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#1 ·
there's a big need for this thread :)
 
#28 ·
thanks for the page but now I am sad cos I don't have the money to buy it! I must win the lotto tomorrow night!
 
#29 ·
JuanChuffy007 said:



So cool!

awwwww, he looks so hot (ok I can't even see his face but still :drool: )! I like his clothes! :D :D
:yeah: he always looks so lovely :drool:
its great that he's done this :cool:
 
#30 ·
EL VALENCIANO INICIA SU OCTAVA TEMPORADA COMO PROFESIONAL
Ferrero: "Todo lo que me ha pasado me ha hecho sentar la cabeza"
Una entrevista de JOAN SOLSONA
Juan Carlos Ferrero acabó 2003 como el gran dominador de la tierra batida. Se estrenó en Roland Garros y alcanzó el sueño de ser el número uno. Sólo Andy Roddick pudo arrebatarle el trono ATP en los dos últimos torneos. Un año después, Ferrero inicia el lunes en Auckland (Nueva Zelanda) la temporada del regreso a la elite, después de un pasado ejercicio marcado por las lesiones y enfermedades, que le dejaron con el casillero de títulos en blanco.

¿Qué tal se encuentra físicamente para afrontar un año que promete ser muy duro?

La verdad es que muy bien. Las vacaciones me las tomé antes de la final de Copa Davis, por lo que llevo más de un mes entrenando para estar a tope en Australia.

Supongo que le benefició acabar en diciembre para no perder el ritmo de competición.

Bueno, en Sevilla no creo que cogiera ritmo de partidos porque apenas jugué.

Usted alcanzó las semifinales en el último Open de Australia. ¿Cuáles son sus opciones para repetir a partir del 17 de enero en el Melbourne Park?

Ahora mismo, no quiero marcarme metas en los torneos iniciales. Lo mejor será ir partido a partido. Quiero pensar que en 2004 perdí en primera ronda en Sidney y luego llegué a semifinales en el Abierto ‘aussie’.

¿Pero es consciente que casi todos sus puntos se ponen en juego el primer mes de competición con las semifinales de Australia (450) y la final de Rotterdam (210)?

Sería una tontería obsesionarse con lo que defiendo ahora en Australia. Una presión extra no me favorece. Aunque no obtenga resultados, me queda toda la temporada para recuperar posiciones.

Pasando balance de su último mal año. ¿Hay tiempo para sacar conclusiones positivas de tantos percances?

Te ayuda a madurar. Todo lo que ha pasado, me ha ayudado a sentar la cabeza. Todo profesional del deporte tiene un año mal y yo ya lo pasé.

¿Qué pide al 2005 para el Ferrero tenista?

Lo único que quiero es volver a sentirme competitivo en una pista.

Usted estaba acostumbrado a luchar por los ‘Grand Slam’ y Masters Series. Desde 2001 se plantó tres veces consecutivas en el torneo de maestros que cierra el calendario de la ATP. ¿Cuáles son hoy sus objetivos?

Volver a ganar un ‘Grand Slam’ y también estar ahí en los Masters Series. Pero todo ello pasa por regresar al nivel que estaba antes.

El lunes empieza la primera reválida para Ferrero en el torneo de Auckland.

Ya tengo ganas de empezar a jugar partidos después de una dura pretemporada en la que he cuidado mucho el aspecto físico, tanto en Villena como los últimos días en Brasil.

Usted voló el pasado jueves de Salvador de Bahia a Nueva Zelanda. ¿Pasar la última semana de entrenamientos en Brasil ayuda a adaptarse a las actuales condiciones climáticas de las antípodas?

Seguro. Allí es pleno verano y el calor y la humedad son factores que influyen en el resultado, especialmente en un ‘Grand Slam’ al mejor de cinco sets.

Después de la dulce resaca de Copa Davis, con su segunda Ensaladera con 24 primaveras, la primera semana de marzo visitan a la Eslovaquia de Dominik Hrbaty y Karol Beck.

Yo veo el sorteo bastante parecido al de 2004, cuando tuvimos que ganar a un rival complicado como la República Checa. La diferencia es que esta vez nos tocan las dos primeras eliminatorias fuera de casa. Lo positivo, al menos para los equipos finalistas, es que la competición de la Ensaladera se inicia en marzo y no en febrero, con más tiempo de margen para llegar en condiciones.

El tenis español vive inmerso en un proceso electoral que dará el 29 de enero un nuevo presidente para la Federación. ¿Sigue desde la distancia lo que está pasando entre los candidatos?

No es algo de lo que me mantenga muy informado desde la distancia. Espero que, gane quien gane las elecciones, haga lo mejor para el tenis nacional.

