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you nailed it general Tee:

this was one hell of a test.

he barely survived. here are the stats from this match:

Much, much tougher than I expected! Rafa's serve was nonexistent, the movements was not there either. He needs to practice hard. I don't know how is that going to happen with the back issue.

he is going to have to take it easy in indian wells and let Miami masters go.


it is way the hell too risky to put in too much time on the hard courts before the single most important clay season of his life.

its over if the back goes in Miami.

people have absolutely no idea how hard it is for him to dominate clay starting in monte carlo. it takes absolutely massive effort. and he has been doing it for a decade.

I hope he takes your advice.

Good, maybe he can rest and come back hungry.

I sure hope so.

congrats to Rafa and his fans.


he gets it done today.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2014/02/8/Rio-de-Janeiro-Sunday-Nadal-Dolgopolov.aspx

Maybe the week of rest will do him good. He seemed really tired in Rio, except for today, a bit.

don't really know why.

he blew away at least two of his opponents.

he really needs to start getting more fit again. clay season gets more and more grueling as he gets older.

he has 2-3 years left at the top max. he has to try to take a shot at history.


perhaps the bad back is keeping him from doing some track work.

Quote from: thetruth on February 23, 2014, 11:41:18 pm

Maybe the week of rest will do him good. He seemed really tired in Rio, except for today, a bit.

don't really know why.

he blew away at least two of his opponents.

he really needs to start getting more fit again. clay season gets more and more grueling as he gets older.

he has 2-3 years left at the top max. he has to try to take a shot at history.


perhaps the bad back is keeping him from doing some track work.

Maybe the back issue didn't allow him to prepare the way he would have in the past. He seemed to be just trying it out in Rio, and then went all the way to the final, so maybe that's why he was exhausted.

affirmative lady TT.



by the way check out our 3rd Rafa picture and art gallery.


Camelot is the only forum on the planet with 3 Rafa picture and art galleries.


 

You know I will check it out. You didn't even have to remind me.

BTW, here's some information I got from Twitter that I thought was interesting.

http://www.nadalnews.com/2014/02/23/rafalint-february-23rd-4/#.Uwrssowo4iQ

“I’m not very happy with the way I played yesterday, but I think today I was able to play with a little bit more calm, play a little bit longer and go a little bit more for the points. I played a more solid match today.”

   Racquet Reaction: Nadal d. Dolgopolov – by Ed McGrogan (tennis.com)
I label Dolgopolov that way with the utmost respect: He’s a master at changing speeds, creating angles, and giving his opponents all too much to think about with his wacky game. It was enough to beat David Ferrer, Nicolas Almagro, and Fabio Fognini—three clay-court studs—in Rio. But there are studs and there is a star, and Nadal’s mastery of the clay-court game was way too much for Dolgopolov to handle today.
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Rafael Nadal reaches Rio final – AP via espn.com
“I played one of the best matches of my life,” Andujar said. “Maybe the best. But I had a great one across (the net) from me.”