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#1 · (Edited)
Massu was elected the best sportsman of the year (by all the chilean sportsmen)

A hundred of national sportsmen, of all the disciplines, chose almost for unanimity Nicolás Massú as the best of 2004 in the survey realized by La Tercera. The success of the viñamarino dragged to the exploit of the Olympic medals of Athens as the sports achievement of the year and to the tennis as the most out-standing discipline. Of 100 voters, only two stopped mentioning the Olympic champion as the best of the year.
The majority emphasized that the achievement of the tennis player was " historical and heroic ". Nicolás Massú, while, he said that is " emotive and nice that my sports partners recognize me fondly. If in Athens I fought very much, it was because I saw the 20 ó 30 friends who were encouraging me and were helping me to go out of the weariness ".

Congrats Nico :bigclap:
 
#227 ·
NicoFan said:
Therefore now he aims at "the emotional regularity". "Nico has many ups and downs, therefore is important that be more orderly in the calendar, is important to rest, that he listens to me as for the planning of the year", explained.
Por favor Nico - please please please listen to Gaby and do whatever Gaby tells you to do...please...I know you will, just want to make sure... ;)

Love ya Nico... :hug:
 
#229 · (Edited)
Interview with Nico's dad.

From latercera.cl:

The unique thing that wants at this time Nicolas Massú is that finish of a good time this 2005 harmful. They remain so alone two tournaments (Basel and Paris-Bercy). A year plagued by injuries and where the bad news have abounded besides the good. But already does not it remain anything and is therefore same that the national player already plans the next season, in which expects to recover the land lost.

Sponsors

Telefonica it carries various years as the main one sponsor main of the viñamarino. And in December expires the contract, for which they will have to begin the negotiations among the parts to see what happens. The fall in the classification (is almost a fact that will finish the year out of the 50 better) would be able to damage it, nevertheless Manuel Massú, father and representative, thinks that this will not affect.

"They know what weighs Nicolas and all the physical problems that has had this year. The ranking of Nicolas is a liar and all we are sure that the next year will change the situation, because will not have anything that to defend", explained. Unofficially the contract between Massú and the business of telecommunications is for US$ 100 thousand annual.

With the remainder of his sponsors, the theme does not worry. "With Adidas and Babolat there is contract in force and with Stores Paris extends to the 2006, although there is an option to give it for finished in order to year. But it is something conversable", added Massú father.

In another aspect, the advisors of the Olympic champion already plan the 2006. Already it is a fact that after playing in Paris-Bercy (finalizes November 6), the player will have three weeks of holidays. The first week of December will initiate the pre-season in Buenos Aires, next to his coach Gabriel Markus.

"He is not considered to play exhibitions and all will be centered in arriving well al start of the year that will be in Auckland and later in the Australian Open". And on the other hand will be avoided to make mistakes that yes were assumed for this year.

"Special emphasis in the making of the calendar was put, because for example now should not go to Palermo and should leave immediately in indoor. They are things that itself they cannot be repeated", added Manuel Massú.

Besides, the Chilean will work the aspect psychologist, with a specialist in the capital of Argentina. "Nicolas has been submitted to a lot of pressure and that comes him affecting in its play. Him it is seen pressured, because in the technical part and physics is well. If in the training does not show problems, but yes when does it for the points", added the representative of the viñamarino.
 
#230 ·
Interview with Hans in latercera.cl:

From latercera.cl:

No matter how more its performance in the last tournaments frighten to various, I am not worried about what Nicolas Massu is living. And the reason is simple: before has been in similar situations and always managed to do well with success. It suffices to recall what suffered in the 2003 and how al following year was transformed into idol al to obtain the medals in Athens and to complete its better season as the professional.

When a player crosses low moments he should appeal to his effort and courage and the Nico he has him to spare. I know that next to Gabriel Markus, his coach, he will worry to do a good pre-season. One must leave behind the last period and to be concentrate on what comes. Clearly, I hope that in the two tournaments that reduces him to play obtain triumphs, only to take up again something of the confidence loss. Although in reality this faith in itself only recovers coaching and with many hours of tennis.

As the captain of Cup Davis touched me to realize that to Massú is an example at the moment of to coach. In fact, before playing against Pakistan, asked me to be remained more time in the practices, to perfect its blows. That it is the attitude that expect of him now, since if did not yield this year was only by the injury that suffered at the principle of the season.