A excepción de Carlos Moyá (28 años), usted tiene 24, pero detrás suyo están Feliciano López con 23, Tommy Robredo con 22, Fernando Verdasco con 21 y Rafa Nadal con 18. ¿Estamos delante de la mejor generación de la historia?

Está claro que sí, sobre todo por el potencial que han demostrado todos estos jugadores. Ojalá muy pronto estemos todos muy arriba en el ránking.

Hablando de posiciones de privilegio en las listas del circuito masculino. ¿Qué le parece lo que está haciendo Roger Federer?

Creo que está siendo una sorpresa para el mundo del tenis. Pero esta campaña juega con la presión de repetir todos sus éxitos y ya veremos cómo lo afronta. No será fácil ganar once torneos, tres de ellos del ‘Grand Slam’...

Ferrero se hizo profesional en 1998, cuando aún funcionaban en lo más alto jugadores como Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi o Patrick Rafter. También se codeaban entre los grandes Carlos Moyá y Álex Corretja. ¿No tiene la sensación de que ahora hay más competencia entre los ‘top ten’?

Es cierto que se ha puesto muy caro un lugar entre los diez primeros del tenis masculino. En el último año han vuelto a luchar por estar ahí Safin, Hewitt o Henman.
 
#35 ·
THE VALENCIAN STARTS HIS 8TH SEASON AS A PROFESSIONAL

Ferrero: "Everything that has happened to me has made me settle down"

Juan Carlos Ferrero ended 2003 as the great clay dominator. He started off with Roland Garros and reached his dream of being number 1. Only Andy Roddick could snatch the ATP throne off him in the last 2 tournaments. One year later, Ferrero starts his return to the elite on Monday in Auckland (New Zealand) after a past year marred by injuries and illnesses which left him with no titles.

How do you feel physically, ahead of a year that promises to be very hard?

Actually, really good. I took my holidays before the Davis Cup final and so I've been training for over a month to be on form for Australia.

I guess it helped you to end in December so as not to lose your rhythm?

Well, in Seville I don't think I got into any sort of rhythm because I hardly played [good swipe at the G3 Juanqui!!! :yeah:]

You got to the semis in last year's Australian Open. What are your chances of repeating this from 17 January in Melbourne Park?

Right now, I don't want to set goals for myself in the first few tournaments. The best is to go match by match. I want to think that in 2004 I lost in the first round of Sydney and then I got to the semis of the "Aussie" Open.

But do you realise that all the points you're defending are from the first month of competition with the semis in Australia (450) and the final of Rotterdam (210)?

It would be stupid to get obsessed with thinking about what I'm defending now in Australia. Extra pressure doesn't work well with me. Even if I don't get the results, I've got the whole season to gain places in the ranking.

Balancing up your bad last year, is there time to take positive conclusions from such misfortune?

It helps you mature. Everything that's happened, has helped me settle down. Every sports professional has a bad year, and I've just had mine.

What is 2005 asking of Ferrero?

The only thing I want is to feel competitive oncourt again.

You're used to fighting for Grand Slams and Masters Series. Since 2001, you were in 3 consecutive year-ending Masters Cups. What are your objectives nowadays?

Win a Grand Slam again and also to be up there again in the Masters Series. But all that happens by getting back to the level I was at before.

On Monday the first test for Ferrero begins in Auckland

I'm already looking forward to playing matches after a hard pre-season during which I especially worked on my physical aspect both in Villena, and in the last few days in Brazil.

You flew last Thursday from Salvador de Bahia to New Zealand. Spending your last training week in Brazil helped you to adapt to the current climatic conditions in the Antipodes?

For sure. It's the middle of Summer there and the heat and humidity are factors that influence the results, especially in a Grand Slam with best of 5 set matches.

After the "sweet hangover" of the Davis Cup with your second "Salad bowl", the first week of March you're off to Dominik Hrbaty's and Karol Beck's Slovakia.

I think the draw is quite similar to 2004, where we had to beat a tough team like the Czech Republic. The difference is that the first 2 ties will be away from home. The positive side is that, at least for the finalist teams, the competition starts in March instead of February, with more time in between to get fit.

Spanish tennis is immersed in an electoral process that will produce a new president for the Federation on 29 January. Do you follow what's going on between the candidates?

It's not something I keep myself informed about. I hope that, whoever wins the elections, they do the best for national tennis.

Apart from Carlos Moyà (28 years), you're 24 but behind you are Feliciano López at 23, Tommy Robredo at 22, Fernando Verdasco at 21 and Rafael Nadal at 18. Are we looking at the best generation in history?

