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Photo: AFP/Goh Chai Hin Rafael Nadal |
Rafael Nadal est éreinté en cette fin d'année.
L'Espagnol a déclaré au journal madrilèneAS, mercredi, avoir eu « très peu de temps » pour se reposer en vue de la prochaine saison en raison de sa participation à la finale de la Coupe Davis en décembre.
« Cette année, je vais arriver un peu plus juste que l'année dernière au début de la saison », a soutenu Nadal.
Le numéro deux mondial entame sa préparation dès cette semaine par un tournoi d'exhibition à Abou Dhabi, aux Émirats arabes unis.
Nadal s'envolera ensuite pour Doha, au Qatar, avant de se rendre à Melbourne pour défendre son titre aux Internationaux d'Australie.
Le Majorquin a connu une année en demi-teintes. Après un très bon début de saison, Nadal a notamment subi une élimination hâtive en huitièmes de finale à Roland-Garros et perdu sa couronne mondiale au profit du Suisse Roger Federer.
Mallorca, 29 of December, 2009
Rafa Nadal has completed his last training session for the year in Mallorca before flying to Abu Dhabi this afternoon. The World No.2 trained for nearly 2 hours on Monday with one of his best friends, Carlos Moya and even played a set, which he won 7-5.
After the training session, Rafa said he was very “happy” with the work he’s done during December despite not having any time to rest after Spain won the Davis Cup title a few weeks ago. “Before travelling at the beginning [of the season] you always feel a bit lazy, especially when I haven’t had much time for myself as I’ve been training all the time”.
“I did get the chance to be with my friends for a couple of days and I’ve spent some time with my family, so I’m really looking forward to the beginning of the season where I hope to regain mi level of competition bit by bit,” said Rafa to a Mallorcan TV Channel yesterday.
“You always have to take one day at a time and I really hope that both the exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi and the tournament in Doha will give me the practice and confidence I need to play the Australian Open at the highest level.”
EXHIBITION TOURNAMENT
The Capitala World Tennis Championships, begins on the 31st of December and goes till the 2nd of January. Rafa will begin his 2010 campaign on Thursday, 1st of January against the winner of the match between Jo-Wilfred Tsonga and Nicolay Davydenko.
In the other side of the draw, Roger Federer, Robin Soderling or Stanislas Wawrinka could play him in the final.
Source: http://www.rafaelnadal.com/nadal/en/homeMallorca, December 25th, 2009
Spanish Channel, IB3 will be showing this evening 25th of December a special show dedicated to Rafa Nadal. The documentary, called “The Past in not forever’, will be broadcasted at 9:10pm (local Spanish time).
The show is a summary of the 2009 season told from Rafa’s point of view. It was filmed by IB3 after they followed the champ around for a whole year and it shows his most human and intimate side, inside and outside the tennis courts.
In behalf of Rafa Nadal and the entire RN.com, we’d like to wish you all a very safe and happy Christmas. May your homes be full of blessings and bring your loved ones closer together.
Thank you for your continued support throughout Rafa’s career, and we look forward to seeing you all during the 2010 season.
Mallorca, December 22, 2009
As of January 2010, Rafa Nadal is to be Quely’s ambassador for their international expansion plans.
Rafael Nadal, currently number 2 in the ATP ranking, and, without doubt, the best Spanish tennis player of all time, is to become the face of Quely throughout the world, thanks to an agreement that the tennis player and Quely will be presenting in public at our bakery in Inca this coming Monday, December 21st.
For Quely, a family run company founded in 1853 that manufactures biscuits, bakery and chocolate coated products, it is a source of pride and satisfaction to be able to count with the assistance of Rafa Nadal for these ambitious plans, a new stage in which we hope to publicise our products with the aid of the best person to recommend them, a champion with great human and sporting qualities perseverance, tenacity, respect, hard work, and humility, someone who has consumed our products ever since he was a little kid.
