CAMELOT FANTASIES

"He's fit to fight", says Toni
"Rafa Nadal can win Roland Garros"
04/19/2015

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According to his uncle and trainer, Toni Nadal, Rafa Nadal is well on the way to winning his tenth Roland Garros title in June, even though right now he is not one hundred per cent physically fit.

"I believe, I really believe, that if we continue as we are, that Rafael´s level is good enough to win Roland Garros", Toni Nadal told Spanish TV station Canal +. "Rafael will be fit enough to battle for it, because of the level I've been watching him play at. The only thing missing is to be able to keep up that level of play over a long time... I think he can very definitely compete for Roland Garros. That court is good to us", added Toni Nadal.

Nadal, currently number five in the world rankings, lost 6-3, 6-3 on Saturday against Serbia's Novak Djokovic in the semi final of the Monte Carlo Masters, the first of the season's clay court tournaments.
In spite of losing, both player and trainer were pleased at having recovered some of the confidence lost over the past few months, when Nadal was well below his usual level.

"The first big test was being able to keep calm again when on a tennis court, and to play high-intensity matches and not drop our guard, which is what had been happening to us in recent tournaments, and we've done it", said Toni Nadal. "We are doing much better than when we got there".

Nadal: Barcelona critical to overall success
Monday, April 20, 2015 /by AP

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) -- Rafael Nadal is fully focused on progressing as far as possible in this week's Barcelona Open, which he refers to as his home tournament. The eight-time former champion says he is wary of his first round match which could see him play fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro or Italy's Paolo Lorenzi.
Nadal, who is seeded second, behind defending champion Kei Nishikori, says Almagro is an ''uncomfortable'' opponent and ''a great player, always a dangerous rival.''

The clay specialist lost in the semifinals of the Monte Carlo Masters to Novak Djokovic on Saturday, but says that competition had been the most positive week of the year so far and the match had given him ''confidence and security.'' Nadal says Barcelona is too important to him to be considered simply as training for Paris.

RAFA:  "All the competitions coming ahead are in no way some training for Roland Garros. When I’m playing in Barcelona I’m not thinking about Paris; I’m not thinking about Rome when I’m in Madrid, because all these tournaments are extremely important,”