Keys will be the first tournaments that confront in 2006. Auckland, the Australian Open and Vina del Mar, they can mark the return of the true one Nicolas. I have conversed personally with him and Fernando González and both tell myself that they will arrive in the best form to the Davis Cup match against Slovakia, by the first round of the World Group. It is seen that they are anxious, with desires to face to the possible champions of 2005.

Before closing this column, wanted to stop me in another theme: the Cup Petrobras that this week is played. I think that will be the great opportunity so that Chile see in action to the other members of the team of Cup Davis. I expect that Paul Capdeville and Adrián Garcia they show their advances and plunge points. Would be ideal.
 
#231 ·
What Nico's dad said about Nico doing well in practice and can't do it on the court - so true. When I watched Nico in practices during the summer, he would be doing so well...and then he would get on to the courts, adn look so tentative and lack confidence. Especially for the match against Tim - I thought from practice that he was going to kick Tim's butt the entire match - but got out there, and one break, and he looked like the world had ended. Didn't stop trying, but just looked devastated.

Hopefully the sports psychologist will help.
 
#232 ·
oh! who could be the sport psychologist :drool: although I wouldn't help him too much, 'cause I would be spoiling him always and actually I kind of need a psychologist for myself ha ha! :silly:

He'll be back, I know NicoFan !! Vamos sweetie! :hug:
 
#234 ·
All good news! I know Nico will work this out and I will add my thanks to Gaby also as I don't know that some of these decisions would be made without him there.
 
#235 ·
Why does the Chilean press pick on my poor Nico... :confused:

Now they are complaining that because he had a bad year, the guys won't classify for World Cup in Dusseldorf. Of course they fail to say its because of 3 injuries that he had a bad year.

And they even put it in the article for his match tomorrow. From latercera.cl: "The viñamarino will try to cut a negative gust of wind of four consecutive losses in the first round, that have it far from the first places of the ranking ATP and with the Chilean team with scarce chances to classify to Düsseldorf. "

No compassion. :mad:

Just like in Cincy when Nico was so upset that they were more worried about his ranking than about how he was healing physically.

No wonder he gets upset with it all.

We love you though Nico... :hug:
 
#237 ·
Interview with Nico's dad in lun.com after loss to Max:

The defeat given by the Belorussian Max Mirnyi closed the discreet season of the viñamarino, who added its sixth consecutive defeat in the first round of a tournament.


Nicolas Massú could not have yesterday a worse closing of season: the viñamarino wanted to be compensated in Paris of five consecutive defeats in the first round, but the power of Max Mirnyi was too much for his pretensions, being said good-bye thus of the last one Masters Series of the season, delivering the suit by a double one 6/2.


With this reverse, the medalist of gold in Athens 2004 closed this season with a registration of 18 victories against 22 falls, of which eleven were in the initial phase of a tournament. With it he equalized his worse gust of wind of negative starts, which dates from the 2001 when also fell consecutively six times of a total of 14 premieres without victories. Besides, and al the same as that year, did not win a title.


"The Nico should rest and to give return the leaf. The injuries complicated him during great part of the year and that impeded him to carry out an adequate pre-season. That be alarming, but I would be worried if its badly performance was for lack of tennis and that, fortunately, has not been thus", analyzed Manuel Massú, father of the sportsman.


"Besides Nicolas carried out a great effort in the 2004: won a pair of titles and succeeded in the Olympics, in singles and in double. That effort passed the account and they came the fracture by stress in the foot, a slipped disc and an injury to the groin. Also I believe that we hurried in the recovery of some of them, removing him continuity to his play", added Mr. Manuel.


It is the opinion that the mother of the tennis player, Sonia Fried, reaffirmed last night in the television program "The last temptation" of Chilevisión. "I believe that Nicolas initiated very quick the season, without taking into account the theme of the wounds. He thought that he could be well, but he made a very large mistake, because later he had one injury after another, that him signficaron to be six months stopped".


In the Parisian court, the Belorussian was a superior al national, who with the rout of yesterday he will finish the 2005 beyond the set of pigeonholes 65 of the ATP. "Sure that was a very hard match, because besides the pressure that himself autoimpone the Nico, Mirnyi he is strong in fast surfaces as this", Massu's dad said.


