Roland Garros 2017

[Barty]

Toni Nadal jokes about Roger Federer's absence until Roland Garros

Rafa's uncle and coach also spoke about how he sees his nephew in the clay season

oni Nadal praised Roger Federer's great 2017 season so far, but admitted at the same time that other opponents will be tough to beat too. 'He had a better start of the year than us, in Miami we were a little bit unlucky in some moments,' Toni told IB3. 'Federer evolved in terms of game and tactics, he played more aggressive especially on the backhand side.'

Speaking about how Rafa's season went instead, Toni added, 'We had a good level and we approach the clay-courts season with enthusiasm. We know that every year it's tougher and tougher but we want to do well,' he told TT Deporte. Asked if he would have signed to have a such good start of the year, Toni replied, 'It went better than what we thought. The bad luck was to face Federer in every tournament (laughs).'

About Roger not competing again until French Open, Toni said, 'I would have preferred that it were Djokovic who rested until Roland Garros.'

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[matek20]

Roger Federer wygra RG 2017.

[Barty]

Uzupełnij lepiej podpis o Miami.

[DUN I LOVE]

Właśnie. Żartowniś z tego Wujka.

[Lucas]

Toni Nadal: "Winning 10 times at Roland-Garros would be enormous"

Spoiler:

Toni Nadal, Rafa’s uncle as well as being his coach since the early days, is currently in his last season on court alongside his nephew, and thus readying himself for what should be his last Roland-Garros in a few weeks… Unless, of course, there is a change in circumstances…
Rafael Nadal

What did you think or feel last Sunday when Rafa won the Monte Carlo Masters for a tenth time – a record for any tournament?

I don’t know (smiles). Ten titles at Monte Carlo is incredible… but the ninth was incredible as well. And so were the eighth, the seventh and the sixth… Ten is even more so, that’s true. I’m just very happy that Rafael won.
Read more: Rafael Nadal, evergreen on the red dust

When he achieved this first "decima" though, wasn’t a more emotional moment than the titles that came before?

No. I think it was more complicated winning in Monaco last year, as Rafael hadn’t played well in 2015. This year, he got off to a good start to the season, and the truth is, when we got to Monte Carlo, we did say to ourselves that he was one of the potential winners.

Why was that? Because after his excellent start to the year, making the final in Melbourne, Acapulco and Miami, you knew that once you go to the clay, he was bound to play well?

For me, he wasn’t exactly the favourite because there was also Djokovic and Murray, and they are No.1 and No.2 in the world. But yes, I did think that based on how he was playing, Rafael was one of a group of players who could win Monte Carlo.

Was it important for him to get back to winning tournaments? He hadn’t taken home any silverware since Barcelona last year…

(Interrupts) Last year, he was injured. In 2016, Rafael won Monte Carlo, beating Murray and Monfils, then Barcelona where he beat Nishikori. Then he made the semi-finals in Madrid, but even before the match started, his wrist was injured (he began feeling it during his quarter-final against Joao Sousa). From that point onwards, everything changed. After that, his wrist never got back to full health all year, so it was different. It’s not like he played badly last year. No, what didn’t help was that he started playing again before he was fully healed. But he was still playing well.

Was the time after his very emotional announcement that he was pulling out of Roland-Garros last year a difficult one? After all the work that had been done to get back to such a high level…

(Shrugs his shoulders) Look, it was what he’s been doing all his life. I never wonder whether it’s difficult or not, you know, because you can’t alter things that happen in life. Sometimes, in moments like those, when Rafael began to say: "No, not with the injury…", I always answered back: "That’s just the way it is. Don’t ever start telling yourself that it’s difficult because if you tell yourself that it’s too difficult, we won’t end up doing it." (Pause). Difficult is the way things are.

Have the two of you talked about the possibility of "la decima" at Roland-Garros in a few weeks’ time as one of your aims?

No. The first time that Rafael made the final of a Masters 1000 was in Miami (in 2005 against Roger Federer), and everyone was saying: "Miami is the most important Masters 1000 tournament!" And I turned round and said: "I’d rather win Monte Carlo". Now, after 10 titles at that tournament, I don’t know what I would prefer… Because if we had won in Miami, maybe that would have been a special tournament for us (smiles). But for Spaniards like us, in our subconscious, when we think Masters 1000, we always think Monte Carlo, looking out over the sea and all that. For us, winning at Monaco is incredible. So you can understand that given what Roland-Garros represents to us Spaniards, winning 10 times in Paris would be… (he exhales, then spreads his arms out wide) enormous.
Read more: Rafael Nadal chasing more clay milestones en route to Roland-Garros

It would be extraordinary…

Yes. Because it would be the tenth. And also because every time Rafael wins Roland-Garros, we can then say already that he’s had a great season.
Rafael Nadal's coach and uncle Antonio Toni Nadal claps in the stands after Rafa closes out the match for the win.

