ATP - Rafael Nadal

[Lord Aleksoni]

Očito da čovek nije pratio današnja dešavanja

[jacques9]

Rafael Nadal to play also Buenos Aires in 2016! He´ll play doubles in Basel and Paris Bercy

According to Canchallena La Nacion, Rafael Nadal will also play in Buenos Aires in 2016. The Spaniard, who at first according to some sources wasn't going to defend the title conquered last year in Argentina due to 'calendar reason', will play in Argentina from 8 to 14 February, and then in Rio de Janeiro, always on clay.

Both tournaments will make official Nadal's presence in the next weeks. They still have to find the perfect date to get as much attention as possible.

In Buenos Aires Rafa will have to fight hard to win the trophy: as David Ferrer and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will also take part at the event. So Nadal confirms his will to play on clay also just after Australian Open. His schedule will be very demanding, since he is going to come back to Rio on August to play Olympics on hard-courts.

First of all, the World No. 7 has to end the season the best possible way. After withdrawing from Pechino and Shanghai Doubles Draws, where he had to play alongside Marc Lopez and Fernardo Lopez, the Spaniard will try again in Basel and Paris Bercy. In Switzerland he will play alongside Marc Lopez, in France together with veteran anf doubles' specialist Leander Paes, who played alongside more than 100 different opponents in career!

[prskaj]

Rafa je danas postigao jubilarnu 300. pobedu na mastersima

http://www.tennisworldusa.org/A-brea...lo27112.html.2

[jacques9]

Baš zaniimiv video.

Meč Rafa VS Gaske iz godine 1999 kad su oba imala 13 godine.


http://www.tennisworldusa.org/1999-N...colo27009.html

Stil igre obojice do danas se nije previše promijenio, pre sve važi za Gaskeja.

[jacques9]

Q : Rafa would you rather go to dinner with Roger Federer , Andy Murray or Novak Djokovic ?

Rafa Nadal : " I don't know , we can share dinner all together! We have fun , enjoy , share bad and beautiful moments , at the end of the day we speak the same language and the most important thing is that we respect each other , we have a good relationship , so I would have fun with anyone

[jacques9]

Very long and interesting interview by Rafael Nadal to Marca.com . The Spanish spoke about his nightmare season, about the criticism and the possible solutions to come back like before.

'The plan is to work and we are doing it a little bit different way than before. We're trying to find things that can help us to start the year having some chances. I'm happy for how I'm training and I hope the results will arrive. We're training on specific things we didn't take care in the last years: stay more inside the court, lose less meters. I already did it in Beijing and in Shanghai even if things didn't go perfectly. But I think that from now to the end of the year I've time to continue and to refine changes'.

'I didn't lose mental strength. I lost control of myself, of my emotions. I've more anxiety than the normal. I didn't lose mental strength because I'm working as always, actually more than before. I'm motivated and I work more because my body allows me to do it. How can I explain this anxiety? It's a series of circumstances. For many years I played under pressure. Last seasons have been complicated in terms of injuries. In 2012, when I was playing very well, I injured myself and I came back in 2013. That year was incredible but was fatal in terms of my physical state, I was playing always with so much pain. In 2014, when it looked like I was playing better, I had first the wrist, then the appendicitis and evertything contributed to raise my anxiety and make me feel like I have no control of my nerves when I was on court. I worked hard to find a solution and I found it. That allowed me to enjoy my practice and especially my matches".
'This year I had anxiety problems that didn't allow me to enjoy tennis, but there were also important matches that could have changed the dynamics. Am I far away do it? No, I am not. In Rio I was very close to reach the final and I lost a match that I shouldn't have lost against Fognini. I won Buenos Aires, I came to Indian Wells with good feelings and I lost into the quarter-finals against Raonic after having had three match points. I had the chance to reach a Masters 1000 semifinal with Federer and things may have changed. Then in Miami I suffered from anxiety against Verdasco. I started off well on clay in Montecarlo. Barcelona was a disaster. Once again I didn't have control of myself'.

