mallorn
11-22-2005, 09:41 PM
A big thank you to nou.amic on VR.com, who translated the articles from Spanish. :worship:
THE OBJECTIVE IS TO IMPROVE ON FAST COURTS
Nadal: "My goal is to be in good shape for Australia"
BARCELONA.- Rafael Nadal, the world number two, has set himself the objective for next year of turning himself into a "more complete" player and improving his results on the fastest courts. The Mallorcan is not going to precipitate his return after his injury as his chief goal is "to have my foot better for Australia" next year.
"Next season, my intention is to conitinue to improve as a tennis player, for that reason I'm going to cut out some tournaments on clay and 'greenset', even though I have a better chance of winning on them, so that I can improve on other surfaces like grass and indoor hard," he declared.
His crowded schedule and the constant changes of surface have caused the post-traumatic arthritis he has in his left foot that prevented him from playing the Shanghai Masters and makes him doubtful for the Copa del Rey, the old Masters Nacional, to be held in Valladolid from 16th to 18th December.
"My prime goal is to be in good shape for the Australian Open," explained the Mallorcan tennis player, who was sceptical about being able to play in Valladolid. "I've already said that I'd love to play in the Masters, because I've never been able to play in it before, but it's clear that if I'm not in condition, I won't play."
Nadal is aware that it will be very difficult for him to repeat the same number of victories next year "because it depends on many factors". Because of this he prefers to set himself other objectives, among which is being consistent on all types of surface and maintaining himself in the top six or seven in the world.
The planning of his schedule is another area on which he will put special emphasis. "You gain experience on the circuit with time and you realise what you should not do again. For example, last year I made the mistake of taking part in some tournaments when I shouldn't, I came home to Mallorca after playing in Cincinatti instead of staying in the US to prepare for the US Open and the way I prepared for Wimbledon after Roland Garros was not right," he admitted.
If he arrives fit and well for Melbourne, Rafael Nadal will have the opportunity to have a go at one of the three Grand Slams not played on clay (Australia, Wimbledon and the US Open), in which last season he did not get past the quarter finals.
Nadal is not obsessed with being number one
Beating Roger Federer in the world rankings he sees as being rather more complicated, "because he is one of the best in history and this year he has been so much better than the rest," he said.
In any case, Nadal is not obsessed with the Swiss number one. "The main thing is to worry about myself and maintain this year's level. If I manage to put in another season like this one, it doesn't worry me if Federer is again ahead of me," he concluded.
Spanish article:
http://elmundodeporte.elmundo.es/elmundodeporte/2005/11/22/tenis/1132684360.html
The other translated article is pretty similar, but has some more detailed information about his treatment:
Europa Press via Yahoo! España wrote:
Nadal to have treatment for two weeks: his presence at the Spanish Masters remains in doubt.
"My prime goal is to have my foot better for Australia", said the player who is, "happy because it is not as serious as one would have thought"
BARCELONA, 22 Nov 05
The Mallorcan tennis player Rafael Nadal has to have complete rest and follow a course of treatment during the next two weeks to recover from the problems he has been carrying in his left foot, which means that he is doubtful for the Spanish Masters that will bring together the top Spanish players in Valladolid from 16th to 18th December.
These physical problems, which he has had since the final of the Masters Series Madrid, prevented him from participating in the Masters Cup in Shanghai and lead to him undergoing a series of test in Barcelona last week to find out the exact extent and severity of the injury.
These tests have revealed that Nadal is suffering from "post-traumatic arthritis", in the form of inflammation of the instep of his left foot, the same foot in which he suffered a stress facture last year that kept him off the tennis circuit for a couple of months.
After one week of complete rest, his treatment started today when he was given an injection of "growth factors" (could be cortisone as Mamasue says but I don't know) in the affected area. Next week he will receive a second injection and the following week he will begin training "gradually, like any other player beginning his preparation for the new season".