So basically winning in Monte Carlo then Barcelona gives you confidence for Roland-Garros…

I’ll tell you in a month’s time… (smiles) In tennis, and in sport in general, things can change very quickly. When you win, you build up a lot of confidence. But if for example in the first round in Monte Carlo against Kyle Edmund, Rafael had lost that point and gone 2-1 down in the third set, well… confidence would have been rock bottom! So yes, it’s true, we’re very confident at the moment. But maybe if Rafael loses in Madrid, we’ll be less confident. We’ll see! A lot of things can still happen by the time Roland-Garros comes around.

Two years ago, Rafa had a lot of doubts. Is that now all in the past?

Yes, I think so. But maybe that’s a question that you should ask him (smiles). I think it’s usual. For a number of years, Rafael had to play through physical issues. Sometimes he couldn’t even bend his legs. At times like those, you lose all confidence in your body. You go out on court, but you don’t know exactly what you’ve got, or even how you’re going to play, and so your head starts filling up with things. Afterwards, you think: "That’s just too hard…". But when he decided to stop last October, he got all the answers he needed. And after that, he could start playing again and he got back to a very good level straight away.

Is this season different for you in that you have announced that it will be your last one alongside Rafa?

(Without a moment’s hesitation) No. I’m not too clever, you know – I struggle to think very far ahead (smiles). When I leave Monte Carlo, I know that I won’t be there next year, but for me, that changes nothing. We won at Monte Carlo, I am happy and I’m not thinking about next year. It’s really not a problem (smiles).
Read more: From Mallorca to Roland-Garros: Nadal - Moya, a long story

But when you think about Roland-Garros coming up, you don’t say to yourself: "This will be my last"?

Yes, it will be my last Roland-Garros. So what? I’ve been lucky enough to experience things that I never thought I would. I can still see myself back at the club in Manacor where I was head of the tennis school. I never thought that I would go to Monte Carlo 14 times or Roland-Garros 13 times! No, I would never have imagined that. If you’d told me that we would be able to go to these places two, four, five or six times, I would have snatched your arm off. And at the end of the day, with Rafael, we went there a lot more often… So overall, we ended up winning a lot more than I ever dreamt we would. Yes. That’s turned out pretty well (smiles)."

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[Damian]

[polo90]

Roland Garros - lista zgłoszeń do turnieju singlowego:

1 Murray, Andy GBR 1
2 Djoković, Novak SRB 2
3 Wawrinka, Stan SUI 3
4 Federer, Roger SUI 4
5 Nishikori, Kei JPN 5
6 Raonic, Milos CAN 6
7 Nadal, Rafael ESP 7
8 Cilić, Marin CRO 8
9 Thiem, Dominic AUT 9
10 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA 10
11 Dimitrov, Grigor BUL 11
12 Berdych, Tomas CZE 12
13 Goffin, David BEL 13
14 Sock, Jack USA 14
15 Kyrgios, Nick AUS 15
16 Monfils, Gael FRA 16
17 Pouille, Lucas FRA 17
18 Bautista Agut, Roberto ESP 18
19 Carreno Busta, Pablo ESP 19
20 Zverev, Alexander GER 20
21 Karlović, Ivo CRO 21
22 Gasquet, Richard FRA 22
23 Isner, John USA 23
24 Ramos-Vinolas, Albert ESP 24
25 Johnson, Steve USA 25
26 Querrey, Sam USA 26
27 Cuevas, Pablo URU 27
28 Muller, Gilles LUX 28
29 Fognini, Fabio ITA 29
30 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 30
31 Verdasco, Fernando ESP 31
32 Simon, Gilles FRA 32
33 Ferrer, David ESP 33
34 del Potro, Juan Martin ARG 34
35 Zverev, Mischa GER 35
36 Sousa, Joao POR 36
37 Lorenzi, Paolo ITA 37
38 Troicki, Viktor SRB 38
39 Lopez, Feliciano ESP 39
40 Paire, Benoit FRA 40
41 Schwartzman, Diego ARG 41
42 Young, Donald USA 42
43 Tomic, Bernard AUS 43
44 Evans, Daniel GBR 44
45 Edmund, Kyle GBR 45
46 Haase, Robin NED 46
47 Mahut, Nicolas FRA 47
48 Mayer, Florian GER 48
49 Corić, Borna CRO 49
50 Harrison, Ryan USA 50
51 Darcis, Steve BEL 51
52 Chaczanow, Karen RUS 52
53 Bellucci, Thomaz BRA 53
54 Vesely, Jiri CZE 54
55 Baghdatis, Marcos CYP 55
56 Mannarino, Adrian FRA 56
57 Almagro, Nicolas ESP 57
58 Robredo, Tommy ESP @57
59 Struff, Jan-Lennard GER 58
60 Basilaszwili, Nikołoz GEO 59
61 Jaziri, Malek TUN 60
62 Klizan, Martin SVK 61
63 Miedwiediew, Daniił RUS 62
64 Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE 63
65 Nishioka, Yoshihito JPN 64
66 Granollers, Marcel ESP 65
67 Berlocq, Carlos ARG 66
68 Anderson, Kevin RSA 67
69 Dołgopołow, Alexandr UKR 68
70 Bedene, Aljaz GBR 69
71 Dutra Silva, Rogerio BRA 70
72 Chardy, Jeremy FRA 71
73 Istomin, Denis UZB 72
74 Escobedo, Ernesto USA 73
75 Donaldson, Jared USA 74
76 Seppi, Andreas ITA 75
77 Brown, Dustin GER 76
78 Kukuszkin, Michaił KAZ 77
79 Kuzniecow, Andriej RUS 78
80 Thompson, Jordan AUS 79
81 Monteiro, Thiago BRA 80
82 Albot, Radu MDA 81
83 Kokkinakis, Thanasi AUS @81
84 Millman, John AUS @81
85 Estrella Burgos, Victor DOM 82
86 Lajović, Dusan SRB 83
87 Delbonis, Federico ARG 84
88 Zeballos, Horacio ARG 85
89 Jużny, Michaił RUS 86
90 Tiafoe, Frances USA 87
91 Elias, Gastao POR 88
92 Tipsarević, Janko SRB 89
93 Tursunow, Dmitrij RUS @89
94 Herbert, Pierre-Hugues FRA 90
95 Robert, Stephane FRA 91
96 Dzumhur, Damir BIH 92
97 Olivo, Renzo ARG 93
98 Berankis, Ricardas LTU @93
99 Sugita, Yuichi JPN 94
100 Janowicz, Jerzy POL @94
101 Stepanek, Radek CZE 95
102 Kicker, Nicolas ARG 96
103 Chung, Hyeon KOR 97
104 Donskoj, Jewgienij RUS 98
105 (Q)
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110 (Q)
111 (Q)
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113 (Q)
114 (Q)
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117 (Q)
118 (Q)
119 (Q)
120 (Q)
121 (WC)
122 (WC)
123 (WC)
124 (WC)
125 (WC)
126 (WC)
127 (WC) tba (TA)
128 (WC) tbd (USTA)

Rezerwowi:
1. Krawczuk, Konstantin RUS 99
2. Gulbis, Ernests LAT @99
3. Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 100
4. Sela, Dudi ISR 101
5. Giraldo, Santiago COL 102
6. Bagnis, Facundo ARG 103
7. Duckworth, James AUS 104
8. Stachowski, Serhij UKR 105
9. Andujar, Pablo ESP @105
10. Lacko, Lukas SVK 106
11. Gombos, Norbert SVK 107
12. Daniel, Taro JPN 108
13. Benneteau, Julien FRA 109
14. King, Darian BAR 110
15. Copil, Marius ROU 111

[DUN I LOVE]

Kolejna porcja tego rodzaju łez 11 czerwca.

[Barty]

23 dni do rozpoczęcia turnieju!!!

[grzes430]

Roland Garros - lista zgłoszeń do kwalifikacji:

1. @ Haas, Tommy GER 25
2. Stachowski, Serhij UKR 96
3. Bagnis, Facundo ARG 97
4. Giraldo, Santiago COL 100
5. Lacko, Lukas SVK 101
6. Gombos, Norbert SVK 103
7. Benneteau, Julien FRA 104
8. Pavlasek, Adam CZE 106
9. King, Darian BAR 108
10. Copil, Marius ROU 109
11. Laaksonen, Henri 110
12. @ Ebden, Matthew AUS 111
13. Pospisil, Vasek CAN 111
14. Giannessi, Alessandro ITA 112
15. Daniel, Taro JPN 113
16. Martin, Andrej SVK 114
17. Melzer, Gerald AUT 115
18. Mathieu, Paul-Henri FRA 116
19. Rubliow, Andrey RUS 117
20. Ruud, Casper NOR 118
21. Garcia Lopez, Guillermo ESP 120
22. Vanni, Luca ITA 121
23. Kavcić, Blaz SLO 123
24. Andreozzi, Guido ARG 124
25. Marczenko, Ilja UKR 125
26. @ Bhambri, Yuki IND 127
27. Carballes Baena, Roberto ESP 127
28. @ Sijsling, Igor NED 127
29. Marterer, Maximilian GER 128
30. Polansky, Peter CAN 129
31. Halys, Quentin FRA 131
32. Bemelmans, Ruben BEL 132
33. Fratangelo, Bjorn USA 133
34. Sandgren, Tennys USA 134
35. Lee, Duckhee KOR 135
36. Melzer, Jurgen AUT 136
37. De Greef, Arthur BEL 137
38. Souza, Joao BRA 138
39. Gojowczyk, Peter GER 139
40. Kamke, Tobias GER 140
41. De Schepper, Kenny FRA 142
42. Kudla, Denis USA 143
43. Kozlov, Stefan USA 144
44. Bublik, Alexander KAZ 145
45. Cervantes, Inigo ESP 146
46. Ignatik, Uladzimir BLR 147
47. Mayer, Leonardo ARG 148
48. Fucsovics, Marton HUN 149
49. Ramirez Hidalgo, Ruben ESP 150
50. Cecchinato, Marco ITA 151
51. Gonzalez, Maximo ARG 152
52. Djere, Laslo SRB 153
53. Rosol, Lukas CZE 154
54. Satral, Jan CZE 155
55. Bourgue, Mathias FRA 156
56. Millot, Vincent FRA 157
57. Pella, Guido ARG 158
58. Gabaszwili, Teimuraz RUS 159
59. Fabbiano, Thomas ITA 160
60. Gaio, Federico ITA 161
61. @ Bolelli, Simone ITA 162
62. Kovalik, Jozef SVK 162
63. Becker, Benjamin GER 163
64. Trungelliti, Marco ARG 164
65. Opelka, Reilly USA 165
66. Jung, Jason TPE 167
67. Basić, Mirza BIH 168
68. Krueger, Mitchell USA 169
69. Gimeno Traver, Daniel ESP 171
70. Sousa, Pedro POR 172
71. Santillan, Akira JPN 173
72. Coppejans, Kimmer BEL 174
73. Menendez Maceiras, Adrian ESP 175
74. Diez, Steven CAN 176
75. Uchiyama, Yasutaka JPN 177
76. Ito, Tatsuma JPN 178
77. Whittington, Andrew AUS 179
78. Novikov, Dennis USA 180
79. Ram, Rajeev USA 181
80. Popko, Dmitry KAZ 182
81. Iwaszka, Ilja BLR 183
82. Szapowałow, Denis CAN 184
83. Mmoh, Michael USA 185
84. Zemlja, Grega SLO 186
85. Chiudinelli, Marco SUI 188
86. Rubin, Noah USA 189
87. Napolitano, Stefano ITA 190
88. Giustino, Lorenzo ITA 191
89. Polmans, Marc AUS 192
90. Ymer, Elias SWE 193
91. Garin, Christian CHI 194
92. Smyczek, Tim USA 195
93. Lamasine, Tristan FRA 196
94. Groth, Sam AUS 197
95. @ Munoz de la Nava, Daniel ESP 198
96. Rola, Blaz SLO 198
97. De Loore, Joris BEL 199
98. Safranek, Vaclav CZE 200
99. Moriya, Hiroki JPN 201
100. Jarry, Nicolas CHI 202
101. Velotti, Agustin ARG 203
102. Bellotti, Riccardo ITA 204
103. Brands, Daniel GER 205
104. Caruso, Salvatore ITA 206
105. Tsitsipas, Stefanos GRE 207
106. Travaglia, Stefano ITA 208
107. Masur, Daniel GER 209
108. @# Pecotić, Matija CRO 209
109. Arevalo, Marcelo ESA 211
110. Zekić, Miljan SRB 212
111. Reuter, Yannik BEL 213
112. Donati, Matteo ITA 214
113. Lopez Perez, Enrique ESP 215
114. @ Gonzalez, Alejandro COL 216
115. Safwat, Mohamed EGY 216
116. Ramanathan, Ramkumar IND 217
117. @ Klahn, Bradley USA 218
118. Wu, Di CHN 218
119. McGee, James IRL 219
120. (WC)
121. (WC)
122. (WC)
123. (WC)
124. (WC)
125. (WC)
126. (WC)
127. (WC)
128. (WC)