-¿Nicolas should be concentrated now in the next season?


-Yes. The best is that come immediately and take some good holidays. It needs to rest before being begin to plan what will be the 2006. The good thing is that my son has a lot of claw to do well after these falls and I am sure that the next year will be his, therefore physically is found better and will not have to defend so many points.
 
#238 ·
Thank you for posting the article NicoFan.I wish Nico Massu a good rest and rehabilitation from his injuries. I also wish and hope tat next year will be injury free and will see Nico back to his winning ways, and will end the year in the top ten. Meanwhile, I hope and wish that Nico Massu and all his loved ones, and all his fans, will be happy, safe and free from suffering this year and always. Thank you and see you next year.
 
#239 · (Edited)
Nico is home!!! And wow, he is serious about 2006. Is only take 2 1/2 weeks for vacation. Will start training again on 11/21 and go to Buenas Aires on 11/28.

From latercera.cl:

A balance of what was its action in the season that recently finalized, carried out this late one the national tennis player Nicolas Massú, who explained that the complications tenísticas arose for the constant injuries that suffered from end of 2004.

"The year was difficult. All began the 2004 when I had a problem with a hernia for which I had to have operated on. I was five months stopped without doing nothing and then it cost myself a lot to return", indicated the racquet number two of Chile.

Of the same form, Massú reiterated that each championship that had to confront, was full of difficulties, what him did not they permit to arrive from good form al final of the season.

"Always I was playing with problems, lacked me to win more matches and thus the end of year arrived and in this type of surfaces (hard) rhythm is needed more and I was not with confidence. I had a full year of difficulties and I did the best than I was able and passed what had to happen", assured the "Vampire".

On the processing of his injuries, Massú indicated that "I made no mistake, I did everything that was al reach of my hand", assuring that to half of season had his better action (Amestfoort, Kitzbuhel, US Open and Gstaad).

The viñamarino will initiate its pre-season November 21 and the 28 will begin to coach splits it tenística, the surest thing in Buenos Aires, for later begin the season in the tournaments of Auckland and in the Australian Open.

In the meantime, in which concerns al clash by Davis Cup before Slovakia, Massú indicated that one must seek a court that favor the pretenciones national, but does not have a preference marked.

"If it is in Vina del Mar would be happy because I am of there, but if is in La Serena or Rancagua would also be good to carry the tennis to those cities for the first time", finalized.
 
#241 ·
More of interview from terra.cl - this is more about Coria:

The “Vampire” arrived this morning al country, putting an end to a season where him went not well product of multiple wounds. In national floor put final point to its discussion with the Argentine tennis player. “It is clear that I am not going to go to eat with him, but if touches me to coach do not I have problems in doing it”, maintained. (TERRA.cl)

SANTIAGO, November 03.- The second national racquet, Nicolas Massú, spoke again from Guillermo Coria, Argentine player with the one that had a strong crossing of words in the past US Open, and said that among them “there is not problems”. The viñamarino, that this morning to Santiago arrived putting an end to an irregular season, wanted to put thus final point to a matter that him does not please to touch too much.

“Never I had problems with Guillermo. It is more, our relation was always very good except for what happened in the United States. In that tournament a lot of the attention called me to his attitude”, maintained.

It added that “is clear that I am not going to go to eat with him, but if touches me to coach do not I have problems in doing it. In the US Open he carried himself badly, but I insist that in him personal I believe to have objections with nobody in the circuit”.

It consulted by them you said of Fernando González on El Mago (to whom qualified as “the player less wanted of the circuit”), Massú said that “that they should resolve it among them, just as I spoke with Coria… does not treat that Guillermo does have not friends, simply that all the people are mistaken”.

Clearly that that was not the only matter that treated the “Vampire” in its chat with the press. It confirmed that will be of holidays to November 28, date in which will be transferred to Buenos Aires to initiate its pre-season looking al 2006.

“If I do a good preparation and me not the injuries they pursue I am going to be again among the better of the world. With Gabriel Markus we are very well, despite the last results, and now all is focused in the next year”, commented.
 
