michale nadal is not a member here.
we need to figure out how to get him here.
I was just thinking: that damn #1 ranking was not as important as taking slam #14.
maybe he should have rested more and trained more and practiced more after the u.s. open and played fewer tournaments.
its the rigors of the tour and all that hard court activity that leads to so much wear and tear.
now the back could go again. you never know with the back.
in other words the risk was too great for so much sustained activity on the hard courts after the u.s. open. he had done enough.