Nadal had further knee infiltrations before playing Delpo...

Just in case some thought Rafa was 100% healthy, we have to learn that it's not the case and despite having a 3 months rest since the USO, they had to fix routine knee problems before playing Del potro. However, Rafa still wanted to play teh doubles as he felt ok.

He is tired but he is keen to play the DC double as well, he is 100% fit but he is not fully rested, his motivation is at an all time low but he is keen to play extra, his knees are in trouble but Delpo's break down first.

Oh! I give up...honestly, it's too complicated to understand for me. I leave his fans here the opportunity to clarify what's going with this player's fitness or lack off.

I wish he could play like the rest of the ATP do, lose or win, go on holidays without coming up with the weirdest stories and excuses.

http://www.marca.com/2011/12/04/tenis/copa_davis/1322995670.html

Google translation....

Toni Nadal told Radio Marca attended only two hours of the beginning of the fourth and decisive point of the Davis Cup final between Spain and Argentina (2-1) and said that his nephew would have played the doubles.

"Rafa wanted to play doubles. There was a discussion about it and decided that the captain was better not to tempt fate by his sore knee," his coach, who also confirmed that "played on Friday and before Del Potro infiltrated guess as well. "

Finally, we confirmed the omen of his uncle and infiltrated Nadal came to the ring to face Juan Martin del Potro.

Google translations actually make more sense than the stories emanating from Camp Nadal.

bogbrush wrote:Google translations actually make more sense than the stories emanating from Camp Nadal.

It's getting absurd.

I think the biggest farce was the hairline fracture story post Wimbly.

Where did it come from? Who was the source?

I remember Harmann stating that the source was a very reliable one from the Nadal camp

emancipator wrote:I think the biggest farce was the hairline fracture story post Wimbly.

Where did it come from? Who was the source?

I remember Harmann stating that the source was a very reliable one from the Nadal camp

Could have been another problem with translation - maybe they meant to say 'his fracturing hairline'

So he was injured in that first set after all.

You guys just don't like him really . Well done Spain on another Davis Cup win.

Lol what's more amazing than this stuff coming out is that it's dug up after every match.

Request to YI Man: can we have a special area of 606V2 Tennis set up that allows bogbrush and Tenez to furiously stick daily internet pins into an online effigy of Nadal? We can then see who was able to insert the most pins within each 24 hour period. Might be prudent to round up the results to the nearest thousand?

Sure Lyidan....In the meantime, woudl you mind trying to clarify what's teh situation with Nadal's fitness as we are at a loss trying to understand whether this player is fit or not?

I've no idea Tenez, you're the expert on Nadal

Exactly! Say no more. Even Nadal doesn;t know. Toni tells him when his knees hurt and an infiltration is de rigueur.

I am not surprised.
I just think the "team" started the knee woes a bit prematurely....AO is 6 weeks away

lydian wrote:Request to YI Man: can we have a special area of 606V2 Tennis set up that allows bogbrush and Tenez to furiously stick daily internet pins into an online effigy of Nadal? We can then see who was able to insert the most pins within each 24 hour period. Might be prudent to round up the results to the nearest thousand?

Tenez can we create smoething like that. I just cant see Nadal winning anything. The tennis is dying if he continues to win like this again. IMO clay courts should be banned and only proper tennis to be allowed to play.

Without clay courts you'd have no Federer

Are saying he was conceived there?

lol HB...certainly his game was conceived on them

Am I alone in finding that translation hard to understand?

Tenez - your maniacal zeal to defame Nadal knows no bounds. Do you pore over the internet looking for murky rumours? It is pretty clear that Nadal has lost something mentally, but gave his all for the last matches of the season. On his favourite surface, with his nemesis for the year safely elsewhere; this is not hard to understand. Don't recall him saying his motivation was at an all-time low, more that he had had a tough year but was determined to bounce back. It's all about how you want to spin it.