ATP - Rafael Nadal

[Niki]

Izgleda ja jedina nisam gledal mec protiv Cuevasa. . .i vidim da je to dobro.
Nece on nastaviti do 40-te, nastavice jos ove godine, pod uslovom da se nista ne promeni.
Ali, opet postavlja se pitanje, jel uopste moguce nesto promeniti, ako misli da je samo pitanje rada i treninga? Uporno ponavaljaju da je na treningu sve super, ali kad dodje mec, suprotno. To meni govori o ozbiljnom psihickom problemu po pitanju samopuzdanja ili situacije od koje nema nazad. Bilo bi iznenadjenje da dovede nekog treceg, ali iznenadjenja su moguca.

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The main problem for Rafa nowadays is of tranquility says Toni Nadal.
via tenis.as.com
Translated by Ericka Domenzáin for Vamos Rafael Nadal page

'After the defeats against Thiem and Cuevas in Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro, in addition to the loss to Verdasco in the first round of Australia, is the approach of the season of Rafa remains the same? What are the problems?

-the Approach of the season will continue as we thought. That, though, obviously, the game has not been good between Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro, which ...
the balance can not be good

-The Number of technical analysis is that the drive of Rafa Nadal has stopped hurting others ...

It's true that the drive has failed to do the damage it did before, and that is seen by anyone. The problem I see is basically of tranquility.

Q:Will you make any adjustments?

A:We will talk abt the topics that need to be discussed but as for any changes,I will keep it for myself.

Q:Can you explain the origin of these problems?

A:Everything was fine until late 2015, when he played great in the fall and in the Masters Cup, where he won three games playing well and running less than rivals. In Abu Dhabi he won over Ferrer and Raonic, and Doha, Rafa only lost to Djokovic. In the training of Australia, Murray and Berdych were defeated by Rafa. Then Verdasco´s match came, where he was two points from victory ... but did not win. Every time you do not win you get less confidence and ...

Q: continue...

A:When the trust and confidence are lost, you play increasingly stressesd out, even at the point of breakin service. Then, the drive, which is the strong point of the game of Rafa, stops the usual damage, it does not go as before, instead the opponent realizes that and seeks his chance. Still, we had a match point vs Thiem and Rafa did not play badly, but Thiem won with a drive to the line. And there were two points to 3-1 in the third set with Cuevas. He has always been very close.

Q:With all, the impression is that each passing day ... Rafa Nadal has little by little more trouble abt everything on court

A:There've been ten years since 2005, when he won his first Grand Slam tournament, but Rafa is well physically. In Rio, vs Cuevas, he endured well the third set of a long match, very hard match. He has all the enthusiasm. But tennis has changed a lot in ten years. Rafa has always had a strategic game on court, no direct points of winning serve and all that. That has changed now, in Australia, 70% of the points won were with four or fewer hits. We had to be adjusted. And we were doing it well, we had a high level in London, Abu Dhabi and Doha ... just when this bad moment has come now.

Q:What´s your opinion abt changing the trainer and techniques..?

A:'Please ppl shouldn´t continue insisting ... Does anyone remember today who was the coach of John McEnroe? No, look. We' re are a team, a collective responsibility. We are Francis Roig, Toni Nadal, Rafa Nadal, from less to more responsibility. Between 2005 and 2014, together we did a lot of things that went well ... and now that things aren´t going that well for any reasons we feel we are very close and we are going to keep trying.


ODGOVOR JE TU............NEMAJU NAMJERU, DA POJAČAJU STRUČNI STOŽER.

[Marija81]

Unapred se izvinjavam, na oštrijim rečima koje ću upotrebiti u postu.

Jesu oni normalni, konkretno Toni? Ja toliko pogrešnog razmišljanja, da ne kažem gluposti, na jednom mestu odavno ne čuh.

Šta kaže?

uvek smo blizu

Uporedila bih to sa nečim iz života, ali zahteva psovke, a ban mi se ne zarađuje zbog toga.

Kaže tim su- to je normalno, ali baš zato što se retko pamte i pominju imena trenera i za uspeh i neuspeh krivi se onaj koji je na terenu, u ovom slučaju Rafa, na žalost.
Toni je Rafin stric i uvek će biti subjektivan, podržavaće ga i kao član porodice (prvenstveno) i kao trener, što je takođe ok. Međutim Rafi treba neko iz tima ili iz porodice da kaže

Alo, ovako ne ide, menjaj nešto...

Sa ovim Tonijevim razmišljanjem, sada je to samo davanje lažne nade da će biti bolje i lažno uljuljkivanje da je sve super, da će rezultati doći...
Neće, ukoliko hitno nešto ne promeni. Možda neku sitnicu, ali da pokaže da se trudi... Možda da proba da igra ravnije i da malo priđe liniji...Ovako je lako predvidiva igra što protivniku uvek ostavlja prostora da napravi, a vala i sprovede dobru taktiku u delo.

