How should Nadal change his schedule?

[FedExpress117]

He put on the best GS performance ever at the French, and then tendonitis hit him later. His injuries started on clay/grass, his best surfaces, and he has to change around his schedule. How should he go about doing it? Less hardcourt tournaments (e.g. Indian Wells and Miami, which really don't help him out since there's no HC slam till August)? Surely training plays a large role in injuries too, not just match play. He has to train to stay fit and tough. Where does he go from here?

 

[Agassifan]

He is a player who relies on riding good streaks.. he can't turn it on and off like say, Fed. Besides, he wouldn't want to miss out on a good seed in the slam by missing Masters events.

 

[DoubleDeuce]

You mean which tournaments he should skip

 

[nadal2012uso2013ao]

He put on the best GS performance ever at the French, and then tendonitis hit him later. His injuries started on clay/grass, his best surfaces, and he has to change around his schedule. How should he go about doing it? Less hardcourt tournaments (e.g. Indian Wells and Miami, which really don't help him out since there's no HC slam till August)? Surely training plays a large role in injuries too, not just match play. He has to train to stay fit and tough. Where does he go from here?

There is nothing wrong with Nadal's current schedule. Nobody would even be mentioning his tendinitis problems if he won Wimbledon (which he may well have done if he got past Rosol). He was always expected to skip the Olympics because he has tendinitis treatment after Wimbledon each year and takes time off to recover. When he won Wimbledon in 2010 (with tendinitis) he had his knees treated after Wimbledon. If the Olympics were in 2010 he probably wouldn't have played them. He skipped the Davis Cup semis after Wimbledon that year. So where does he go from here? The same place as he always goes.

He is a player who relies on riding good streaks.. he can't turn it on and off like say, Fed. Besides, he wouldn't want to miss out on a good seed in the slam by missing Masters events.

Nadal had absolutely no streak before the 2012 Australian Open, but played at a level perhaps better than the year he won it. And why would Nadal need to be seeded high? He's got a 7-3 record vs Tsonga, he's won 11 in a row over Berdych, he beat Murray at 3 straight slams last year, and he hasn't lost to Federer at a slam since 2007. So I don't think Nadal would care if he meets those guys in a 3rd Round etc.

 

[kishnabe]

Play only Clay and Grass outside of Slams.

 

[Lsmkenpo]

He should play some challenger events to regain his form on his UE fist pump, but only those that Rosol does not enter.

 

[nadal2012uso2013ao]

He should play some challenger events to regain his form on his UE fist pump, but only those that Rosol does not enter.

Rosol won 6-4 in the 5th set after Nadal slaughtered him in the 4th set. Soderling is a much bigger threat, he beat Nadal in 4 sets at Roland Garros.

 

[Sentinel]

More fishing should be good for him. For endurance, he should try out-swimming a school of piranha.

oh God, wish you were here, TLW !!!

 

[Deleted member 307496]

Nadal should just not play anything until the US Open, then make up for it at the end of the year by playing tournaments he skipped last year.

 

[Zarfot Z]

There is nothing wrong with Nadal's current schedule. Nobody would even be mentioning his tendinitis problems if he won Wimbledon (which he may well have done if he got past Rosol). He was always expected to skip the Olympics because he has tendinitis treatment after Wimbledon each year and takes time off to recover. When he won Wimbledon in 2010 (with tendinitis) he had his knees treated after Wimbledon. If the Olympics were in 2010 he probably wouldn't have played them. He skipped the Davis Cup semis after Wimbledon that year. So where does he go from here? The same place as he always goes.



Nadal had absolutely no streak before the 2012 Australian Open, but played at a level perhaps better than the year he won it. And why would Nadal need to be seeded high? He's got a 7-3 record vs Tsonga, he's won 11 in a row over Berdych, he beat Murray at 3 straight slams last year, and he hasn't lost to Federer at a slam since 2007. So I don't think Nadal would care if he meets those guys in a 3rd Round etc.

Nope.

10nopes

Even Ferrer could have beaten Nadal at Wimbledon this year.

 

[Deleted member 307496]

Nope.

10nopes

Even Ferrer could have beaten Nadal at Wimbledon this year.

Seems like Nadal will be going down the same route Lleyton Hewitt has shortly.

 

[MariaRafael]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ... another well wisher. And then somebody will tell me that I generalize, and this "nadal-will-die-tomorrow" prophets are an exception to the rule of generally sewnsible posters.

Nadal will never go down the same route with Hewitt because Nadal has already won 11 slams, 21 masters titles, and reserved a place as one of the best players in the history of tennis. Hewitt hasn't.

 

[nadal2012uso2013ao]

Nope.

10nopes

Even Ferrer could have beaten Nadal at Wimbledon this year.

Rosol put on one of the best displays of power hitting in recent years. Meanwhile Nadal hit 19 aces, and averaged 118mph on 1st serves. Are you forgetting what you saw? (if you saw it)

 

[nadal2012uso2013ao]

Seems like Nadal will be going down the same route Lleyton Hewitt has shortly.

Yep, in 2012 Nadal only won 4 clay events (and only lost one set in those 4 titles). It's only his 2nd or 3rd greatest clay season ever. Oh and it was only his 2nd greatest Australian Open ever (and only a 4 set win over Federer and a 6 hour final vs Djokovic. And Nadal is only 3-0 vs Djokovic since then. That is all.

 

[Zarfot Z]

Rosol put on one of the best displays of power hitting in recent years. Meanwhile Nadal hit 19 aces, and averaged 118mph on 1st serves. Are you forgetting what you saw? (if you saw it)

19 aces for 5 sets is pretty horrible, actually. Murray can get that number in less than half the amount of sets.

 

[Deleted member 77403]

I don't think there is anything wrong with his schedule personally.

Yes, he plays a lot of clay, but this Rafa Nadal, the dominant clay player of this era, so playing the big European Clay events is vital to his season, it is where he can ensure that he picks up a healthy amount of points to maintain a good ranking.

A good ranking means, a good draw in the slams, which is ultimately, what it is all about. He doesn't play much after AO, until IW, so he is not fatigued at that point. What can get to him is his own success on the clay, where he knows he can win, while on hard courts, he can't always say that.

After W, he takes a month off, and again, after the US Open. So, I don't see anythin wrong with his season.

 

[nadal2012uso2013ao]

I don't think there is anything wrong with his schedule personally.

Yes, he plays a lot of clay, but this Rafa Nadal, the dominant clay player of this era, so playing the big European Clay events is vital to his season, it is where he can ensure that he picks up a healthy amount of points to maintain a good ranking.

A good ranking means, a good draw in the slams, which is ultimately, what it is all about. He doesn't play much after AO, until IW, so he is not fatigued at that point. What can get to him is his own success on the clay, where he knows he can win, while on hard courts, he can't always say that.

After W, he takes a month off, and again, after the US Open. So, I don't see anythin wrong with his season.

I agree entirely.