Nadal warns that he will get better

I have the motivation to do it and I feel my mentality and my body are ready for it. And then if I’m able to play the full season, I hope to finish in good ranking position and then have the chance to start 2016 stronger.
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Loving it, loving it. I like what I'm hearing from this guy. The planets will be aligned in 2016. VAMOS!!!

“That’s my main goal. Winning Grand Slams or not – I won enough in my career, 14 is enough.”
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Wait, what? Don't say this, Rafa. As a fan I don't want to hear that. What then are you training and working so hard for? Quite a revelation. I guess this meant he never had the GS hunger of a Sampras or Federer.
 
Amen to that.

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The_18th_Slam said:
Are you saying he wants to qualify for the WTF but doesn't want to win it?
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I am saying that what he said was that he wants to qualify for it for his ranking sake. He did not say that winning the WTF was more important than winning slams for him at this stage. Only a fool would think that.

P.S. I also don't think he will likely ever win the WTF.
 
tennis_commentator said:
This is why guys like Federer and Murray and Djokovic are all in deep trouble at this Wimbledon and US Open.
They are all under immense pressure to win the slams.
Whereas Nadal doesn't care, he just wants to try his best and improve.
This is partially how Nadal has 14 slams, this attitude.
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Au contraire, he is feeling the pressure BIG TIME. Nadal personally requested Wimbledon Chairman to give him a softer grass court this year.

He only says he doesn't care about the slams anymore just to take the pressure off his shoulder. He loves Underdog as a surname.

Nadal doesn't feel the pressure at Wimbledon? He does. That is why he played single and double in Stuttgart and Queens. Nadal is under pressure all the time. He doesn't like it. Other players take it easy, do not play single and double like mad, even Nole does not play Queens or Stuttgart or Halle. It just shows Nadal has a bad scheduling strategy. History shows.
 
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cc0509 said:
I am saying that what he said was that he wants to qualify for it for his ranking sake.
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Wrong. He didn't say he wanted to finish in the top 8. He said he wanted to qualify for the WTF. That's a different thing.

He did not say that winning the WTF was more important than winning slams for him at this stage. Only a fool would think that.
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But that's pretty much what he said. Whether or not he's being honest is another matter. You seem to have comprehension issues, and calling other posters fools won't change what Nadal said.
 
EdbergLetUs said:
Poor poor Nadal fans. As Nadal loses more and more they lose their grip on reality. Kinda pathetic.
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That grip was tenuous to begin with.

I think Nadal is good with it. He's smart enough to know his playing style wasn't going to last as long as Fed's. He grew up on the island; made it big - if his Uncle can't let go let him eat some salads and go play some Challengers...
 
cc0509 said:
I am saying that what he said was that he wants to qualify for it for his ranking sake. He did not say that winning the WTF was more important than winning slams for him at this stage. Only a fool would think that.

P.S. I also don't think he will likely ever win the WTF.
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Maybe. If he is out of top 8 then the earliest he can meet Djokovic is 4th round. That nightmare I am sure he do not want to relieve.
 
The_18th_Slam said:
Wrong. He didn't say he wanted to finish in the top 8. He said he wanted to qualify for the WTF. That's a different thing.

But that's pretty much what he said. Whether or not he's being honest is another matter. You seem to have comprehension issues, and calling other posters fools won't change what Nadal said.
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He said he wanted to qualify for the WTF and that that is his goal for "this year." He never said anything about how winning the WTF would be more important than winning slams in the long run. I repeat, only a fool would think that and if the shoe fits... Now go away.
 
cc0509 said:
He said he wanted to qualify for the WTF and that that is his goal for "this year."
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Exactly. Are you saying he wants to qualify for it but not win it?

He never said anything about how winning the WTF would be more important than winning slams in the long run.
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He said:

1. His main goal was to qualify for the WTF
2. That he has enough Slams

Anybody with basic comprehension skills will be able to tell you what he's implying. Whether or not he's being honest is another matter.

I repeat, only a fool would think that and if the shoe fits... Now go away.
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Think what? Be specific. And it's lovely how you keep calling everyone who can comprehend English "fools". You must be a lovely sight for sore eyes.
 
The_18th_Slam said:
Exactly. Are you saying he wants to qualify for it but not win it?

He said:

1. His main goal was to qualify for the WTF
2. That he has enough Slams

Anybody with basic comprehension skills will be able to tell you what he's implying. Whether or not he's being honest is another matter.