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Toni Nadal: ´Tennis never made changes to favour Rafa. I am not the cause of his problems!´

Before Indian Wells, the first Masters 1000 of the season, Toni Nadal analyzed Rafa's 2016 season, also speaking about criticism.

'We have not started the year well despite training well. Am I the reason for my nephew's problems? I think they give me too much importance and in the end, I've to thank them. (But) if I am the cause of why he plays bad, I also have to be the reason for the 14 Slams he's won. Everyone can think what they want. Nowadays people speak about things they do not know and I do not think I am the cause of why he does not win like he did before. When (Juan Carlos) Ferrero dropped (his ranking) no one looked,' said Toni, who will not accompany Rafa to Indian Wells. Francis Roig will be there instead.

Toni also gave another reason for Rafa getting bad results. 'It's not that you win or lose because of only one reason. I've clear in my mind the reasons why Nadal stopped to win like he did before. Tennis is faster. We try to be more tactical. Now, first two shots are much more important in men's tennis. Without serving very well, before, Nadal played more aggressive easily. It's not an excuse, but confidence is lacking in the important moments (now). In sports like tennis or golf, you miss two shots and your confidence slips. It's happened to Woods and Ballesteros,' said Toni, before adding, 'Other sports change to suit new players and equipments, but in tennis, leaders are reluctant to do so. For players, who have a a strategy game it's tougher. For the crowd, this tennis is better because the best points in a season are the ones that come after long rallies. It's not an excuse. Changes have not been made to favour Nadal, but so that the next generation does not play similar tennis. I do not know if Rafa can adapt to this new tennis, but we are there. Our goal is to play at a good level in the clay season.'

[talicni]

I've clear in my mind the reasons why Nadal stopped to win like he did before. Tennis is faster.

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TONY NADAL IDI u PENZIJU!!!!!!!! TREBA NAM NOV TRENER.

During his glory years, Rafa would hit dozens of 80-100 MPH forehands in every match. Since then, NOT SO MUCH, because he’s not fully committing to his shots with his forward weight shift, racquet acceleration and follow through. Any coach worth his salt would have spotted and corrected this problem immediately, instead of letting it get worse and worse and worse like Uncle Toni did. It’s so bad now that even with the proper coaching it may be irreversible. Bad habits are tough to break. Especially when they persist for such a long period of time. Many coaches, former players and fans tried to warn him, but our favorite player refused to listen.

[Sandugp]

Ja mislim da se Rafael moze otarasiti Tonija, samo ako ga Toni sam napusti. Nemoguce je da mu Rafa otkaze saradnju.
A verujem da ce se vrlo tesko desiti da Toni sam ode. Sada da li bi bilo pametno dovesti jos nekoga pored tonija ne znam, verujem da bi za Nadala najbolje bilo da promeni trenera, tj da mu Toni ne bude vise u stabu, ali je to kao sto sam vec naveo vrlo tesko izvodljivo.

[jacques9]

Ja mislim da se Rafael moze otarasiti Tonija, samo ako ga Toni sam napusti. Nemoguce je da mu Rafa otkaze saradnju.
A verujem da ce se vrlo tesko desiti da Toni sam ode. Sada da li bi bilo pametno dovesti jos nekoga pored tonija ne znam, verujem da bi za Nadala najbolje bilo da promeni trenera, tj da mu Toni ne bude vise u stabu, ali je to kao sto sam vec naveo vrlo tesko izvodljivo.

Nazalost Toni nema namjeru, da se povuče, tako da put za Rafu ide i napred nizbrdo.

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Xavi Segura: ´Nadal changed strings because of a lack of confidence. If I were him, I would change racket´


Sometimes changing is a good option to get things running right. Rafael Nadal took an important decision with the goal to find new solutions and to turn this 2016 season that so far saw him losing four times and win eight. The Mallorcan, who had started the season with different cords, Luxilon Big Bancer Original' ones to find more power and spin in his shots, is back to use the ones he has been using since 2010, Babolat RPM Blast. On the court Rafa has had new feelings again, but now results are needed.

'Through all the past season he was finding more power in his shots, that has lacked in the last years' - said to El Espanol Xavi Segura, who works for Spanish Davis Cup Team as the one who takes care of the strings' players. Rafa trusts in him. 'One of the options considered was changing strings and he chose Luxilon because they gave him more power than Babolat RPM Blast and the same time something more in terms of spin.'