Definitely, especially with the potential that all of those players have shown. I hope we're all really high up in the rankings very soon.

Speaking of privileged positions on the men's tour, what do you think about what Roger Federer's doing?

I think he's being a surprise to the tennis world. But this season he's playing with the pressure of repeating all his successes and we'll soon see how he copes with it. It won't be easy to win 11 tournaments, 3 of those being Grand Slams...

Ferrero turned professional in 1998, when those at the top were still Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi and Pat Rafter. He also rubbed shoulders with the greats, Carlos Moyà and Alex Corretja. Don't you feel that now there's more competition within the Top 10?

For sure, getting a spot in the Top 10 doesn't come easily. In the last year Safin, Hewitt and Henman are also back fighting to be there.
 
#36 ·
oooh i do love that dig at G3 - nice going jc! ;)

and im happy to hear hes been training hard. hopefully it'll pay off sooner rather than later.

thankx 4 translation em!
 
#37 ·
Je je, Juanqui... nice one!!
 
#39 ·
thanks Em :yeah:
 
#40 ·
Ferrero wants world No.1 title back
January 9, 2005 - 8:14AM

Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero is hoping to put a disastrous 2004 behind him and re-scale lofty heights to again challenge for the world No.1 title.

Last year the wiry Spaniard was hampered by injuries and he finished outside the top 30 for the first time in five years.

He missed all of March because of chicken pox, injured his right wrist and ribs in May and found it difficult to get back to his peak.

However, Ferrero said he is feeling healthy and feels he is ready to get back to the scintillating form he showed in 2003 when he became world No.1 after reaching the US Open final.

"This year I expect to come back and play some very good tennis in all the important tournament," he said.

Ferrero's comeback starts on Monday in Auckland where he is aiming for his 12th career singles title at the Heineken Open.

Ferrero made the quarterfinals of the Heineken Open four years ago and says its nice to return to New Zealand, albeit in the unfamiliar position of 31 in the world rankings.

"It's good to come back here, last time I was here I made the quarters and I played really good and after the last year I want to start very strong," said the 2003 Roland Garros champion.

When he was last in Auckland, Ferrero played an unseeded Swiss player by the name of Roger Federer in the first round.

Ferrero won in straight sets but doesn't remember too much of what happened that day.

"It was a normal game, Roger was going up and I was playing very well also going up like him and it's good to remember," said Ferrero.

Since that time, Federer has gone on to become the dominant force in men's tennis.

But Ferrero, who has a 3-4 career record against the current world No.1, feels there is no reason he can't challenge the smooth Swiss.

"Why not? I beat him at Madrid [in 2003] and I think if I am 100 per cent I can do it," said Ferrero.

Ferrero's young countrymen, Rafael Nadal, will be back in Auckland in 2005, and Ferrero said it won't be long before Nadal is scaling the heights of the top 20.

"He's got a lot of potential, he's very strong and he's coming up very very fast," he said.

"After Davis Cup I think he's going to take a lot of confidence, [he will gain] a lot of experience from those two matches and I think he's going to be in the top 20 but he has to work a lot because the tour is very hard."

After the Heineken Open Ferrero will travel to the Australian Open in Melbourne where he was a semifinalist in 2004, losing to Federer.
 
#41 ·
Iza must be annoyed because we keep digging up this thread instead of the other one. :devil:

Somewhat similar to Jogg's article:

Tennis: Ferrero confident he can recapture former glories

09.01.05 1.00pm
By Dylan Cleaver

Four years ago, to nobody's great concern, Juan Carlos Ferrero met a young Swiss on court six at Auckland's Stanley St.

Within three years, both Ferrero and his opponent Roger Federer had enjoyed the heights of being world No 1.

Of course, Federer is No 1 now, and doesn't look like moving anywhere fast, but in that first-round match Fererro won in straight sets on his way to the quarter-finals.

Yesterday, after he'd arrived in the country from Brazil at 4.30am and was on the practice court by 11am, Ferrero couldn't escape the obvious comparisons. :sad:

The 11-time ATP tour winner - including the 2003 French Open - had a disrupted 2003 while Federer went from strength to strongest.

"Why not?" Ferrero said when asked if he can once again challenge Federer for the No 1 spot.

"Last year I beat him in one tournament in Hong Kong and he was playing very good as well." :)rolleyes: Exhibition match?)

It would appear geography or chronology aren't Ferrero's strong suits. The last time he beat Federer was in Madrid in 2003.

"If I'm 100 per cent I can give him a good match. It's not normal to win every week like he is. :)lol: RogiFed is abnormal.) It's difficult, physically and mentally."

