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12-28-2012, 03:02 PM
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Re: Nadal OUT of the Australian Open
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Seriously I don't get it. Why would the Nadull's invent a bizzare stomach virus storry insted of telling the truth?
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I didn't say that they invented it but probably his knee was not that good either.
That said, yes, I would prefer them to be more transparent even though his knee situation is probably hard to explain.
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12-28-2012, 03:03 PM
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Re: Nadal OUT of the Australian Open
Better for his knees to start playing on the Golden Swing, like someone said before, he might even skip IW/Miami.
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12-28-2012, 03:05 PM
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Re: Nadal OUT of the Australian Open
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What will Nadal's points / rank be after AO-13?
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number 5 most probably, number 6 if Berdych reaches AO final, number 7 if Del Po wins AO in a final against Berdych.
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12-28-2012, 03:06 PM
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Re: Nadal OUT of the Australian Open
What?!!! OMG this sucks
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12-28-2012, 03:06 PM
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Re: Nadal OUT of the Australian Open
Good. Only shame is that he can't get Rosoled again.
Can kiss goodbye to top4 now too....
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12-28-2012, 03:07 PM
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Re: Nadal OUT of the Australian Open
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Seriously I don't get it. Why would the Nadull's invent a bizzare stomach virus storry insted of telling the truth?
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It's intended to minimise speculation. It's not going to work particularly well, though.
The BBC correspondent says the following:
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His camp say he is suffering from a stomach bug, which is the official reason for pulling out. However, the knee has been a worry. This comeback was eagerly anticipated but the problems have not cleared completely.
The hard courts in Australia in the heat hold a particularly damaging danger to lower joints and it seems this virus has come at the wrong time.
Acapulco will now be the surprise scene for his return. With every setback though, one starts to wonder if that is a bit ambitious.
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12-28-2012, 03:07 PM
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Re: Nadal OUT of the Australian Open
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Better for his knees to start playing on the Golden Swing, like someone said before, he might even skip IW/Miami.
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better for his career record in general to avoid tournaments where he has the least chance in, and only play in those where he is a lock-on to win, NID that he's never 'injured' in the clay season, its only during the hard tournaments |
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12-28-2012, 03:08 PM
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The way I understood it was that the virus was nothing significant by itself, but it's killed his prep time. Given he was already 50/50 on withdrawing for the AO, from the comments to Harman above, it would seem to be the final straw that made the decision for him.
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Prep. time for what? Surely they didn't thought Nadull had a chance of winning AO after being out for half a year! Couldn't his ego accept a 2nd round exit?
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I didn't say that they invented it but surely his knee was not that good either.
That said, yes, I would prefer them to be more transparent even though his knee situation is probably hard to explain.
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What's so hard to explain, everyone who has a brain suspects that the knees are the real issue!
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12-28-2012, 03:08 PM
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This works well for me in 3 different ways:
1.Federer's chances increase
2.Ferrer is #4
3.Wawrinka is top 16
But still, this is tragic. Just tragic.
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12-28-2012, 03:09 PM
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Re: Nadal OUT of the Australian Open
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I didn't say that they invented it but probably his knee was not that good either.
That said, yes, I would prefer them to be more transparent even though his knee situation is probably hard to explain.
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Yea, he could've easily said his knees are still not 100%, and best of 5 slow HC could be risking another injury and no one would've said anything I guess.
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12-28-2012, 03:09 PM
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Poor Rafa, really. Hope he will come back to the top.
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12-28-2012, 03:10 PM
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Re: Nadal OUT of the Australian Open
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I don't believe in the `he's not prepared for five set tennis` theory.
The only way to prepare for the tour is to play on the f'ing tour.
Missing slams is not a way to prepare for your season.
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Agree 100%! I understand he's supposed to be some kind of maniac for winning... but come on! You cannot be this afraid to lose. He has to play at some point. This is really bizarre!
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12-28-2012, 03:11 PM
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Re: Nadal OUT of the Australian Open
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What's so hard to explain, everyone who has a brain suspects that the knees are the real issue!
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from what I understand, he had two different injuries in his knee, and they didn't discover both problems at once.
Now I don't know what's the situation but anyway knees' problems seem to be quite hard to diagnose.
That said, he could have said something else than "My knee is coming along okay" which he just said.
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12-28-2012, 03:16 PM
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Re: Nadal OUT of the Australian Open
one hell of a stomach "virus"
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12-28-2012, 03:17 PM
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Re: Nadal OUT of the Australian Open
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remind me, what was the score the last time they met on a hard court slam?
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