This was all explained today in the real Club de Tenis Barcelona by Doctor Angel Ruiz Cotorro, the Real Federación Española de Tenis doctor who is supervising Nadal's recovery. The doctor also stated that the change of surfaces on which he had played had been "what had sparked off these problems, which had appeared when he was playing least".
Ruiz Cotorro did not make any declaration about Nadal's chances of taking part in the Spanish Masters but stated that that would depend on the daily evolution of the injury. Nadal himself made it clear that his prime objective is to be competely recovered and 100% fit for the first Grand Slam of 2006 in Australia in the middle of next January.
"My prime goal is to have my foot better for Australia. If within this objective I can play the Masters Nacional, fine, but if not, unfortunately it will have to be ruled out, although it is a tournament I've never played in and would really like to play," declared the player, who is very pleased that his injury is not so serious.
"I'm pleased because, although I'm injured, it is not as serious as one would have thought... After all, it's only two weeks, and that's the time I had planned for my holidays," he said. Nadal expects to be back training "round about December 5th" and trusts that "by then my foot will be no longer hurting me".
When it comes to next year, Nadal plans to cut out some tournaments, especially those played on clay, as he wants to test himself on other types of surfaces "as an inversion for the future," he said and warned that in making up his schedule, he would need to "be careful not to overload it too much".
At the same time, he pointed out the need to take into account the changes of surface, as the doctors consider that this was the main factor that led to the problems in his foot, and to know how and when to renounce some tournaments, because he knows that this year he made the "mistake" of playing more tournaments than were good for him.
"It is also my own fault, at times I've done things badly. Sometimes you have to suppress the desire to play and your ambition because it's not good for your body," he confessed, during the press conference in which he also talked about what he had achieved in 2005, a historic year in which he won a total of 11 titles, among them his first Grand Slam, Roland Garros.
Posted by nou.amic here (http://vamosrafael.com/messageboard/viewtopic.php?t=2174&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=20) and here (http://vamosrafael.com/messageboard/viewtopic.php?t=2174&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=40)
THE OBJECTIVE IS TO IMPROVE ON FAST COURTS
Nadal: "My goal is to be in good shape for Australia"
BARCELONA.- Rafael Nadal, the world number two, has set himself the objective for next year of turning himself into a "more complete" player and improving his results on the fastest courts. The Mallorcan is not going to precipitate his return after his injury as his chief goal is "to have my foot better for Australia" next year.
"Next season, my intention is to conitinue to improve as a tennis player, for that reason I'm going to cut out some tournaments on clay and 'greenset', even though I have a better chance of winning on them, so that I can improve on other surfaces like grass and indoor hard," he declared.
His crowded schedule and the constant changes of surface have caused the post-traumatic arthritis he has in his left foot that prevented him from playing the Shanghai Masters and makes him doubtful for the Copa del Rey, the old Masters Nacional, to be held in Valladolid from 16th to 18th December.
"My prime goal is to be in good shape for the Australian Open," explained the Mallorcan tennis player, who was sceptical about being able to play in Valladolid. "I've already said that I'd love to play in the Masters, because I've never been able to play in it before, but it's clear that if I'm not in condition, I won't play."
Nadal is aware that it will be very difficult for him to repeat the same number of victories next year "because it depends on many factors". Because of this he prefers to set himself other objectives, among which is being consistent on all types of surface and maintaining himself in the top six or seven in the world.
The planning of his schedule is another area on which he will put special emphasis. "You gain experience on the circuit with time and you realise what you should not do again. For example, last year I made the mistake of taking part in some tournaments when I shouldn't, I came home to Mallorca after playing in Cincinatti instead of staying in the US to prepare for the US Open and the way I prepared for Wimbledon after Roland Garros was not right," he admitted.
If he arrives fit and well for Melbourne, Rafael Nadal will have the opportunity to have a go at one of the three Grand Slams not played on clay (Australia, Wimbledon and the US Open), in which last season he did not get past the quarter finals.