Ferrero is hoping 2005 is a comeback year after slipping out of the top 10 for the first time since 2001. :sad: A broken rib and chickenpox saw Ferrero miss five months of action, the main reason his ranking now stands at 31.

The speed freak - Ferrero is friends with Spanish formula one ace Fernando Alonso - aims to make the Heineken Open a catalyst for another climb.

"The last time I came here I made the quarters. This time, after the last year I want to start really strong," said Ferrero, who will meet a qualifier in the first round.

Other big names weren't so lucky with the draw. Hard-hitting Chilean Fernando Gonzalez will meet dangerous wild card James Blake of America. But the feature match will be a repeat of last year's final between third seed Dominik Hrbaty and Spanish tyro Rafael Nadal. Top seed Guillermo Coria plays 1999 Heineken Open winner Sjeng Schalken. Kiwis GD Jones and Mark Nielsen face Mariano Zabaleta and Potito Starace.

- HERALD ON SUNDAY
 
#42 ·
there are some really good articles that have been posted. I love too what he said about the G3, if he thinks he can get back up to the level that he was (and i know he can) then I believe him. I can't wait to see how he's gonna do in auckland.
 
#44 ·
He will be beating everyone this year.
 
#45 ·
thats for sure leigh, PLEASE JUANQUI, IF YOU FEEL LIKE BEATING UP SOMEONE DO IT TO HEWITT.
 
#48 ·
He will be fine. Maybe he just had a headache or something!
 
#49 ·
its lack of confidence but giv him a few weeks and he'll be grand. does anyone have a transcript of any interviews after the match today?
 
#50 ·
roisin said:
its lack of confidence but giv him a few weeks and he'll be grand. does anyone have a transcript of any interviews after the match today?
after match quote
"I didn't play my best tennis," said Ferrero, who struggled to get any stick on his serve, and looked out-of-sorts in his court movement. "But he played good tennis, with my help sometimes.”
Ferrero crashes out to qualifier :sad:
Jan 11, 2005
By Alan Granville at the ASB Tennis Centre, Auckland

In one of the biggest upsets ever in the Heineken Open first round, former world number one Juan Carlos Ferrero was bundled out of the tournament by Czech qualifier Jan Hernych.

The Spaniard looked a shadow of his former self as he went down 6-7 (1-7) 6-1 6-3 on a sunny Centre Court.

Hernych ended the year at 83 in the world, an increase of 150 places over 2004, but needed to qualify for the Auckland tournament.

The 25-year-old has already played three matches to reach the main draw but was expected to be flying home on Wednesday after drawing Ferrero in round one.

A break apiece in the first set led to the first set tiebreak, which the former French Open champion took with ease 7-1.

Hernych should have folded, after holding two set points at 6-5 in the first set, but he broke Ferrero in game one of the second set, a feat he repeated in the next service game.

With the Auckland audience still shocked at seeing a former Grand Slam champion being humbled by a qualifier, Hernych broke Ferrero again to take the set 6-1.

Both players traded breaks at the start of the final set but again it was the qualifier who ran down every shot, and helped by some poor shot selection by Ferrero, raced into a 5-1 lead.

The crowd were praying for a Spanish comeback, and they were rewarded when Ferrero broke back after Hernych threw away a match point and fired a weak backhand into the net.

Ferrero held his next serve, but after a nervous service game Hernych finally took the match and the applause of the crowd.
 
#51 ·
Tsunami donations
Fans and stars unite for tsunami relief
12.01.05
from New Zealand Herald by Julie Middleton
Tennis fans are far too polite to shriek when a star arrives among them.

But former world No 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero, of Spain, still got the attention he was looking for as he trawled the Heineken Open crowd in Auckland yesterday, collecting money for tsunami victims.

Spectators in the centre court's sun-scorched Yock Stand (tickets $36 yesterday) politely gathered around Ferrero, 24, as he moved swiftly through them with a yellow bucket.

Looking a bit overwhelmed, he seemed unsure where to put his eyes as spectators crowded around.

Fenny Strickett wasn't going to miss her chance to get up close. After depositing her $10, she reached out and shook Ferrero's hand, waving her arms in gleeful triumph as she returned to her place. (lucky lady ;) )

"You don't often see the players in real life," said Mrs Strickett.

The collection was for the United Nations Children's Fund, which had been negotiating with the Association of Tennis Professionals for its stars to become "goodwill ambassadors" when the tsunami struck.

Defending Open champ Dominik Hrbaty (Slovak Republic) and rising star Rafael Nadal (Spain) were among those who collected.

Unicef NZ executive director Dennis McKinlay said linking up with sports stars helped emphasise the agency's belief that sport was an important part of rebuilding self-esteem in traumatised children.
 
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