View Poll Results: Will he return?
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He will recover and win 2 or more slams
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58.44% |
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He will recover, and win 1 more slam
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He will recover, but never win another slam
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He will recover, but never get back to top 10
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He will never play another match again
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7.00% |
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01-18-2013, 10:30 AM
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#961
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Re: What I don't get about Rafa...
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because we don't like Nadal, we prefer Federer, evidently.
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And yet so many people that dislike him keep posting in his threads...makes you wonder. |
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01-18-2013, 10:43 AM
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#962
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Re: Rafael Nadal Injury/Health Update Thread : Nadal confirmed for Viña del Mar
WIl he play in Buenos Aeros . I heard he was in talks with those organizers . Will he play that ?
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01-18-2013, 01:05 PM
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#963
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Re: Rafael Nadal Injury/Health Update Thread : Nadal confirmed for Viña del Mar
Almagro and Ferrer in turmoil that Nadal gonna play the south american vulture swing
thats what they get for wishing him back  |
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01-18-2013, 02:43 PM
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Re: Rafael Nadal Injury/Health Update Thread : Nadal confirmed for Viña del Mar
Ignoring the funny snide remarks of others, I think this is good for the sport in general. I may hate Nadull but he is the greatest claycourter until proven otherwise and him playing a more international schedule is good for the popularity of the sport.
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01-18-2013, 02:57 PM
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Re: What I don't get about Rafa...
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01-18-2013, 03:10 PM
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Re: Rafael Nadal Injury/Health Update Thread : Nadal confirmed for Viña del Mar
TV series with flashy girls was the only thing remaining to complete his comeback. Trendy Rafa. The only top male player to spend time with internationally famous women like Shakira.
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01-18-2013, 03:55 PM
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Re: Rafael Nadal Injury/Health Update Thread : Nadal confirmed for Viña del Mar
Nice that he can come back in southAmerica 
but he can't count 1000 points at once with these 3 tournaments, maximum 705 points before Indian Wells (and even maximum until october if he goes far in Monte-Carlo and Barcelona), because he has to replace other optionals.
That's the system for top-50 players and that's why it's impossible to "vulture" at this level. "Vulturing" is only important for challenger-players, the use of that notion in the top of the rankings is pure nonsense.
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Nadal could be back in the top 4 before RG. Guess it's better that way.
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it will be very hard, at the moment, Nadal is 3000 points behind Ferrer for the French open seed.
And being seeded 5 in Indian Wells, Madrid or Roma might give him Djokovic or Murray in quarters (in semi in Miami and Monte-Carlo), which is indeed not pleasant for Djokovic or Murray, but that doesn't change the fact that it's not good for Nadal either.
Last edited by duong : 01-18-2013 at 05:02 PM.
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01-18-2013, 03:56 PM
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Re: Rafael Nadal Injury/Health Update Thread : Nadal confirmed for Viña del Mar
Nadal's not playing Miami.
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01-18-2013, 04:00 PM
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#969
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Re: Rafael Nadal Injury/Health Update Thread : Nadal confirmed for Viña del Mar
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Nadal's not playing Miami.
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where did you read it ? according to knowledgeable posters in previous pages, Benito Perez-Barbadillo said that he planned to play Miami, the rumour was wrong. |
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01-18-2013, 04:15 PM
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#970
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Re: Rafael Nadal Injury/Health Update Thread : Nadal confirmed for Viña del Mar
Is that so? Then that's good. But even if he plays Miami, he'll likely be 4th seed, as RF will be out of action there.
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01-18-2013, 04:18 PM
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Re: Rafael Nadal Injury/Health Update Thread : Nadal confirmed for Viña del Mar
Not sure what the idea behind play in Miami, didn't he skip Miami last year because of the knees?
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01-18-2013, 05:01 PM
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Re: Rafael Nadal Injury/Health Update Thread : Nadal confirmed for Viña del Mar
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Originally Posted by Looner
Is that so? Then that's good. But even if he plays Miami, he'll likely be 4th seed, as RF will be out of action there.
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yes right I had made that mistake
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Originally Posted by Taejin
Not sure what the idea behind play in Miami, didn't he skip Miami last year because of the knees?
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no he gave a walkover in semis but he was there.
He's the fans' favourite in this tournament, considering the important Latino community. |
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01-18-2013, 05:16 PM
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Re: What I don't get about Rafa...
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Originally Posted by EnriqueIG8
He is coming back after being out for several months and you expect him to play 4 consecutive weeks?
Good thing you are not a medical advisor/physio.
I don't really think Rafa cares about being #1,2,3 or 4 at the moment. He just wants to get healthy and be competitive again.
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totally agree with you, Javi. Four consecutive weeks is crazy, even if it is clay. If he skips one of IW/Miami, then it's right back to clay after that. he shouldn't overdo it.
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01-18-2013, 05:18 PM
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#974
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Re: Rafael Nadal Injury/Health Update Thread : Nadal confirmed for Viña del Mar
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Originally Posted by Taejin
Not sure what the idea behind play in Miami, didn't he skip Miami last year because of the knees?
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He should do the same again. A solid month on hard courts will do him no good right now. Uncle Tony will hopefully come up with a 'plan'. |
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01-18-2013, 05:28 PM
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Re: Rafael Nadal Injury/Health Update Thread : Nadal confirmed for Viña del Mar
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Originally Posted by duong
where did you read it ? according to knowledgeable posters in previous pages, Benito Perez-Barbadillo said that he planned to play Miami, the rumour was wrong.
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There was no rumor. Cliff Drysdale's Alzheimer's was acting up again  That, combined with Twitter, provided for a lethal dose of misinformation. |
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