'In Madrid I played a great tournament, and after coming back fit in Rome, into the quarter-finals, I lost against Wawrinka after being up 6-2 in the tie-break. Moments make things complicated. At Roland Garros I faced Djokovic and, despite the improvements, my level wasn't good enough. I won Stuttgart. In Queen's, where I had to be consistent, I came back to lose against Dolgopolov. I played very bad in Wimbledon but I didn't have control of my mind there. Before US Season, I won Hamburg. Against Feli, I lost 7-6 in the 3rd set. At US Open, I was up 2 sets to zero and 3-1. I analyze the year with all these misfortunes and I see that I'm fifth in the Race'.
For the first time Nadal responded to all criticism that have been said about him: 'Am I "dead"? I don't know If I'm already done, but I'm not very concerned about it. I go on my way, at the end these are all opinions and everyone is entitled to have his own opinion. Somebody is wrong, others says right things. It's part of life in general. Everyone has opinions and especially when you're on TV. They all are valid, but always when come with respect. And sometimes that lacked'.

In some press conferences Rafa said that journalists asked him the same thing over and over again: 'I said it in the right way. I didn't feel hurt or I never understood something in the wrong way. The reality is that many beatiful things happened to me during over these years and right now I am hearing some bad things, but that is not a problem to me. I know who I am and I know what I did. And I know what I have to do to keep going. When you try everything, you can't feel obliged to do more. Sometimes I say that all the opinions are valid if they're respectful'.

After losing in Wimbledon against Dustin Brown, John McEnroe said that Nadal should change coach. Rafa accepted different opinions as far as "people don't criticize more than the normal. When you've a good attitudine, you can say that a player is playing bad or is finished, but always with respect. When I retire I imagine that Toni to be in my box'.

And what if his fellow countryman Carlos Moya will enter in his team? "I've a very good relationship with Carlos and his opinions are and will be always valid. I don't know what will happen in the future. Things are this way and I'm happy. Nowadays I believe in what I have and I continue with what I have. I believe that me and my group are doing the things well. I do what I can do. I lived beatiful moments and now the bad ones have come, I accept that. It's not a tragedy and I think that I'm on the right path to come back to play at a high level. What type of level? I don't know. Will I come back to win a Grand Slam? I don't know. But I say also that, whetever happens, the most important thing is to be satisfied with myself, which is my case'.

Should he ask help to a psychologist? 'Well, if I hire a psychologist for my private life, I would not have to say it publicly. I never spoke about personal things publicly. I've a public life which is the sport one. Personal things are only for me. I wanna have a private life and If I hire a psychologist, I would do it for my private life.'

He is thinking about the next season, about Australian Open 2016: 'I don't know If I'll be at 100% in Australia, the world doesn't finish here. But if I keep practicing this way, in the next season things could go in a different way. Physically and mentally I feel better.Immediately after Melbourne, I will play Rio de Janeiro on clay and I will not defend the title in Buenos Aires. Technically I am playing only Rio, then I don't know if what we'll do'.

In London 2012, at the Olympic Games, was also scheduled to be the flag bearer for Spain at the opening ceremony. Would he like to do it again in Rio 2016? 'It doesn't depend on me, but I could be the flag bearer, I would like to. I lost many important tournaments due to injuries compared to other rivals that haven't withdrawn from Grand Slams, Masters or Davis Cup Finals. But the Worst thing was to skipping London. First of all because Olympics take place every 4 years, and then because being Spain's flag bearer gave so much hope'.

Does he think that despite winning 14 Major, 4 Davis Cup Titles and Olympics Gold Medal, he has to play 3 Davis Cup ties to be elegible to play in Rio? The Spaniard must play another tie and could still not play at the Olympics. 'Someone makes up the rules and these are there to be respected. I don't know well how rules work to qualify. The reality is that for some reason from 2012 I couldn't compete in Davis and I didn't play much ties due to injuries. There was also a bad environment and due to this we find in this situation (Spain is in Group I)'.

Spain has to line up one mixed doubles at Olympics. Would you like to play it with Garbine Muguruza? 'Yes, I would like to do it, but it's still far away. It's not official that I will play men's doubles with Fernando Verdasco. We started to play together some tournaments beginning in Montreal and now we'll see what happens'.

