When Rafael Nadal arrived in Chile to play his first match in seven months he was training without tape on his knees – tape that has been largely absent for the last few years.
His training session on Sunday was a different story. Not only was Rafa wearing his old faithful tape for patella tendinitis but he appeared to have a small patch underneath the tendon – something that he has rarely been seen with. Read more
Posted in Chile, Injury, Media, Pablo Andujar, Rafael Nadal
Posted in Juan Carlos Ferrero, Pablo Andujar, Stuttgart
Rafael Nadal has comfortably cruised through his opening round match at Wimbledon winning 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 over Michael Russell. Russell put up a great fight throwing everything but the kitchen sink at the Spaniard, including his own body. Read more
Posted in Injury, Pablo Andujar, Rafael Nadal, Ryan Sweeting
It’s been a tough couple of days for defending champion Rafael Nadal. The King of Clay has felt far from his best on the clay in his last two matches with two hugely different opponents in John Isner and Pablo Andujar. Andujar, a fellow good looking Spaniard, put the world number one to work for three hours just two days after Isner pushed Rafa in four hours to five sets.
Nadal eventually came out on top, winning 7-5, 6-3, 7-6. It was a very difficult match for the man desperately clinging to his number one ranking, being force to fight back from 1-5 in the third set to try and prevent dropping another set on his most beloved of courts. Read more
