should Nadal play a grass warm-up?

should Nadal play a grass warmup considering if he wants to play Wimbledon?

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Rafa4LifeEver

Rafa4LifeEver

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Instead of him skipping everything and directly playing Wimbledon, My take is that he should play any grass warmup, be it Queen's or Eastbourne or Mallorca; in order to test the effectiveness of the new medical surgery he's undergone in terms of how he feels on the court & whether the movement is totally pain free without the injection induced numbing or not.

There are obvious advantages to it. Let's say if the procedure has gone totally fine, then he'll be 100% confident movement-wise, going into the Wimbledon; and having not played a grass court match in 3 years (since the loss to Roger at Wimbledon 2019), the warm-up tournament will turn out to be a series of testing matches for him regardless of the end result. And if the process hasn't gone the way it should, but Rafa doesn't realise it in practice sessions heading straight to Wimbledon, and then the injury flares up again, then the demanding format of BO5 may make it worse; compared to what'll potentially happen if the flare up was to happen in BO3 at a warm-up tournament; reducing the risk to minium and proceeding towards any further treatment if required.

This is just my take, using whatever limited knowledge and analysis I possess. I'd love to know about what all of you think about the same.

Discuss/Chat & vote in the poll.
 
The way he practices, if the injury has to flare up, it will flare up in the practice sessions.
It's not necessary that a match necessarily tests his range of movement in the way his practice sessions do. Especially on grass. We have seen him head to practice sessions straight after winning a match in Master 500 events.
 
He needs practice sessions tbh. He’s already had enough match fitness from RG to last him a while.

He mentioned in his interview relating to complications from his foot problem was that gay he’s had to sacrifice practice
 
Never play a grass warmup ever again. Stick to the formula that worked in 2018 and 2019 :happydevil:
Get rest at home, practice a bit on grass at home, go to London and practice on grass, and play a exhibition match or 2.
 
One of his coaches (I think Roig) said that if the foot procedure goes well, that Rafa might play a couple exhibition type matches to prepare for Wimbledon.

From a tweet:
Roig's saying: -They hope new treatment works. Rafa has to undergo 2-3 sessions
-If Rafa has no pain on court after these sessions he'll play Wimbledon. Before he'd test himself in a couple of exho matches
 
It all depends if his scaphoidal defective foot overcomes the ablative procedure performed by the physicians trusted by Rafa.
 
Where is the Hell-No option ? I’ve been saying this since the beginning of 2020 the less rafa plays the more he has a chance in gs, his belief from 17yrs ago playing everything does not work any more, god bless he had a short run before rg, if he won rome, madrid - I guarantee u he would have lost RG. That’s 2022 Rafa for u, Let him just play wimby main draw then canada the uso - I actually want him minorly injured before uso so that he is forced to take a break just like after indian wells and before RG22, yes I WANT HIM INJURED (becaz he is obviously not gonna pick and choose tourney’s - to win 22 there is certain one dimensional thinking involved, i respect it but he is 36… ) - i want him to sit out before slams. His best results at this age will come that way - hate me all u want. If he plays queens or any other grass tournament before wimby i want him to slip on a banana peel on the very first point with his racquet flying at 200mph speed towards moya’s crotch and Rafa immediately injured (a minor one so that 4days is the right time he has to sit out and cannot even practice) - just the right amount. Why moya’s balls must suffer as well u ask ? Just look at past 4yrs results, everytime Rafa has done well before gs, he has inevitably performed terribly against important opponents, he has either been gassed or played unlike rafa, the previous tourneys don’t help him any more and moya should realize it and schedule accordingly. Yes THIS coming from one of the biggest humbalito supporter of all time. Don’t play queens, if he does I will pray he gets injured (details stated above).
 
darthrafa said:
here u go again
son (no offence)
dont waste time on asking silly, meaningless questions
learn how to be a wise person and read for instance,
en.as.com

What is Müller-Weiss syndrome, Rafa Nadal’s chronic injury in his left foot?

The world number five has been playing with a persistent foot issue for some time and missed the end of last season to receive treatment.
en.as.com en.as.com
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Okay - this is incontrovertible proof that the 'foot injury' is "made up":
When Rafa burst onto the tennis scene as a teenage prodigy, people compared him to Tarzan and Mowgli, because he was a physical specimen even in his teens. Now, who was the first actor to play Tarzan? Johnny Weissmuller! So they took his last name and rearranged it, and lo and behold, Nads has a Muller-Weiss syndrome in his foot? Yeah right, couldn't they have been more careful with inventing the name for the syndrome?
...
/s
 
darthrafa said:
here u go again
son (no offence)
dont waste time on asking silly, meaningless questions
learn how to be a wise person and read for instance,
en.as.com

What is Müller-Weiss syndrome, Rafa Nadal’s chronic injury in his left foot?