Rafa doesn't plan to become father in short time instead of Federer, Djokovic and also Murray on February: 'I don't think that my son will watch me playing, it's not in my plans. It's not something that would fascinate me. Everyone take his time. I'm a very familiar person, I like children, but for me having a family means have a more stable life. And now it's not like this since I travel a lot'.

Will it be a disappointement if he does't win another Grand Slam title? 'It can't be a disappointement after having won 14. If my career finishes today, it would be a career that I have ever dreamed of. It still allows me to keep enjoying tennis, I enjoy it right now.'

[Niki]

Mislim da smo dobili dve sasvim dobre nedelje, sto se Rafe tice. Polako stvari dolaze na svoje mesto, da ne baksuziramo sada, ali ako drzi ovaj nivo i podigne ga postepeno, mozemo ocekivati normalniju sezonu iduce godine.
Ono sto mogu da zakljucim je da ta mentalna blokada toliko velika, jer on je zapravo pokazao, realno na podlogu koja mu vrlo malo odgovara, da nema problema sa fizickom spremom, niti sa jacinom ili brzinom udaraca, znaci moze i da servira, moze imati stabilan i efikasni behend, moze igrati forhend paralelu bez problema, volej, a bogami i return. moze sve, ako vrati to samopuzdanje na viskom nivou.
Za sada stvari stoje dobro, da vidimo neku vremensku distancu, recimo jos ova tri turnira, kako to izgleda.

[jacques9]

Nadal rally hit point.jpg

[NI]

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To je interesantna komparacija, ali samo za sebe nije dovoljno jer se radi o podlogama razlicite brzine i odskoka. Za puno znacenje ovih slika ti treba komparacija za drugog igraca izmedju IW 2015 and Shangaia 2015. Nekoga ko igra realtivno slicno. Mari ili Novak. Alternariva je komparacija sa 2013.

[NI]

Ovo se nejvjerovatnije odnosi na mec Novaka i Marija u IW 2015.

http://www.scoopnest.com/user/Tennis...53437076369408

Novakovi brjevi su ravni Nadalovim iz Shangaia a Marijevi vrlo slicni Nadalovim iz IW.

[MareLFC]

Mogao je ovo da dobije,steta.

[Sandugp]

Prva godina jos od 2004 da nema osvojenog slema, a u isto vreme i prva godina od 2004 da nema ni osvojenog mastersa.
Za Rafaelove standarde porazavajuca sezona.

[jacques9]

Non stop se priča o samopouzdanju ali ja vidim neki drugi problem - prevelika nervoza + strah, koju u pojedinim trenucima ne može kontrolirati. Do ove godise mu nešto slično nikad nije događalo. Ne treba promijena trenera. Rafa treba psihiatar. Ozbiljno.
Sve je baš jednostavno. U ključnim trenucima je potrebno biti smiren, koncentriran, a po praivlu Rafa u ključnim trenucima pun nervoza, straha - duple ne break loptu, FH koji ne dolazi in do dna mreže, FH 2 metra u out.
Rafa je u poslednej vrrme pričao o ovomk sezoni: I way playing first half of seasons with nerves. I no enjoy matches so much. Now I start to enjoy in the game. I start to feel more confortable on the court and I able to control my feeling now.
Totalni bullshit. Nema nikakvog napredka sa psihološkog aspekta. Ovaj meč sa Stanimalom je bio dno od dna. Rafi razpada psiha u ključnim trenucima.

Ima napredka u igri. FH tu i tamo proradi, Return igra puno agresivnije, I Bh pokušava odigrati puno agresivnije. Ima puno više izlazaka na mrežu.
I borbeni duh se opet vratih (pre sve to važi za Basel i meč sa Andersonom) ali sa psihalokškog aspetka nema nikakvog napredka.

Ajde majstori.
U životu si svoje več napravio i ništa nikome ne treba više da dokažeš. Budi više opušten i uživaj u tenisu.