'Back to the old strings was a normal enough step' - assured Francis Roig, who accompanies World No.5 in Indian Wells as coach. 'It's logic to come back to the past when you change something and results are not the expected ones. Strings created him some doubts in these tournaments (Australian Open, Buenos Aires and Rio) and with the ones he always used has always played very well. It's a question of feelings on the court, but we have not to give it more importance.'

Nadal had changed strings with a view to adapt to what his team calls it 'New tennis', where players thinks less and hit stronger taking more risks. 'He returns to the old strings for a confidence question' - declared Segura. 'He knows that the old ones will not give him the power and the strenght on the ball that had with the Luxilon ones, but he feels more comfortable and knows it perfectly ecause he won so many matches using them. In the previous tournaments (this year) with these strings the feelings were not good.'

'I admit that I was one of the people that thought that would have been fine. Strings were moving too much and some spaces were open, so he could not almost control the ball'. But according to Segura there is a new possible solution: 'If they asked me, more than a strings change I might make him change racket. Now he uses AeroPro Drive, that does not give him much power. Pure Drive is a good choice. During his first year as pro he played with this. It's a very used racket on the Tour that is approved by many high level players. With the age he is starting to be, and without the physical he had before, a model change would be ideal, instead of changing strings.'

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Rafa poslije INDIAN WALESA: "I am able to fight for every ball, I am able to keep going during the whole match, I believe in myself again, and that makes me play with more energy, less nerves.
It's the way I have played during all my career, and that gives me a lot.


Very positive. Very important. "Vamos champion, we believe in you

[Niki]

Bas tako kao sto je izjavio. Posle duzeg vremena pokazao borbenost, nije padao nicim izazvan, sasvim dobar turnir. Imao je par testova, uspesno prebrodio, izgubio od Djokovica, sasvim ocekivano, bio nadomak seta, mislim da je napredak evidentan. Ako ovako nastavi Miami, da ocekujemo dobar Monte Carlo?

[Sandugp]

Da mu je neko skinuo prosecog Novaka (na startu turnira pa sve do finala) uzeo bi on ovaj IW. I onda bi zver bila ponovo rodjena. Ovako dobra nedelja za njega ali opet razocaravajuci poraz jer bio je nikada bolji u poslednjih godinu i po pa cak i dve a Novak nikada losiji u poslednjih godinu i po pa cak i dve (govorim o njihovim medjusobnim duelima samo) i opet rutinski izgubio. To je ono sto treba da ga brine, sa druge strane moze biti zadovoljan sto je konacno skinuo top 10 igraca (prvi put ove godine) i sto je neke neizvesne meceve dobio najvise zahvaljujuci onome sto je i sam naveo: borbenoscu, pozitivnoscu.

[Niki]

Pa i ne ocekujem da dobije Djokovica u ovoj fazi, kada znamo u kakvoj formi je dosao na IW.
Inace, Djokovic je bio slabiji u odnos na fenomanlni nivo koji drzi cele prosle sezone, ali ne i slab. A, i bio je prilicno nervozan. Vrlo lako je mogao dobiti i set, doduse ne i mec.
Ne bi prognozirala, jer je ipak jedan turnir u pitanju, ali ako nastavi ovako, rekla bih da nema zasto da se brine zbog ovog meca.

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Ocekivao sam da ce Nadal izgubit od Djokovica ali poslije prvog seta jesam bio pomalo razocaran zbog onih promasaja iz forhenda u taj brejku,tu se vidjelo da on jos nije psihicki spreman za Djokovica,kasnije u drugom setu raspad sistema,ogroman pad energije i logicno poraz.Cini mi se da je dosta elemenata u Nadalovoj igri vec sad na dosta dobrom nivou ali da mu hvali malo fizicke spreme za ovakve meceve,ako bi to uspio da popravi do sezone sljake za nijansu mislim da ce tamo apsolutno moci da parira djokovicu.Ocekujem titulu u Monte Karlu zasto ne reci

[jacques9]

Rafa je na dobro putu. Treba nastaviti u istom tempu u MIamiu te kasnije MC ..... sve do vrhunca godine Roland Garossa. Tamo očekujem najboljeg Rafu. Pa i osobno ne očekujem, da če Novak odigrati svoj najbolji tenis na RG-u.

No idemo korak po koraku. Najprije MIAMI. Najteži moguči meč u 8-finalu (Raonič). Ako prođe Raoniča Rafa ide sve do finala.
Novak je još daleko ali i tu idemo korak po koraku.
Trenutačno porazi protiv Novaka ne predstavljaju nikakve frustracije za Rafu. Na ovim mečevima Rafa in Toni mogu učiti i naučiti kako nači pravu taktiku za Novaka te ga dobiti na GS-u.
Naravno treba opet da FH proradi jer bez toga nema šanse, da se dobije Novaka.