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Marion Bartoli Says Rafael Nadal Lacks Power In His Game Right Now



by Tom Gainey | July 28th, 2015, 10:04 am

I read this the other day and some people were trashing her. It's a dumb article anyway. We can all see that Rafa is not as his usual level. This is a waste of ink.


 


Former Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli was commenting about Rafael Nadal earlier this month. The Frenchwoman with the high IQ said that Nadal is struggling because he no longer can hit the ball with power like his did before, especially off the serve.


“When you play against him [Nadal] the ball is 25 kilometres per hour slower, the opponent doesn’t have the same difficulty to play,” she told Perform.

“When he serves, he can’t go beyond 115 miles per hour.

“He is exposed in every return.

“There is an [solution] and his team need to find it because it’s vital for him.”

She also said that Nadal is not part of the Big 4 – Nadal, Andy Murray, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic – right now.

“With the honours he has won, yes [he is still in it]. But with his level at the moment, no,” she said.

my biggest fear is injury due to lack of sufficient work on fitness and physicality.



he is not doing enough. next injury will force him to exit the sport. most likely for good.

I really want to see him take his fitness up a few levels and play until he is about 35.


he is already having shoulder issues and he has missed more than 1/2 of the year.


it is due to lack of work on the fitness front.

Roger is out of the Canadian Open.

Quote from: thetruth on August 04, 2015, 08:37:42 pm

Quote from: Clay Death on August 04, 2015, 10:14:55 am

my biggest fear is injury due to lack of sufficient work on fitness and physicality.



he is not doing enough. next injury will force him to exit the sport. most likely for good.

I really want to see him take his fitness up a few levels and play until he is about 35.


he is already having shoulder issues and he has missed more than 1/2 of the year.


it is due to lack of work on the fitness front.

It has to be. I wonder why he's so unmotivated. This came out of nowhere. When he came back he had this lackadaisical attitude and it hasnt changed. It's baffling.

he had a very easy semifinal. just sets.



and he took the final in straights. still he started tiring badly and then started to cramp.

and he has shoulder pain.



he needs the gym. he also needs a world class fitness expert that specializes in tennis.

Agreed.

Rafa can change his stars with hard work and more and better focus on improvement.