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Re: Rafael Nadal Welcome Center
By: Embla Date: November 17, 2013, 5:04 pm
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I have some more photos too!
As you can see I had pretty good seats ;)
I was to shy to bring my big camera, but I kinda regret that
now. Then it would be possible to take pic when he was playing
the match.
Pic from the match the ball looks like a shooting star and the
players like angels or something. Such a bad camera iPhone in
the dark.
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Re: Rafael Nadal Welcome Center
By: Clay Death Date: November 17, 2013, 7:00 pm
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excellent stuff Embla. thanks for posting the pictures.
;D ;D
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Re: Rafael Nadal Welcome Center
By: Embla Date: November 18, 2013, 3:10 pm
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I know where the spanish players like to eat when they are in
London. They often eat together. I had to restrain myself from
not going there during WTF. Lol.
Thinking about Rafas knee.. how it is going. Think about, he
played with that knee for a decade.. Still he won so much, play
at the highest level. A warrior of a champion he is. Think about
how much he would have won if he didn't have that injury.
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Re: Rafael Nadal Welcome Center
By: Clay Death Date: November 18, 2013, 3:51 pm
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affirmative. no telling how much he would have been able to
dominate the sport if he had not been struck down with those
knee and foot issues.
by some calculations, he has had to basically lose 2 years to
injuries. that is a lot to leave on the table for an athlete.
he was injured when he was 17 too. so injuries have hounded him
forever.
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Re: Rafael Nadal Welcome Center
By: thetruth Date: November 18, 2013, 4:27 pm
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Wow! You did have great seats.
I worry about Rafa's knees too. I don't know how he's played on
them so long, and as you said, at such a high level.
I can't believe he's playing those exo's, but I guess he knows
his body better than I do.
I just want him to hang around a little longer.
I don't know what I'll do when he leaves the game. Not too many
people can match him in the intensity department.
He's always trying to win. I find that very admirable.
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Re: Rafael Nadal Welcome Center
By: Embla Date: November 18, 2013, 4:35 pm
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Do you know.. I have the same knee chronic injury as Rafa. I
know how painful it is.
The good thing about his knee is that it is not dangerous and
when he retire he will have no more pain.
Rest helps it, and some treatments. But it will never disappear.
The knee will not be the factor for him to retire I think, he
has been able to learn to play in pain. As long as he doesn't
get a tear up (as he almost did in 2012) he just have to take
care of it..
We should be happy that he doesn't have other injuries in his
shoulder f.ex. Incredible he doesn't have that with his massive
FH.
I am more afraid of that really.
But I worry if he has too much pain in his knee...He said
several times that his health is most important. Have to trust
him there. On the other hand he is so competitive I am not sure
if he is careful enough.
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Re: Rafael Nadal Welcome Center
By: Clay Death Date: November 19, 2013, 3:58 pm
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[quote author=Embla link=topic=127.msg3291#msg3291
date=1384814102]
Do you know.. I have the same knee chronic injury as Rafa. I
know how painful it is.
The good thing about his knee is that it is not dangerous and
when he retire he will have no more pain.
Rest helps it, and some treatments. But it will never disappear.
The knee will not be the factor for him to retire I think, he
has been able to learn to play in pain. As long as he doesn't
get a tear up (as he almost did in 2012) he just have to take
care of it..
We should be happy that he doesn't have other injuries in his
shoulder f.ex. Incredible he doesn't have that with his massive
FH.
I am more afraid of that really.
But I worry if he has too much pain in his knee...He said
several times that his health is most important. Have to trust
him there. On the other hand he is so competitive I am not sure
if he is careful enough.
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excellent point. that is exactly what led me to exit the sport.
I had a massive topspin forehand which I just had to hit at 300
MPH all the time.
and then to make matters even more insane, I had a heavy topspin
backhand also.
the deal with heavy topspin players is this: they have to hit
all the time and cant really afford to miss a single day.
it only takes a few days and the timing and the rhythm is gone.
especially today when everybody is hitting the ball at 600 MPH.
nadal has to be strong as hell otherwise that shoulder and the
back would given away already.
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Re: Rafael Nadal Welcome Center
By: Mr.Tee Date: November 20, 2013, 10:27 pm
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Hello fellow Rafa fans :)
So, Rafa's first official tournament in 2014 will be Doha. What
do you think , was that a good decision? One time , I forgot
what year it was, Rafa caught some virus there and was sweating
like crazy. Otherwise his record at Doha is not bad - 14:5 with
one Final , 2 SFs, and 2 QFs.
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Re: Rafael Nadal Welcome Center
By: Clay Death Date: November 20, 2013, 11:03 pm
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what is his record at abu dhabi exo event?
we should be able to get a glimpse of his level there first.
that event starts on December 26th.
anyway I am hoping for a another sensational year for the clay
warrior in 2014.
not too many great years left to make some major noise. he has
to try to capitalize on his momentum and his confidence in 2014.
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Re: Rafael Nadal Welcome Center
By: Mr.Tee Date: November 20, 2013, 11:34 pm
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I am not sure about his Abu Dhabi record, he won it once I
believe. He is playing a ton of exhos against Nole, Abu Dhabi,
and then Doha. I am not sure I like this schedule too much.
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