Think what? Be specific. And it's lovely how you keep calling everyone who can comprehend English "fools". You must be a lovely sight for sore eyes.
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Lol, how site saavy for a new user! Quite frankly, i envision Nadal only doing well in the US, and just missing the cut to London. And not losing a wink of sleep over it.
 
West Coast Ace said:
That grip was tenuous to begin with.

I think Nadal is good with it. He's smart enough to know his playing style wasn't going to last as long as Fed's. He grew up on the island; made it big - if his Uncle can't let go let him eat some salads and go play some Challengers...
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Perhaps Rafa could petition to be let in early for the Power Shares Series.
 
cc0509 said:
It will do little for his resume. He wants to ultimately win a few more slams. He admitted it about a year ago. He is only trying to lower expectations and hence the pressure for himself.
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Dearie me, this obsession of yours with the slams is becoming so tiresome ccO. Give it a rest please. :roll:
 
The_18th_Slam said:
Exactly. Are you saying he wants to qualify for it but not win it?

He said:

1. His main goal was to qualify for the WTF
2. That he has enough Slams

Anybody with basic comprehension skills will be able to tell you what he's implying. Whether or not he's being honest is another matter.

Think what? Be specific. And it's lovely how you keep calling everyone who can comprehend English "fools". You must be a lovely sight for sore eyes.
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No, he is not implying from that statement that he does not wish to win any more slams for the remainder of his career. He is trying to lower his expectations, something he has been doing his entire career.

Yes, I am saying that what he said was he wanted to qualify for the WTF. He did not say he was going to win it. Obviously he will try.

As for you, "new poster", I am not going to waste another second with you because I am sure you will not be here that long, if you know what I mean? I can tell you are one of those posters who try and cause trouble.
 
Djokovic2011 said:
Dearie me, this obsession of yours with the slams is becoming so tiresome ccO. Give it a rest please. :roll:
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Only a Novak fan could be that sensitive about lack of slams or their actual importance. You see a Fedal fan doesn't have these problems.

I won't give it a rest. If you don't like my posts, ignore them please. Thanks.
 
cc0509 said:
Only a Novak fan could be that sensitive about lack of slams or their actual importance. You see a Fedal fan doesn't have these problems.

I won't give it a rest. If you don't like my posts, ignore them please. Thanks.
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Novak has won 2 of the last 4 slams, the last 5 Masters 1000s he's entered and also the WTF. A very nice spread indeed I'm sure you'll agree. :smile:
 
cc0509 said:
No, he is not implying from that statement that he does not wish to win any more slams for the remainder of his career. He is trying to lower his expectations, something he has been doing his entire career.
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Of course he wants to win more Slams. Nobody denied that. This is straw man.

Yes, I am saying that what he said was he wanted to qualify for the WTF. He did not say he was going to win it. Obviously he will try.
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So Nadal said his main goal was to qualify for the WTF. And you admit he will try to win it. So what does that tell you?

As for you, "new poster", I am not going to waste another second with you because I am sure you will not be here that long, if you know what I mean? I can tell you are one of those posters who try and cause trouble.
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So you can't answer my question? :lol: I guess you'll just call me a fool, then. Know that insults are the resort of the weak and intellectually disabled.
 
Lol...some of you are so unsettled with what Nadal have said and desire.

He said his main goal is to qualify for the WTF. If he(or any player) wants to be there, common sense say he wants to win this event. It doesn't need anymore explanation, especially when he has never won this event.


He also said he has 14 grand slams, and that's enough. Whether you believe him or not is entirely up to you, but don't acting like you're right and others are wrong just because you believe Nadal is lying. No one in here can read his mind.
 
TMF said:
Why don't you give Nadal a call and let us what he has to say!
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I see. So I suppose we should ignore what he said here about trying to break Federer's record:

A last question, as it is nearly one in the morning and our boat is pulling in to moor alongside the London Eye. Is it important to him to achieve that feat, to beat the grand slam record?

“I don’t think about it,” he says, smiling a little shyly. “But you ask if it is important. Of course it’s important for me! But I don’t think about it today. Today I am thinking only of getting ready for Australia. Never in my life did I set myself the target of winning 13 grand slams. But I do have them now. Let’s see what happens in the future. I never imagined myself breaking any records but, well, look: here we are. Let’s see how far we go.”
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http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/28ff29b4-78c4-11e3-a148-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2qqsXBbDF

Yep, we should just listen to TMF and his agenda instead of realizing that a guy with Nadal's fierce competitive instinct has decided to give up completely on the slam record. It is not possible for a competitive great player like Nadal, Federer, Djokovic, etc. to not think about important records. Right now Nadal is #10 so obviously he is going to say that qualifying for the WTF is important but he never said it is more important for him to win that event than it is for him to win slams in the larger scheme of things.