Nadal is not obsessed with being number one
Beating Roger Federer in the world rankings he sees as being rather more complicated, "because he is one of the best in history and this year he has been so much better than the rest," he said.
In any case, Nadal is not obsessed with the Swiss number one. "The main thing is to worry about myself and maintain this year's level. If I manage to put in another season like this one, it doesn't worry me if Federer is again ahead of me," he concluded.
Spanish article:
http://elmundodeporte.elmundo.es/elmundodeporte/2005/11/22/tenis/1132684360.html
The other translated article is pretty similar, but has some more detailed information about his treatment:
Europa Press via Yahoo! España wrote:
Nadal to have treatment for two weeks: his presence at the Spanish Masters remains in doubt.
"My prime goal is to have my foot better for Australia", said the player who is, "happy because it is not as serious as one would have thought"
BARCELONA, 22 Nov 05
The Mallorcan tennis player Rafael Nadal has to have complete rest and follow a course of treatment during the next two weeks to recover from the problems he has been carrying in his left foot, which means that he is doubtful for the Spanish Masters that will bring together the top Spanish players in Valladolid from 16th to 18th December.
These physical problems, which he has had since the final of the Masters Series Madrid, prevented him from participating in the Masters Cup in Shanghai and lead to him undergoing a series of test in Barcelona last week to find out the exact extent and severity of the injury.
These tests have revealed that Nadal is suffering from "post-traumatic arthritis", in the form of inflammation of the instep of his left foot, the same foot in which he suffered a stress facture last year that kept him off the tennis circuit for a couple of months.
After one week of complete rest, his treatment started today when he was given an injection of "growth factors" (could be cortisone as Mamasue says but I don't know) in the affected area. Next week he will receive a second injection and the following week he will begin training "gradually, like any other player beginning his preparation for the new season".
This was all explained today in the real Club de Tenis Barcelona by Doctor Angel Ruiz Cotorro, the Real Federación Española de Tenis doctor who is supervising Nadal's recovery. The doctor also stated that the change of surfaces on which he had played had been "what had sparked off these problems, which had appeared when he was playing least".
Ruiz Cotorro did not make any declaration about Nadal's chances of taking part in the Spanish Masters but stated that that would depend on the daily evolution of the injury. Nadal himself made it clear that his prime objective is to be competely recovered and 100% fit for the first Grand Slam of 2006 in Australia in the middle of next January.
"My prime goal is to have my foot better for Australia. If within this objective I can play the Masters Nacional, fine, but if not, unfortunately it will have to be ruled out, although it is a tournament I've never played in and would really like to play," declared the player, who is very pleased that his injury is not so serious.
"I'm pleased because, although I'm injured, it is not as serious as one would have thought... After all, it's only two weeks, and that's the time I had planned for my holidays," he said. Nadal expects to be back training "round about December 5th" and trusts that "by then my foot will be no longer hurting me".
When it comes to next year, Nadal plans to cut out some tournaments, especially those played on clay, as he wants to test himself on other types of surfaces "as an inversion for the future," he said and warned that in making up his schedule, he would need to "be careful not to overload it too much".
At the same time, he pointed out the need to take into account the changes of surface, as the doctors consider that this was the main factor that led to the problems in his foot, and to know how and when to renounce some tournaments, because he knows that this year he made the "mistake" of playing more tournaments than were good for him.
"It is also my own fault, at times I've done things badly. Sometimes you have to suppress the desire to play and your ambition because it's not good for your body," he confessed, during the press conference in which he also talked about what he had achieved in 2005, a historic year in which he won a total of 11 titles, among them his first Grand Slam, Roland Garros.
Posted by nou.amic here (http://vamosrafael.com/messageboard/viewtopic.php?t=2174&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=20) and here (http://vamosrafael.com/messageboard/viewtopic.php?t=2174&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=40)