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Rafa če dočekati sezonu na šljaci napaljen kao nikad. Njegov tim in Xisca če u sljedečih nekoliko dana raditi intenzivno na tome, da se Rafi vrate pozitivna energija, smirenost i vjera u sebe.
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Francis Roig: "Rafa will be Rafa"
Neither Nadal nor his team try to hide the fact that after his return to the court earlier this season it has not been easy. More than just the results, that alone are concerning, it is the anxiety that the player says he is suffering from which has prevented him from taking advantage of chances to win in four of the five matches (Ferrer, Fognini, Raonic and Verdasco) he has lost this year.
This was explained by Francis Roig, one of his closest team members, in a conversation with Paco García Caridad during the Intermediate program on Radio MARCA. "Rafa has recognized that his anxiety prevents him from playing like he wants to, but something happened last year before Roland Garros", he said.
In practice, the situation translates into fear: "before whether he won or lost, he felt that he had control of his game. Now he feels that he cannot depend on himself and he cannot make up for his errors. His rivals believe they can win it, and he believes he will lose. You don't have the feeling that you can win playing badly, and a bad shot weighs more than 10 good ones. He is concerned because his confidence is low".
The issue is troubling because "even though Rafa is still hungry and motivated, the decline of the great players is often a mental issue." Part of the problem is the comparison with previous triumphant returns: "I used to be lame and in pain, now nothing hurts, but maybe being down after so much inactivity is more normal than the extraordinary 2013 season.".
His team has not resorted to using a psychologist, nor do they have doubts that he will return to his best: "I do not know if Rafa Rafa will be in Monte Carlo or Paris, but again [Roig points out] we do not think about Roland Garros yet, but of regaining the good feelings he has had. It's more important than the ranking".Comment
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rafa ce biti 5 nosioc na garosu, ko mu kriv kad lose igra
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Q : What was in your head ?
Rafa : Doubts , I doubt , I don’t presume to be a very confident person ..
Q : And now?
Rafa
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Q: Always doubts ?
Rafa : Always doubts , self confidence is a synonym for arrogance , you can not be too sure of things in this life
Q : And why do you doubt , you , who has won everything ?
Rafa : Doubts come from my tennis , my injuries , many things , I have to be positive and believe that things will continue to go well for me , yet always with the “song” in the back of the mind that success is not forever , for everyone , there comes the moment in which they no longer succeed , as the years pass , the “song” becomes louder .!.!Comment
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Vec se radi na sljaci
Originally posted by CasiraghiAl bar nauci me drugoj da se dam da tebi nevernoj budem Emre Can
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Rafa je gladan novih pobeda i trofeja kao na početku kariere. Očekujem dobre rezultate na šljaci i pre svega naravno LA DECIMA v Roland Garossu. VAMOS MATADOR.Comment
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Why Rafael Nadal faces an uphill battle to break Roger Federer's Grand Slam record
Four more major championships. That's all Rafael Nadal needs to bust Roger Federer's all-time record of 17 Grand Slam singles titles, assuming Federer doesn't add another big trophy to his mantel.
Nadal is 28 years old, nearly five years younger than Federer. Surely he'll get to 18 and beyond, right?
Well ... history actually suggests it isn't going to happen. In the 47-year-old Open era, only Rod Laver, Ken Rosewall and Andre Agassi have won four major singles titles after turning 28. Laver got them all in one year, his 1969 Grand Slam season. Agassi, famed for his late-career fitness and focus, is the only player to score five.
Jimmy Connors won three.
Pete Sampras managed two.
Federer also has won two.
And none of them ever faced the consistent injury issues that have plagued Nadal.
There's something about a tennis champion's 28th year. Remember how dominant Federer was in taking his first post-28 major, at the 2010 Australian Open? It looked like he'd go on and on as the best player in the world. Instead, his record streak of 23 consecutive Grand Slam semifinals ended at the very next major tournament. The drop-off in form at this age can be subtle but is almost always definitive.
Nadal turns 29 on June 3. Many tennis pundits are saying World No. 1 Novak Djokovic, and not 9-time champion Nadal, is the favorite to win the French Open this spring.
Last week Sampras reiterated his long-held view that Federer is the greatest ever. The stats, he says, prove it. "You look at the numbers of what he's been able to do. You have to say he's the greatest we've seen."
Of course, Sampras might have to change his opinion if Rafa surpasses Federer in the one stat -- Grand Slam titles -- that truly matters in tennis. After all, Nadal already leads Federer in Masters crowns and in their head-to-head battles.
The next two months will probably tell us a lot about whether Nadal can reach that last big goal or whether he has begun an irreversible slide. Last year, for the first time since his arrival on the scene, the Spaniard was shaky during the clay-court run-up to Roland Garros. He lost to David Ferrer and Nicolas Almagro, two players he had always dominated on the dirt. And he was down and all but out against Kei Nishikori before an injury forced Nishikori to default.
But though it took him longer than usual, Nadal did make it to full steam in time for the French Open's second week. He crushed Andy Murray in the semifinals, and outslugged Djokovic in four sets in the final.
He turned 28 at the end of that latest French Open run, and there's been no joy in Rafaville since. He battled injuries the rest of the season, and his comeback so far this year has been spotty. He fell to Milos Raonic in Indian Wells for the first time in six meetings, and Sunday in Miami he lost to veteran Fernando Verdasco -- for the second time in a row after winning their first 13 matches.
Why is 28 so often the turning point for great champions? That's when players start to lose a bit of foot speed and recovery ability. But Federer is proving week after week that it's physically possible to remain a top player into your 30s. For many champions, it's the mental focus, once so reliable, that starts to pop in and out. It's a form of burnout. After more than a decade and hundreds of matches on the ATP tour, the mind begins to rebel. It wants to do other things, to relax more, listen to the birds sing and children laugh.
After his match Sunday, Nadal admitted that, during break points for Verdasco, "I was not there, you know? And I was not there not because I didn't want to be there, no?"
It's hard to say at this point if Nadal is losing his vaunted mental edge because of his age. More likely, the lack of focus that led to him leaving match points on the table against Raonic and throwing away the third-set momentum against Verdasco comes from constantly battling injuries in the past year. He even had a scare during a practice session last week that led to rumors that he would have to withdraw from the Miami Open.
What Rafa needs is an extended stretch of good health. Only after he has a couple months of feeling robust will we know whether those four more major titles are there for the taking or a distant dream.Comment
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Iznenadjen ili ne, Rafa kaze stvari pravim imenom: http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2015/.../#.VS4ggNyUfao.
A, protiv iskrenosti se ne moze. . .Comment
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Rafa igra Stuttgart.Comment
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Igra sve na sljaku, a ova informacija je izasla juce, ubacio je Stuttgart u cilju bolje pripreme za Wimbledon.Originally posted by NI View PostComment
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Hvala Niki.Originally posted by Niki View Post
Ma kakv Uimbldon. Ubacio je Stugart jer mu trebaju bodovi a pritom ce i udariti dosta loptica. Nece lose doci ni jos ejdan titula na sljaci. Mora prestici Vilasa.Comment
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Igra se na travi NI
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Preduhitrio me Shminka.
Mada mi je cudno sto sada kada ima vecu pauzu medju RG i Wimbledon on ubaci jos jedan turnir i to odma posle RG.Comment
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