Both Rafa Nadal and the team at Quely would like you to be able to share with you what will definitely be a very special moment in the history of Quely.
Date of the presentation: Monday December 21st. 2009
Time: 13:00
Address: C/ La Balanguera, nº 1, 07300 Inca
Mallorca, December 16, 2009
The 2010 season will not only mark the end of a spectacular decade of tennis, but also, it reminds us tennis fans of how lucky we have been to witness some of the best moments the sport has ever seen.
Roger Federer takes the cake as the best player without doubt, and Rafa Nadal (who celebrates his 9th year on tour at the start of 2010), deserves an honourable mention for giving tennis the excitement and entertainment it deserves. This decade wouldn't have been the same without either of them.
Perhaps, not having Roger around would have meant Rafa would have had a few more titles under his belt, and some would even say he would have become the best in history, BUT lucky for Rafa (and tennis fans), it hasn't been that easy. If anything, it’s thanks to their rivalry that their achievements are that much more significant.
As prove, check out this week’s ATP World Tour website to read about this decade’s best players, and the top 10 records and achievements.
Below are Rafa’s outstanding results:
DECADE IN REVIEW
TOP 10 RECORDS & ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE DECADE
by ATP Staff
3. Rafael Nadal’s four consecutive Roland Garros titles is a stunning feat. The Spaniard won on debut in 2005 and won 31 consecutive matches before big-hitting Swede Robin Soderling upset him in a fourth-set tie-break in the fourth round this year.
5. Rafael Nadal became the first man since Bjorn Borg 28 years before him to claim the elusive Roland Garros-Wimbledon double in 2008. (Federer repeated the feat in 2009). In a banner year Nadal also won Olympic gold that season.
8. Rafael Nadal’s imposing clay-court streak during the decade was breathtaking. Nadal, who owns a 181-16 career win-loss record on clay, won more than 11 matches for each one he lost on the surface. He amassed an 81-match winning streak between 2005-07. His record in best-of-five-set matches on clay is 49-1 and he has won 24 of 26 finals on the surface.
10. Rafael Nadal’s record at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments is astonishing. Before turning 23 in June, Nadal had won 15 of the ATP World Tour’s premier tournaments between 2005-09. He trails Federer by just one and all-time leader Agassi by two titles. (Agassi won his record 17th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title as a 34 year old.)
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Rafael Nadal reaching 400 match wins faster than any other active player is worthy of note. Nadal reached his 400th win from 491 matches, topping Federer and Hewitt, who both needed 520 matches to register their 400th wins.
2. RAFA NADAL
In recent years, Rafa Nadal has emerged as the strongest challenger to Federer’s dominance and has established one of the most gripping rivalries in the history of men’s tennis with the Swiss. The Spaniard, who proudly displays the silhouette of a bull’s horns on his tennis shoes, has been the undoubted King of Clay in the past five years. Of the Spaniard’s 36 tour-level titles, 25 have come on his surface of choice.
!Vamos Rafa!
Source: http://www.rafaelnadal.com/nadal/en/homeMadrid, December 10, 2009
Rafa Nadal has no plans to rest. The champ is back home in Mallorca after a very long week full of commitments, and thousands of interviews that are part of the protocol that comes with winning a very deserved Davis Cup title.
The world No.2 and his team celebrated for hours before flying to Madrid on Monday for the official ceremony organized by the president of Spain, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. On Tuesday, he flew back home, had a day’s rest and began his pre-season training.
At an interview on Sunday, Rafa explained that “there will be no days to celebrate” the holiday season and simply, his objective is to regain the rhythm and confidence that helped him take his game to the next level during the last two years.
He plans to work real hard and hopefully make up for the time lost during a pair of injury absences this past ATP season.
On December 29th, Rafa will begin his 2010 campaign at an Exhibition in Abu Dhabi, before playing in Doha, and the Australian Open.
Vamos Rafa!