Some posters make me laugh.
 
Shaolin said:
Hopefully this will silence the trolls that insist the WTF is a meaningless exo.
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They will start saying "Yes, it is not as meaningless exo (as initially thought), but it is nowhere near Major title (which noone claimed anyway)", but only if he wins it!

And since his time is running out, at least for now we are safe from yet another VB twist on everything they claim.

8)
 
tennis_commentator said:
He will finish #1 if he wins this year's Wimbledon, US Open and World Tour Finals.
So that's the goal.
Plus I give him a huge chance at the 2016 Australian Open, given that he made the QF this year with no fitness, no confidence, no match practice etc.
So I suggest you wait, till the end of the year, and then maybe you'll be questioning what Djokovic has to do to keep up with Nadal.
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QFT

10truths
 
Nadal is delusional. He lost his speed. He no longer can retrieve like he used to. He maxed his ability at the French Open and still fell short. Losing a step or 2 makes a huge difference in tennis. Especially when your serve sucks.
 
Bertie B said:
Loving it, loving it. I like what I'm hearing from this guy. The planets will be aligned in 2016. VAMOS!!!



Wait, what? Don't say this, Rafa. As a fan I don't want to hear that. What then are you training and working so hard for? Quite a revelation. I guess this meant he never had the GS hunger of a Sampras or Federer.
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He said “That’s my main goal. Winning Grand Slams or not – I won enough in my career, 14 is enough” as in he wants to win everything whether they are grand slams or not.
He knows to make the World Tour Finals he needs to get enough points, whether that comes via grand slam wins or masters wins.
And the comment about 14 is to indicate that he has nothing to prove in the slams, because 14 is a lot, and that has nothing to do with how hard he tries to reach 15, 16, 17, 18 etc.
 
Omega_7000 said:
The rest of the tour doesn't want to get better? :confused:
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This.

rossi46 said:
Haha yes. You ever heard a player come out and say "In all honesty everyone I intend to get worse and play crap tennis as the year progresses" ??
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And this.

What else are people expecting him to say? :confused:
I'm pretty sure I heard exactly the same kind of comments from Fed say, around/past 2010, as well as from perhaps all of the greats before.
It's called PR/marketing, folks.
 
Murrayfan31 said:
Nadal is delusional. He lost his speed. He no longer can retrieve like he used to. He maxed his ability at the French Open and still fell short. Losing a step or 2 makes a huge difference in tennis. Especially when your serve sucks.
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Nadal served 14 aces vs Tomic last week at Stuttgart, and in the final he served 9 aces in the 1st set.
And Nadal's retrieving was outstanding at the French Open, OUTSTANDING.
Same as 2011, but you know what happened in 2011, right?
Exactly what happened in the QF vs Djokovic: Nadal didn't hit deep enough (and didn't hit down-the-line enough), and no amount of great retrieving could save him.
Actually the RG quarter-final was closer than both of Nadal's meetings with Djokovic on clay in 2011.
 
Murrayjuannow said:
June 16, 2015

Rafael Nadal warns that he will get better in second half of the season

Tope Adefala



Former world number one Rafael Nadal has insisted that he is still motivated despite a difficult season so far.

The Spaniard failed to retain his French Open title for only the second time in 10 years, while he has dropped to number 10 in the world, which is his lowest ranking since 2004.

However, he said a press conference: “My goal is to qualify for the World Tour Finals at the end of the season. My main goal is finish the season healthy. I am going to have a much better second-half of the season than I did in the first six months.

“I have the motivation to do it and I feel my mentality and my body are ready for it. And then if I’m able to play the full season, I hope to finish in good ranking position and then have the chance to start 2016 stronger.

“That’s my main goal. Winning Grand Slams or not – I won enough in my career, 14 is enough.”

