jeudi 29 novembre 2012
Un retour prévu à Abou Dhabi pour Rafa
DOHA - L'Espagnol Rafael Nadal, dont la dernière apparition sur le circuit ATP remonte au 28 juin 2012, a prévu de faire son retour en compétition à Abou Dhabi puis Doha fin décembre, ont indiqué vendredi les organisateurs de ces événements.
Nadal, redescendu au 4e rang du classement ATP, doit participer à un tournoi-exhibition avec le no 1 mondial, le Serbe Novak Djokovic du 27 au 29 décembre.
Il enchaînera ensuite sur le tournoi de Doha qui débutera le 31 décembre.
« Nadal reprend la compétition et tout le monde attend de voir ce dont il est capable », a expliqué le directeur du tournoi de Doha, Karim Alami, qu journal The Peninsula.
Le septuple vainqueur de Roland-Garros a repris cette semaine l'entraînement alors qu'il était éloigné des courts depuis sa défaite surprise au deuxième tour de Wimbledon face au Tchèque Lukas Rosol.
Nadal a notamment été privé des Jeux olympiques 2012, du US Open et de la finale de la Coupe Davis, perdue par l'Espagne face à la République tchèque.
jeudi 22 novembre 2012
Rafael Nadal Resumes Practice After 5-Month Injury Break
Rafael Nadal, an 11-time Grand Slam
tennis champion, has resumed training after being sidelined by
injury since June.
“Today my first tennis practice after all these weeks,” Nadal said on his Facebook page. “Getting better and hope to continue with the positive trend,” he added. He was pictured in an indoor court with his uncle and long-time coach, Toni Nadal.
The 26-year-old Spaniard is practicing today for the first time since August in his home town of Manacor on the island of Mallorca, his publicist Benito Perez-Barbadillo said in an e- mail.
Nadal, who’s dropped two spots to No. 4 on the ATP World Tour rankings, has committed to playing an exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi in Dec. 27-29. It’s a warm-up for the Australian Open, which starts Jan. 14 in Melbourne.
After winning a men’s record seventh French Open, Nadal was upset in the second round of Wimbledon by then 100th-ranked Czech Lukas Rosol in June. His earliest exit in one of the four majors turned out to be his last match of the season.
After Wimbledon, Nadal initially tried to get ready to defend his Olympic gold medal at the London Olympics in August. A week after his defeat to Rosol, he said he was suffering from tendinitis in one of his knees and that doctors told him to rest for two weeks. In July 19, he withdrew from the London Games, saying he wasn’t fit enough to compete and that it was “one of the saddest moments” of his career.
Until today, he hadn’t struck a tennis ball since pulling out of the U.S. Open on Aug. 15, Perez-Barbadillo said.
Although 2012 marks Nadal’s longest injury-related lay-off, he’s frequently been sidelined with physical ailments. He missed defending his Wimbledon title in 2009 because of tendinitis, and has also struggled with a shoulder injury and a recurring stress fracture in a foot.
“Today my first tennis practice after all these weeks,” Nadal said on his Facebook page. “Getting better and hope to continue with the positive trend,” he added. He was pictured in an indoor court with his uncle and long-time coach, Toni Nadal.
The 26-year-old Spaniard is practicing today for the first time since August in his home town of Manacor on the island of Mallorca, his publicist Benito Perez-Barbadillo said in an e- mail.
Nadal, who’s dropped two spots to No. 4 on the ATP World Tour rankings, has committed to playing an exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi in Dec. 27-29. It’s a warm-up for the Australian Open, which starts Jan. 14 in Melbourne.
After winning a men’s record seventh French Open, Nadal was upset in the second round of Wimbledon by then 100th-ranked Czech Lukas Rosol in June. His earliest exit in one of the four majors turned out to be his last match of the season.
After Wimbledon, Nadal initially tried to get ready to defend his Olympic gold medal at the London Olympics in August. A week after his defeat to Rosol, he said he was suffering from tendinitis in one of his knees and that doctors told him to rest for two weeks. In July 19, he withdrew from the London Games, saying he wasn’t fit enough to compete and that it was “one of the saddest moments” of his career.
Until today, he hadn’t struck a tennis ball since pulling out of the U.S. Open on Aug. 15, Perez-Barbadillo said.
Missed Tour Finals
Nadal, who won the title in New York in 2010, announced on his website on Sept. 3 that he’d miss at least two months after he was diagnosed with a partial tear of a patella tendon as well as knee inflammation. While Nadal rehabilitated in the swimming pool at his home, he also pulled out of the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals in London on Nov. 5-12 and the Davis Cup final against the Czech Republic last weekend.Although 2012 marks Nadal’s longest injury-related lay-off, he’s frequently been sidelined with physical ailments. He missed defending his Wimbledon title in 2009 because of tendinitis, and has also struggled with a shoulder injury and a recurring stress fracture in a foot.
Retour à l'entraînement pour R. Nadal
«Aujourd'hui, (s'est déroulé) mon premier entraînement après tant de semaines, je suis en progression et j'espère continuer sur cette voie», a-t-il expliqué sur son compte twitter.
L'Espagnol a choisi un court en dur dans sa ville natale de Manacor pour recommencer à frapper des balles, sous l'oeil attentif de son oncle et entraîneur Toni Nadal et un physiothérapeute.
Nadal, âgé de 26 ans, a mentionné qu'il prévoit être complètement rétabli à temps pour les Internationaux d'Australie en janvier.
Le no 4 mondial, vainqueur des Internationaux de France, n'a pas disputé un match en compétition depuis sa défaite face au Tchèque Lukas Rosol en deuxième ronde du tournoi de Wimbledon.
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