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Rafa at the pre-party (AO 2015)

thank god he is healthy.

I saw the match. I think this first win was so important.


he will improve with each match.

key matches for tomorrow:



KEY MATCHES - TUESDAY, 20 JANUARY 2015

 Singles – First Round
[1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs. Aljaz Bedene (SLO)
 [4] Stan Wawrinka (SUI) vs. Marsel Ilhan (TUR)
 Nicolas Almagro (ESP) vs. [5] Kei Nishikori (JPN)
 Illya Marchenko (UKR) vs. [8] Milos Raonic (CAN)
 [9] David Ferrer (ESP) vs. Thomaz Bellucci (BRA)
 [12] Feliciano Lopez (ESP) vs. Denis Kudla (USA)
 Dominic Thiem (AUT) vs. [13] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)
 Alejandro Gonzalez (COL) vs. [16] Fabio Fognini (ITA)
 Lucas Pouille (FRA) vs. [17] Gael Monfils (FRA)
 Robin Haase (NED) vs. [18] Gilles Simon (FRA)
 [19] John Isner (USA) vs. Jimmy Wang (TPE)
 [21] Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) vs. Paolo Lorenzi (ITA)
 [25] Julien Benneteau (FRA) vs. Benjamin Becker (GER)
 Matthias Bachinger (GER) vs. [27] Pablo Cuevas (URU)
 [30] Santiago Giraldo (COL) vs. Jan Hernych (CZE)

good afternoon lady TT.

I am just hoping for good health and fitness for Rafa.

we just need a healthy Rafa for 2015.

No more injuries for Rafa in 2015 and beyond.

I'm hoping the same, CD. It's so good to see him back out there playing. I expect a few ups and downs, but in the end I think he'll come through.

Australian Open Social Leaderboard

Who are people tweeting about? The Oz always tracks this stat.

http://www.ausopen.com/en_AU/social/leaderboard/index.html

Australian Open R2: An Interview With Rafael Nadal (January 21, 2015)

Q. The suffering that you had on the court today, is that one of the toughest wins you’ve ever pulled off?

RAFAEL NADAL: In terms of feeling bad on the court, yes. Probably yes. I was close to not continue because I felt that I was very dizzy. I felt that I can lose little bit the – I don’t know how to say – can fall down. So is true that after the third, fourth, and fifth, I tried to play much more aggressive, without running, no running anymore, and try to go for the winners and play little bit better, play little bit more relax. In terms of physically, at the end of the match I started to felt little bit better.

Q. How did you feel going into the match? Completely normal or tired?

RAFAEL NADAL: Yes. I had a great practice today. Probably the practice is better during the last week. So was positive feeling about the ball, about everything. Completely normal.

http://rafaelnadalfans.com/2015/01/21/australian-open-r2-an-interview-with-rafael-nadal-january-21-2015/

key matches for tomorrow:


KEY MATCHES - SATURDAY, 24 JANUARY 2015

 Singles - Third Round
 [1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs. [31] Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
 [4] Stan Wawrinka (SUI) vs. Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)
 [5] Kei Nishikori (JPN) vs. Steve Johnson (USA)
 [8] Milos Raonic (CAN) vs. Benjamin Becker (GER)
 [9] David Ferrer (ESP) vs. [18] Gilles Simon (FRA)
 [12] Feliciano Lopez (ESP) vs. Jerzy Janowicz (POL)
 [19] John Isner (USA) vs. Gilles Muller (LUX)

Doubles - Second Round
 [1] Bob Bryan (USA) / Mike Bryan (USA) vs. Carlos Berlocq (ARG) / Leonardo Mayer (ARG)
 [2] Julien Benneteau (FRA) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs. Santiago Giraldo (COL) / Joao Sousa (POR)
 [4] Ivan Dodig (CRO) / Marcelo Melo (BRA) vs. Andrey Golubev (KAZ) / Denis Istomin (UZB)
 [5] Alexander Peya (AUT) / Bruno Soares (BRA) vs. Oliver Marach (AUT) / Michael Venus (NZL)
 [9] Robert Lindstedt (SWE) / Marcin Matkowski (POL) vs. Jonathan Erlich (ISR) / Treat Huey (PHI)
 [11] Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL) / Robert Farah (COL) vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) / Nicolas Mahut (FRA)
 [12] Eric Butorac (USA) / Sam Groth (AUS) vs. Pablo Andujar (ESP) / Dustin Brown (GER)
 
 

I saw his match last night.

he is playing terrible tennis.


there is a massive drop in fitness.

He should  not have allowed that to happen.

This can lead to more injuries.

I am just worried at this point.