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Quote from: thetruth on June 14, 2014, 11:21:18 am

Quote from: Clay Death on June 13, 2014, 10:22:59 pm

Quote from: thetruth on June 13, 2014, 10:05:00 pm

3:50 Rafa says that Halle is a more difficult transition for him because it’s faster and more humid. Admits he needs to rest and improve.

http://rafaelnadalfans.com/2014/06/12/interview-rafael-nadal-loses-to-dustin-brown-in-halle-video/

rafa has lost some of his once supreme fitness this year.


that has left him mentally and physically depleted.


he really needs a few days of complete rest before hitting the grass courts next Wednesday in London.


he did say in halle, Germany that he needed to get more fit.

Well for once he's following your advice (maybe he reads Camelot). He said he was going to rest for two or three days and then leave for Wimbledon on Wednesday, which will be great. He can rest, relax, and let his latest achievement settle in, get over it, and put his head down and get back to work.

This guy is amazing.

you know those early losses at monte carlo and at Barcelona this year turned out to be a blessing.


he is not as fit as in the past so at least he did not overextend himself at all the clay events. perhaps winning all of them would have led to an injury which would have cost him RG.


obviously I am never happy that we lose monte carlo, Barcelona, and the rome masters but it is what it is. it happened and it was going to happen one day anyway.

now at least it is out the way and there will be a bit of a new beginning for Rafa for those 3 events next year.

he has plenty of time left to win those events 1-2 times again.

so those lost opportunities will furnish him with some added incentives/motivations next year and he can go into RG even more confident in 2015.


Rafa wants 10 RG crowns and he is going to go after that with all his might and all his will.

I was relieved when he lost those two tournaments, because you're going to lose sometimes, and it's better to lose at a less significant event. Had he kept winning with his substandard play he may not have been able to pull himself out of his funk.

But, having lost more than usual, he knew his RG was on the line. That boded well for him last Sunday.

Last year he lost 1st round in Wimbledon, but that too, in retrospect is a good thing. Now, if he plays reasonably well he can still pick up some valuable points.

So, it always works out in the end.