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Nadal Talks Withdrawal

Posted on March 31, 2012 by admin| Leave a comment

Doesn’t sound good.

Posted in Injury, Media, Miami, Rafael Nadal

Looking At Nadal’s Knees

Posted on March 31, 2012 by admin| 2 Comments

There is something about the Indian Wells-Miami hard court swing that seems to consistently destroy Rafa Nadal’s troubled knees. Today Rafa announced that he would not continue with the tournament by withdrawing from his semifinal match against Andy Murray.

There are two ways you can look at this latest set back:

1) It’s about self preservation.

Nadal’s been having trouble with his knees since the Australian Open (and years before that). His right knee locked up and he could barely move it when he stood up from a chair.

He stood up from a chair.

He wasn’t sprinting, twisting or changing directions he was just standing up after sitting down. To say this is unusual is an understatement. Since then, despite six weeks of training and rehab, Rafa hasn’t been right. Read more »

Posted in Andy Murray, Australian Open, Barcelona, Cincinnati Masters, Davis Cup, Indian Wells, Injury, Lleyton Hewitt, Madrid, Media, Miami, Monte Carlo, Physio Perspective, Rafael Maymo, Rafael Nadal, Rogers Cup, Roland Garros, Rome, Wimbledon

Nadal And Ronaldo Team Up And Compete For Nike

Posted on March 31, 2012 by admin| Leave a comment

In much the same way as we had Michael Clarke and Pat Rafter for Bonds now we have another (hotter) duo… Cristiano Ronaldo V Rafa Nadal for Nike!

Enjoy!

Posted in Cristiano Ronaldo, Media, Nike, Pat Rafter, Rafael Nadal

Juan Monaco Finds Form On His Birthday And Thumps Fish

Posted on March 30, 2012 by admin| Leave a comment

Juan Monaco has had a memorable 28th birthday beating troubled world number 8 Mardy Fish 6-1, 6-3 making his second Masters 1000 semi final.

Fish who has struggled with the state of his game (and head space) since the Hopman Cup didn’t stand a chance against the blistering Argentine underdog. Monaco served impressively, winning 71% of his first serve points, closing out the match in just 82 minutes. Read more »

Posted in David Ferrer, Juan Monaco, Mardy Fish, Novak Djokovic

Nadal Battles Into Miami Semis

Posted on March 29, 2012 by admin| Leave a comment

Nadal looked aggressive in the opening game finding with break of serve after being down 0-40 moved to 2-0 lead with a break point chance in the third game.

After having the tape on his foot adjusted Rafa seemed to lose his momentum briefly but managed to steady himself for a 5-1 while Tsonga sprayed errors all over the court. Read more »

Posted in Andy Murray, Injury, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Miami, Rafael Nadal

Video Footage From Indian Wells

Posted on March 28, 2012 by admin| Leave a comment

Posted in Andy Murray, Indian Wells, Jarkko Nieminen, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Julien Benneteau, Kei Nishikori, Marcos Baghdatis, Media, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Tomas Berdych

Nadal Walks Away From Players Council

Posted on March 28, 2012 by admin| Leave a comment

Rafael Nadal has stepped down as vice president of the ATP players council in what can only be described as a good, yet surprising, move.

Nadal has been fighting for a two year ranking calender to help preserve the playing lifetime of tennis’ athletes and yet he seems to fail to find the support of president Roger Federer and other head honchos in the ATP. Despite having significant player support for reducing the work load on the players Nadal’s pleas continue to be ignored.

He drew a huge amount of media and fan attention to the issue by mildly airing his grievance with Federer in the press at the Australian Open. Now, with  a continued lack in progress, Nadal is sensibly walking away – gaining more attention by doing so because no-one saw it coming and Nadal so rarely rocks the boat. Read more »

Posted in Australian Open, Injury, Media, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer

Nadal Rolls On As Knee Problems Resurface

Posted on March 28, 2012 by admin| Leave a comment

Rafael Nadal has moved into the quarterfinals in Miami, a tournament he’s never won, after an interesting  6-4, 6-4 win over Kei Nishikori.

After a horribly slow start for Nadal, in which it took him almost 15 minutes to hold the opening service game he was broken in the third game before immediately breaking back. Read more »

Posted in Injury, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Kei Nishikori, Miami, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal

Roddick Takes Federer Out In Miami

Posted on March 27, 2012 by admin| Leave a comment

Roger Federer’s been playing well there’s no doubt about it. Andy Roddick, on the other hand, has been searching for form and aggression in his game for the last two (or more) years. Today Roddick found some inspiration to beat Federer 7-6 (4), 1-6, 6-4 in the home city of his friend and former agent who died last year.

It was just the third time in his career that Andy has beaten Federer.

“There is no script in sports, you know. I think that’s what makes it the best entertainment in the world. Nights like tonight are why you play the matches. You don’t know what’s going to happen.” – Andy Roddick Read more »

Posted in Andy Roddick, Miami, Roger Federer

Djokovic On 60 Minutes

Posted on March 26, 2012 by admin| Leave a comment

Posted in Media, Novak Djokovic