The world number five has been playing with a persistent foot issue for some time and missed the end of last season to receive treatment.
en.as.com en.as.com
Click to expand...
Rafa fans were questioning Djo's abs...why can't we question severity of Rafa's foot problem?
 
Müller-Rice syndrome?

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prosperned said:
He needs practice sessions tbh. He’s already had enough match fitness from RG to last him a while.

He mentioned in his interview relating to complications from his foot problem was that gay he’s had to sacrifice practice
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Rafa4LifeEver said:
Instead of him skipping everything and directly playing Wimbledon, My take is that he should play any grass warmup, be it Queen's or Eastbourne or Mallorca; in order to test the effectiveness of the new medical surgery he's undergone in terms of how he feels on the court & whether the movement is totally pain free without the injection induced numbing or not.

There are obvious advantages to it. Let's say if the procedure has gone totally fine, then he'll be 100% confident movement-wise, going into the Wimbledon; and having not played a grass court match in 3 years (since the loss to Roger at Wimbledon 2019), the warm-up tournament will turn out to be a series of testing matches for him regardless of the end result. And if the process hasn't gone the way it should, but Rafa doesn't realise it in practice sessions heading straight to Wimbledon, and then the injury flares up again, then the demanding format of BO5 may make it worse; compared to what'll potentially happen if the flare up was to happen in BO3 at a warm-up tournament; reducing the risk to minium and proceeding towards any further treatment if required.

This is just my take, using whatever limited knowledge and analysis I possess. I'd love to know about what all of you think about the same.

Discuss/Chat & vote in the poll.
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I agree that he should play one of the warm ups. Mallorca will probably be the best as its home tournament also.

Now its a ATP 250 so of course the draw will be relatively easy and he will only need to play a maximum of 4 matches. This would be similar to the ATP 250 tournament he played at Melbourne prior to the AO.

We need to remember that this is not his favorite surface. He has not played grass matches since 2019 and will need some matches to get into the groove. Also his game has evolved over the last few years, so he needs some practice to see what tactics will work the best on grass. He also may won't to modify his serve a bit for the grass court and will need practice for that.
 
I hate to be the bearer of the bad news. but all you nadal fans, if this treatment doesn't kill all of his pain, Its RETIREMENT time and you will never see RAFA on tennis court again.
 
pj80 said:
Rafa fans were questioning Djo's abs...why can't we question severity of Rafa's foot problem?
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Come on…. really? For starters Nadal missed close to 50% of the season last year because of the injury. In his last appearance of 2021 in DC (a loss) it was abundantly clear that he was troubled by something that was severely limiting his movement. Then he loses to Shapovalov this season in Rome once again his movement visibly limited. And we are going to compare this to Novak who never missed any time, lost any matches, or even looked visibly impaired during his reported injury? Not a very good comparison.
 
2 boodles exhibition should be enough, hope for likes of sousa, giron, bedene in first week then should be good to peak in 2nd week
 
Rafa4LifeEver said:
Instead of him skipping everything and directly playing Wimbledon, My take is that he should play any grass warmup, be it Queen's or Eastbourne or Mallorca; in order to test the effectiveness of the new medical surgery he's undergone in terms of how he feels on the court & whether the movement is totally pain free without the injection induced numbing or not.

There are obvious advantages to it. Let's say if the procedure has gone totally fine, then he'll be 100% confident movement-wise, going into the Wimbledon; and having not played a grass court match in 3 years (since the loss to Roger at Wimbledon 2019), the warm-up tournament will turn out to be a series of testing matches for him regardless of the end result. And if the process hasn't gone the way it should, but Rafa doesn't realise it in practice sessions heading straight to Wimbledon, and then the injury flares up again, then the demanding format of BO5 may make it worse; compared to what'll potentially happen if the flare up was to happen in BO3 at a warm-up tournament; reducing the risk to minium and proceeding towards any further treatment if required.

This is just my take, using whatever limited knowledge and analysis I possess. I'd love to know about what all of you think about the same.

Discuss/Chat & vote in the poll.
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He should rest that foot up and think about his health, first and foremost.
 
If Nadal plays, he would be the second seed at Wimbledon, wouldn't he?
Then, with a bit of luck, his first two rivals would be the necessary practice that would help him find patterns of play on grass after not playing there for three years.
Being an underdog would free him from the pressure Djokovic will feel and that would make Spaniard even more dangerous.
:D
 
dapchai said:
His father is already a Carlos.
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My problem is using the word 'Tiny', not using a name besides Carlos. If you are a male (sorry, I don't know), would you really want to be known as Tiny Dapchai? For a strong, young male athlete it's a offensive nickname. At least to me. But then I'm female.
 
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