#244 ·
Sounds like Nico knows what he has to do. That is very positive! Hope he has some fun before training again but I have a feeling that won't be a problem. And Alonso-where is this picture of Nico??? I can't miss pic of Nico even if his mustache looks funny??? Dtiger-I hope the same for you during the offseason. :wavey: Nicofan-get to work for goodness sake!!! ;)

(Oh, and lol on Nico and Coria not dining together! Nico still has his sense of humor!)
 
#245 ·
Here's more from Radio Cooperativa - and thanks for yelling at me Sparko! I knew there would be Nico news today so built it into my schedule....lol! And I want to see a picture with just a mustache - he always has a mustache with his goatee but not just only a mustache.

Nicolas Massú: "I will be again among the better of the world" The tennis player arrived al country to initiate its period of holidays and indicated that the lean end of year that had will be erased with a good physical work of pre-season and a careful planning.

The six consecutive routs in the first round that harvested in the end of the season left Nicolas Massú very badly stopped. In fact the next week will leave the group of the 60 better than the System of Entrance of the ATP. All badly, although the doblecampéon Olympic believes that with a good pre-season and a calendar well structured will manage to will know again of triumphs.

"If I do a good preparation and if me not the injuries they pursue I am going to be again among the better of the world. With Gabriel Markus (his coach) we are very well, despite the last results, and now all is focused in the next year", maintained Massú to its arrival al country to initiate a period two weeks of holidays.

Massú indicated that will take care of in detail its calendar 2006: "When one is inside the 10 or 20 better than the world all is easy because one does the calendar, but when they are further back is more complicated. By something I am not going to play the first week (of January), I am going to plan a lot better, to take rest and to aim at the large tournaments"

The injuries pursued to Massú during all the season and for the viñamarino was decisive: "Was a complicated year, all began when I had problems in the groin a year ago behind, then came an operation in the foot (left), another pain in the ankle of the same leg... I was five pull without physical work. It cost me to return... to half of year I had my better tennis (where reached semifinals in Gstaad and Kitzbuhel), with an only correct performance, and in order to season I did not have neither confidence neither rhythm".

"I would not like to say this, but I played all the year with inconveniences, I was not never calm. I did everything that I was able. I made no mistake... the sportsmen pass for high and low. In fact, in all the tournaments I visited al doctor... never I had the same force neither the agility of before. They are things that add... did not I have pre-season and a sportsman knows that that weighs a lot of", added.

On the setting for the collision of Cup Davis of February of 2006 before Czech Republic, Massú shoed itself indifferent: "Is a theme that should handle the Confederacy of Tennis, what is important is that play itself sea level and in that sense we should seek the best for us".

Massú will initiate its pre-season November 21, will play an exhibition in Uruguay the 29 and 30 of November, and will debut in the circuit in Auckland (New Zealand) January 9. (Cooperative.cl)
 
#248 ·
#249 ·
Here's the article that go with the "biker" pictures! LOL!

From lun.com

"With these sure photos that we are going to break it. Already it was bored middle with those typical that take me in the court, al side of the network", comments Nicolas Massú while runs between its piece and the mirror that communicates the dining room, provided of eccentric t-shirts for the unscripted photographic session. And the vedette of this interview is not the tennis player viñamarino dressed of rock artist but a small silver motorcycle that adorns the living room of his department.

The joyita in question, a production Harley-Davidson style machine limited that can run to 50 kilometers for hour, has dazzled al tennis player, that thinks to buy it to give him an ambientación different to its new home. "Me change to a larger department in December and I am going to decorate it in my style, with metallic furniture and outlandish colors. And the one that have, it lease or seeing. I take advantage of your newspaper to pass the avisito, jaja. And this motorcycle comes me very well to place it near a bar. It would remain impeque, not?", plans Massú, while drinks a Coca-Cola frost and does zapping with the remote control, tuning in quickly the contorneos of the girls of Mekano.

The good spirit of the double Olympic medalist contrasts with the summary of its sports year. It was a somber season in the court that assumes as a result of the wounds and does not dramatize more. It knows that with a normal preparation goes to be again up fighting the important things.

