $$$
Nadal_Freak
Banned
The important thing is Nadal is finally looking for ways to get better. He shouldn't have waited so long though.
I don't doubt that there are some physical issues Rafa is dealing with now but I honestly feel now that the Nadal camp is having a lot of pressure dealing with Rafa being number 1. I feel that Nadal will do better when he is reaching for something as opposed to maintaining it. I eventually thought that he would get there but curious as well as how he will handle it. I thought his recent losses so far were more related to pressure. Against Federer, who Rafa allegedly owns, Nadal loses in the finals, in Rafa's homecountry, on clay( oh that altitude BS, newsflash he is from Spain). Then Soderling, at the French Open, on Rafa's purported backyard/living room whatever you want to call it. I would not be surprised if he drops back to 2 and start playing much better again.
lol. You obviously don't subscribe to wheel chair tennis magazine.
No I don't. Sorry. So it would not be surprising to see Rafa and Serena on the cover? How to play under 100%?
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Logical for whom? federer fans maybe. I am sure all nadal fans appreciated the scheduled release of new info. and the fact that it's more of the same. Good call after the withdrawal from queens.
True, it's good that he tries something different. His schedule though, should have looked like this:
1. Doha
2. AO
3. IW (maybe Dubai, no Rotterdam)
4. Miami
5. Monte Carlo
6. Rome
7. Roland Garros
Instead, he's played Rotterdam immediately after AO, played Barcelona, played Davis Cup, which he should have skipped, played Madrid, which he didn't like anyway. He shouldn't feel so obligated to play every single tournament. If you want to be THE big man in tennis you'll need to be more egocentric. Nadal's a real gentleman but he's got to take care of his body. He can learn a lot in that respect from guys like Federer and Sampras. Federer plays no Davis Cup, drops out of Dubai because he doesn't feel well enough, doesn't play Estoril again to save himself. He's five years older, yet more fit going into the Slams. That's weird and Rafa should do something about it.
mikethehamster
Rookie
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i'll believe him if he skips wimbledon, but i don't think he will!
i'll believe him if he skips wimbledon, but i don't think he will!
The Nadal camp got too hungry...
Nadal_Freak
Banned
I can tell you from experience that rest alone will not heal you from acute tendinitis. Nadal has the ability of getting the best healing options in the world. Which gives me hope he can find a way to beat this pain.
marc45
G.O.A.T.
the good news for nadal is the long break after wimby before the u.s. open, extra week and no olympics.....let's face it, rafa needs a u.s. open now to match roger's career slam and he might have a chance to go into flushing with a lot of rest...maybe even skipping canada and just go with cinci
I think he's got davis cup soon after wimbledon.
yeah with fed. in the background sweating profusely from the mono. All under 100%.
At least the diagnosis was confirmed right?
was it? by the Atp?
No I am asking you. You are the one that said mono. NM. Back to Nadal. Sorry for the derailment.
RalphNYC
Semi-Pro
"I've had tendonitis for years and years. On a positive side for Rafa, it's uncomfortable and it's painful, but it's not something that's going to be a career threatening injury if you play on it," Roddick said. "It's kind of a fancy term for overuse. I don't think that in my mind I ever thought that his Wimbledon defence was in jeopardy.
"Rafa has had knee tendonitis for a long time and he's won Grand Slams while he's had it. I'm certainly not going to underestimate Rafa.
"I think he's going to be there. I think he's going to be fine, and I think he's going to put forth all the effort he has. He's certainly proven that in the past."
"Rafa has had knee tendonitis for a long time and he's won Grand Slams while he's had it. I'm certainly not going to underestimate Rafa.
"I think he's going to be there. I think he's going to be fine, and I think he's going to put forth all the effort he has. He's certainly proven that in the past."
marc45
G.O.A.T.
well, there you go bolo...i forgot about that, but that most likely will have to be skipped, and considering spain's depth, and the fact that rafa's already helped them to two championships (two more than federer) i don't see how anyone, in particular spanish fans would have any problem with that
vmosrafa08
Semi-Pro
Do you guys know yet?
The-Champ
Legend
actually, during rafa's first round match at the FO, the swedish commentators from Eurosport said that Rafa had to take cortisone shots to his knees right after the semi-final match against Djokovic in Madrid.
Anyway, I do think rafa has always played with knee injuries, sometimes better and sometimes worse. He should probably rest for 6 months and come back stronger.
Oh don't worry, you won't miss it. It will be so big of a fanfare you will see a ticker tape in your living room.
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Well this does not surprise me and to come from the swedish commentators it must be true.
sadly this is true, even as a casual tennis player i can relate. if my knees flare up theres no way im playing tennis for the next few days or itll just continuously be in pain
i cant imagine what it would be like for nadal, playing 3hour matches constantly
Still waiting for ATP confirmation vmosrafa08. I wonder if that is ever going to come?
What do they need to confirm and why?
I am not sure of the dates of the jetski pics. I read somewhere here those were older.
sramirez77
Rookie
No one's saying he can't walk...only that he may not be able to play top-level tennis in a couple of weeks (which, as I'm sure you know, is VERY hard on the knees). RIDING on a jetski is a bit different :roll:
Lsmkenpo
Hall of Fame
Yeah you are right your knees take no pounding when you are out there hitting waves have you ever jetskied? That is not resting your knees sorry.
sramirez77
Rookie
Excellent post. I'm amazed at how a few people here have just been piling on Nadal for discussing what is a completely legitimate injury. I don't know if by admitting Nadal is injured they feel it somehow takes away from Fed's FO win (which IMO it doesn't), but the hatred from some people here is really making me sick.
sramirez77
Rookie
Incidentally, I have -- and unless you're riding like a maniac (which I'm sure he wasn't given his girlfriend was with him), it is not bad at all on your knees and NOTHING like playing tennis (which I also do).
Lsmkenpo
Hall of Fame
No you missed the point entirely, not comparing jetski to tennis , the point is,the guy is out jetskiing around instead of resting his knees and than calls a press conference saying he will give it 200% to recover for wimbledon, jetskiing is not giving it 200% to recover.
crazylevity
Hall of Fame
http://www.rogerfederer.com/en/rogers/news/newsdetail.cfm?uNewsID=922
Federer: "...I need to rest and recuperate."
Lsmkenpo
Hall of Fame
sramirez77
Rookie
Yeah your right, he is taking it easy here, with his girlfriend which one is she?
:lol: You're definitely persistent on this one...but if he wasn't taking it easy, that guy on the back would be in the water. I've done this exact thing before and I almost went right off when we picked up too much speed.
Show me one of him standing up with his jetski a couple of feet in the air and maybe I'll agree with you.
Sure, why not? Try it.
Cesc Fabregas
Legend
He seems to dislike Djokovic alot he has never said a good thing about Djoker and isn't to fond of Nadal either a few weeks ago he was having ago at Federer aswell I think in Miami but he loves Andy Murray for some reason he always praises him.
IvanAndreevich
Legend
Ok so is he playing or what?
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