Rezerwowi:
1. Klein, Brydan GBR 220
2. Setkić, Aldin BIH 221
3. Quiroz, Roberto ECU 222
4. Otte, Oscar GER 223
5. Smith, John-Patrick AUS 224
6. Ojeda Lara, Ricardo ESP 225
7. Chen, Ti TPE 226
8. Mesaros, Kristijan CRO 227
9. de Minaur, Alex AUS 228
10. McDonald, Mackenzie USA 229
11. Krajinović, Filip SRB 230
12. Maden, Yannick GER 231
13. Sacharow, Gleb FRA 232
14. Coria, Federico ARG 233
15. Jahn, Jeremy GER 234

[DUN I LOVE]

Haas już wniósł o dziką kartę.

[Damian]

Tennys Sandgren WC

[Joao]

Rod Laver explains why Roger Federer can beat Rafael Nadal at 2017 French Open

Spoiler:

Roger Federer can shock the world and beat Rafael Nadal, the King of Clay, at the forthcoming 2017 French Open, according to Australian tennis legend Rod Laver. Federer has defeated Nadal, his arch nemesis, on three separate occasions this year, including a five-set clash at the 2017 Australian Open final.

The 35-year-old Federer also beat Nadal at the quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells and most recently the finals of the Miami Open in Key Biscayne. Federer still trails the Spaniard 23-14 in their 13-year rivalry but the Swiss Master has now won four consecutive match-ups against Nadal dating back to the 2015 Basel final.

Federer's newfound success against Nadal has been attributed to the improvement in his backhand, which was previously his weakest shot. "The way he’s (Federer) playing, it isn’t a far-reaching situation for him to win the French Open," Laver said in a recent interview, via Tennis World USA.

In 2009, Federer completed the career Grand Slam with his elusive French Open championship after Nadal shockingly lost to Robin Soderling in the fourth round. At the time, analysts felt Federer was lucky to evade Nadal despite beating the Spaniard in the finals of the Madrid Masters a week before.

Roger Federer vs Rafael Nadal rivalry to resume at French Open 2017?

According to Laver, Federer's backhand could help him defeat Nadal once again at Roland Garross, the way he did at Melbourne Park at the start of the year. "It’s (Federer's backhand) night and day. It’s like he (has) found a totally new backhand. (Nadal) has that left-handed forehand that goes into Roger’s backhand, so he usually starts the point behind. Now, he’s capable of holding up under the pressure Rafa puts him under," said Laver, who captured two French Open championships (1962, 1969) in his illustrous career.

After beating Nadal at Indian Wells, Federer revealed the adjustment that has helped him get the better of his long-time rival. "By coming over my backhand on the return, from the get-go of the point, I can dominate points right away. It's important to keep your opponent off-guard and know that he has to be careful," said Federer, who clinched an unprecedented Grand Slam No. 18 at the 2017 Australian Open.

Nadal on track to win 10th French Open title

Both Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have made remarkable comebacks from an injury-ridden 2016 season. While the two all-time great players have avoided clashes against top-ranked stars Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic, it's difficult to overlook them as contenders for the remaining three Grand Slam events of the year.

The 30-year-old Spaniard has looked nearly untouchable on his road to Roland Garross after notching up relatively easy victories at the Monte Carlo Masters and Barcelona Open. The 14-time Grand Slam champion will now look to gather more momentum at the Madrid Open (May 7-14), the lone Masters 1000 tournament on Spanish soil. After the event in La Caja Magica, Nadal will travel to Rome for the Italian Open (May 14-21) in what would be his last stop before Roland Garross.

Nadal began 2017 as the World No. 9 with a cloud of uncertainty hanging around his future. However, he has quickly dispelled those doubts, climbing to World No. 5 with a realistic chance to earn a Top-3 seeding at the forthcoming French Open. Federer is also expected to earn a Top-5 seeding despite skipping most of the clay-court season. The 2017 French Open begins on May 22.

http://www.ibtimes.com.au/rod-laver-exp ... en-1552762

[Barty]

[DUN I LOVE]

TT powiedział, że Fed wstrzymał się z decyzją co do startu do 16 maja.

[Lleyton]

A miał dać znać do 10, no nic. Pozostaje czekać do wtorku i mieć nadzieję że zagra, mega ciekaw jestem jego występu na RG.

[Damian]

[Barty]

Okrągłe 13 dni do rozpoczęcia turnieju!!!

[DUN I LOVE]

Christopher Clarey przed chwilą zapodał na twiterze:

Roger Federer OUT

[Robertinho]

Christopher Clarey przed chwilą zapodał na twiterze:

Roger Federer OUT