"After a year as good as the 2004 I would be able to have me relaxed with the Olympic achievements. But not, I am a maverick and always I want more. Everything that it passed me already is history and in that sense I hit me a matured hardly. I will be again that of before. The good thing is that now I dominate a lot better the crisis. Before me would have gone crazy with a so bad gust of wind. I achieved that the things did not affect me so much. Gabriel (Markus, his coach) presented me even to finish the year in Madrid so that aired me the head, but I did not want. Equal tin plating gave me that me was not better in Spain because I felt that did not I respond to the people that voted me so that played the tournament. Yourself figure you that Manuel Santana, the director of the tournament, approached itself me the day that closed the votings to tell me that was impressive like the people wanted me, that had devastated. Him could not believe", the player of 26 years says.

The door of the department of opens and Sonia Fried, its mother, enters for the walkway pushing a car of full supermarket of merchandise. "For the boy, that had peeled the refrigerator", comments the aunt Sonia with its habitual maternal tone. It is hooked with the conversation and quickly seeks a camera to portray to its regalón, that enjoys with the clicks of the photographer while embraces the famous motorcycle. Its brother Jorge Andrés, is killed of the laughter with the scene. The interview continues.

-Should be complicated to add six weeks in a row in the first return. How did you manage to survive to that frustration?

-To remain idle and to have that to expect several days to enter again to the court is not simple, but depends a lot of the place where you are. Internet enough accompanies me and a lot more now than I travel with a personal computer to drink wine in the nights before sleep. During the day, after the training I go to some mall to buy me clothes. Is my obsession.

-¿The relation of the tour is only of companions or you cultivate friendships?

-Good, friends like the Feña (González) there are few. He puts me al day with the things in Chile if we coincide in the tournaments. But equal there is people burglarizes. For example David Ferrer and Rafael Nadal. The other day we were with a grupito to see the party of the Real Madrid with the Rosenborg, by the Champions League, and later we went us to eat. The Rafa (Nadal) is a seven of person.

-¿Some book in the trips accompanies you?

-Not, not, almost do not I read. Is that me not the novels they entertain and as I am restless costs me to concentrate me a lot of while. They give me dream. I prefer the real histories, like those of other sportsmen. There was read the history of Maradona and on holiday I think to read me that of the cyclist Armstrong and that of Michael Jordan.

Nicolas asks pause to attend his cell one and continues: "to the extent that I have gone growing I interest me more with other things. Now I give me the time to travel through the cities in which I play, thinking that I am a privileged one in having the profession that have. There are incredible tournaments and fantastic places that do not want wasted".

-¿You feel that are in the half of your career?

-I am in the results consolidation phase and I have to put all my experience al service of my career. It is a pleasing sensation, as that of a young veteran that already passed various spools but that still conserves the energy to continue battling.

-¿And what place occupies the love in this period? Is very far away in your priorities?

-For now I am well single and alone. I do not deny that i would like to be accompanied, but the things have not been given so that I be with someone. Being tennis player the love is complicated and for the moment my priorities are the tennis and my family. To my people always the strange one when I am outside, but this hits is thus not more. I feel tranquil with the life that I carry and, good, so so alone I am not neither. Always something falls over there.
 
#250 ·
Too bad - I know Nico wanted DC to be played in Santiago. And I wanted it in Vina.

A little help from the Chileans - is Nico saying that he thinks there should be a stadium built in Santiago?

From latercera.cl:

A week ago Nicolas Massú knew that Rancagua would be the headquarters of the matches against Slovakia. And though himself is not opposed to the decision, yes jumped to some conclusions regarding the process that carried to be decided for the Sixth Region.

"If we go to Rancagua is not for money nor by a sports thing. What happens is that there was not where more to do it", indicated the viñamarino, who asked to the authorities that worry about having an adequate precinct to receive an appointment of the World Group of Davis Cup.

"All this causes thinks me that is clear that lacks a stadium for the tennis in Chile, one that another alternative give us to play in Santiago", added.

Massú assured that by defending to Chile would play anywhere of the country (" even in Punta Arenas") and confirmed that when Fernando Gonzalez returns from China will "audit in Rancagua. But I do not believe that be greater the differences with playing level of sea".

There were other members of the "Familia de Tenis" that also they considered that the election of Rancagua should not damage the options of Chile. Alvaro Fillol commented that the "difference with Vina is not so large", while Patricio Rodriguez said that "the altitude of Rancagua does not impact a lot and, besides, is good that change of cities".

The dissident only voice was that of Leonardo Zuleta, who considers that "is an advantage to play greater height. When they were localities, they placed us a very fast court and with little rowboat.
 
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