[Bulevarac]

Kao laiku, čini mi se da se Novakova igra godinama, mnogo više razvijala od Rafine.
U jednom trenutku mu je igra postala dovoljno dobra, da može da ga pobedi i pobedio ga je, ali nije stao sa razvojem svoje igre i dalje je menjao, usavršavao sve aspekte, dok su svi ostali uglavnom kaskali ili zato što nisu mogli više ili su bili i dalje ubeđeni da će njihova dotadašnja igra proći... ali nije prolazila, barem ne kod Noleta.
Neki od najboljih su tek nakon nekog vremena shvatili da će morati dosta da menjaju svoju igru ako žele da ga pobede, odnosno osvajaju najvece turnire.
Najbolji (među kojima je i Nadal), su svako na svoj način menjali svoju igru, ali Nadalu to izgleda teže ide nego ostalima.
Mislim da je Novak najviše uticao da Nadal danas gubi i od tenisera koji mu nisu ravni, jer je ozbiljno pokvario Nadalovu igru, odnosno naterao ga da se menja, a do tada mu je tako dobro išlo.
A i sam Nadal je jedan od najvecih freakova na turu po pitanju psihe, ceo taj njegov ritual sa flasicama, pipkanje, hodanje preko linija... mislim da mu samo donosi štetu i da nema potrebe da se optrećuje time, ali nekako mi se čini da je prekasno sada za to.
Bilo bi moćno da se sledeće sezone Nadal vrati i osvoji makar jedan GS, to bi bio ogroman napredak i siguran sam da bi svi ljubitelji tenisa uživali, ali da li će imati snage pored ovakvih igrača...

[jacques9]

Kao laiku, čini mi se da se Novakova igra godinama, mnogo više razvijala od Rafine.
U jednom trenutku mu je igra postala dovoljno dobra, da može da ga pobedi i pobedio ga je, ali nije stao sa razvojem svoje igre i dalje je menjao, usavršavao sve aspekte, dok su svi ostali uglavnom kaskali ili zato što nisu mogli više ili su bili i dalje ubeđeni da će njihova dotadašnja igra proći... ali nije prolazila, barem ne kod Noleta.
Neki od najboljih su tek nakon nekog vremena shvatili da će morati dosta da menjaju svoju igru ako žele da ga pobede, odnosno osvajaju najvece turnire.
Najbolji (među kojima je i Nadal), su svako na svoj način menjali svoju igru, ali Nadalu to izgleda teže ide nego ostalima.
Mislim da je Novak najviše uticao da Nadal danas gubi i od tenisera koji mu nisu ravni, jer je ozbiljno pokvario Nadalovu igru, odnosno naterao ga da se menja, a do tada mu je tako dobro išlo.
A i sam Nadal je jedan od najvecih freakova na tutu po pitanju psihe, ceo taj njegov ritual sa flasicama, pipkanje, hodanje preko linija... mislim da mu samo donosi štetu i da nema potrebe da se optrećuje time, ali nekako mi se čini da je prekasno sada za to.

Evolucija tenisa natjerala je Nadala, da promeni svoju igru.
Nije tu u pitanju samo NOvak. Nadal još više trpi proti Fogninija in Nishikorija samo da ova dvojica nemaju konstantu kao Novak.


Kad pričamo o pokušaju veče agresivnosti Rafe u igri stvari moramo da stvar podijelimo na tri segmente:

više izlazaka na mrežu
Na tom elementu Rafa svakako nije zatajio ove godine. Taj element mu je pre sve donosio pobedu na turniru u STUTGARDU. Treba puno još raditi na slice napadu na mreži koji Rafa ne izvodi baš najbolje. Volley je odličan. Greške kot smesha (gdje je Rafa obično dobar) proti Wawrinke v tie breaku 2.seta je rezultat prevelike nervoze (u ključnim trenucima). tehnički je Rafa izvodio taj smessm brez greške ali tijelo je bilo previše zategnuto zbog nervoze i straha od promašaja

agresivnija igra sa osnovne linije
O nekom napredku morežmo da pričamo na azijskoj turneji, Baselu te Bercyju.
DO tada ogromno oscialacija. Praktički da inside outside (Wiper) FH nije ni koristio cijelu godinu.
Sa tog aspekta možemo da pričamo o velikom nazadovanju u usporedbi sa godinom 2013
Bh strana ove godine tako -tako. Ima tu još puno potenciala za napredak.


Agresivniji return
Rafa pokušava ulaziti u teren kot returna što prošlih godina to nije bio slučaj. Iskreno to mi nije baš prirodno pre sve na FH strani.
PUno mora još raditi na tome.