Nadal will play Alexandr Dolgopolov in the first round at Queens Club today.

http://www.sportlineng.com/rafael-nadal-warns-that-he-will-get-better-in-second-half-of-the-season/
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That's right folks, Popeye's gonna eat his spinach! :lol:

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Murrayfan31 said:
Nadal is delusional. He lost his speed. He no longer can retrieve like he used to. He maxed his ability at the French Open and still fell short. Losing a step or 2 makes a huge difference in tennis. Especially when your serve sucks.
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Rafa is a weird dude. Just a couple days later in Stuttgart he was serving like a beast. Why he wouldn't use that to help him at the FO I'll never know. He wouldn't have started the match 0-4 against Novak if he had.
 
Grass allows you to get maximum value from your serves so you work to extract maximum value, clay does not.
 
MichaelNadal said:
Rafa is a weird dude. Just a couple days later in Stuttgart he was serving like a beast. Why he wouldn't use that to help him at the FO I'll never know. He wouldn't have started the match 0-4 against Novak if he had.
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Nadal has had a very weird year. He seems to have spurts of brilliance in every match, which vary each game. Sometimes it is the serve, sometimes it is the backhand, the volley. It really seems like there are pinpoints of focus each match that are not combined in a match if that makes any sense.

One would think that he would put all components of his game together, and maybe he did a bit in Stuttgart, but it seems like he has a bunch of puzzle pieces that he isnt putting together for whatever reason.

Not sure if it is mental, physical, or if theres something funky going on in the coaching department. It just seems like Nadal wont or cant put the puzzle pieces together on a consistent basis. It may just be the same manifestation of aging that all players eventually go through. But it all seems a bit off.
 
The_18th_Slam said:
Actually, listen to Nadal. He said:

1. His main goal to to qualify for the WTF
2. 14 Slams are enough
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Nadal should listen to his intelligent fans:

sureshs said:
Nah it is a round robin social which even Fed is not bothered to play the final.
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sureshs said:
That is why Nadal never cared about it
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sureshs said:
Great players like Fed and Nadal wants to win Slams and the Olympics singles, not the WTF.
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sureshs said:
Anyone who beats Nadal deserves a lot of respect.

Even though Nadal does not give a capy bara's rear end about indoor and WTF tourneys.
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sureshs said:
The truth is that only Slams count in tennis, and he has won 1, Djokovic 3, and Federer nil this year. Whatever Federer does in the WTF is like, WTF. The important matches have already been played and Nadal did well where it counted. The late season is like a consolation prize for people who haven't done well at the important moments.
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So you see, the WTF means squat (to Nadal and his fans).
 
G A S said:
one WTF, only one would be more than enough, would at least show that he can do it.
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That epick thread by babbette: Does anyone really care about the WTF ?

babbette said:
Suddenly people are acting like WTF is the best tournament of all time. All that is to be proven, proven here. Everything everyone achieved during the year means nothing if you play like a pillack here! :confused:
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Well then there are no excuses for Nadal at the WTF this year.

http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?p=7309225

VAMOSDNA said:
Olympics is always going to be bigger. Nadal already is talking about 2016. So is Federer. And I doubt you'll see Nadal fans hype up the WTF if Nadal wins it once, given that Federer has won it a lot more than once.
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zagor said:
Pay attention, at the moment it's viewed as meaningless cheesy exo, WTF becoming a 250 event would be an upgrade, not a downgrade.
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90's Clay said:
The YEC to me hasn't had the same prestige of importance since the days of Sampras and Agassi..

You can set your watch to when Nadal takes a vacation.. its almost always after the USO.. He only seemed to take the tournament seriously back in 2010 I believe.


I really don't think the YEC will ever have the same prestige or importance it once had during the days of Sampras, Becker Rafter, , Andre etc.. Maybe.. But doubtful. There were great matches and awesome tennis displays at the YEC prior to the 2000's. Who can forget those classics with Pete-Becker or Pete-Andre in 1999.. I can barely think of many since the 2000's.. I think Nalbandian-Fed had a great match one year in 06 or 07

It seems to be vacation time for most of the top guys after the USO ends
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zagor said:
Interesting, what about Nadal fans who refer to WTF (a potentially 1500 points worth tourney valued greatly by nobodies such as Sampras, Lendl, Becker and Federer) as a worthless, cheesy exo (as in worth zero points, outclassed by tourneys like say Stockholm and Serbia Open)? Are you scared for them to have children too?
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When did winning the #WTF or #YEC ever get any player into the #ITHOF? #Never. Round-robin tournaments have the smell of an exhibition historically. #BurnedPopcorn

#AngiesLyst​
 
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