Rafael Nadal

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Karen i Dominic zafascynowani treningiem Rafy:

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Biegnij kobieto biegnij, król nie będzie czekał:

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Garderoba na US OPEN 2019:

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Kolor Milki.
Trochę... No NIE.

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Kolor Milki.
Trochę... No NIE.

Wolałbym aby Rafa częściej zakładał niebieskie odcienie. A od kliku lat dominuje różowy/czarny.

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Nadal Shakes Off Rust, Takes Montreal Opener

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Spaniard going for record-extending 35th ATP Masters 1000 title
Leads don't usually last long against Rafael Nadal, and the Spaniard quickly erased the brief advantages Brit Daniel Evans had to win his opener 7-6(6), 6-4 on Wednesday at the Coupe Rogers in Montreal.

Evans led 5/2 in the first-set tiebreak, but Nadal won six of the final seven points to seize momentum at the ATP Masters 1000 event. In the second, Evans, after suffering an early break, had them back on serve at 3-3, but Nadal broke right back en route to his 35th win at the Canadian Masters 1000.

The Spaniard was contesting his first match since losing to Roger Federer in the Wimbledon semi-finals on 12 July. Nadal is going for his fifth Canadian Masters 1000 title, with his titles evenly split between Montreal (2005 and 2013) and Toronto (2008 and 2018). He's also going for a career-first this week: Nadal has never defended a hard-court title.

The World No. 2 will next face Moldovan Radu Albot or Brasil Open winner Guido Pella of Argentina on Thursday.

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The 33-year-old Spaniard has already qualified for a record 15th straight season to the Nitto ATP Finals, to be held at The O2 in London from 10-17 November. Earlier this year, he claimed his ninth Internazionali BNL d'Italia trophy in Rome (d. Djokovic) and celebrated a record-extending 12th Roland Garros triumph (d. Thiem). Defending 1000 ATP Rankings points as the 2018 tournament champion, Nadal must reach the final to prevent Roger Federer from displacing him as World No. 2 on Monday when the standings are released.

The 29-year-old Evans, who had been looking for his first Top 5 win (0-5), is now 3-8 lifetime against players in the Top 10 of the ATP Rankings.

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Nadal, playing in just his second tournament since winning a 12th Roland Garros title two months ago, showed signs of early rust, missing a number of forehands as he was broken in the opening game and as Evans held to love en route to a 3-1 lead before players sat down to wait out a brief rain delay.

Evans won his first nine service points and took the battle to Nadal, stepping into the court at every opportunity to crush forehands and to make 20 net approaches during the set. But gradually Nadal regained confidence in his dominant forehand, which he used to move Evans side to side and to break Evans in the first game back after the first rain delay.

The pattern continued from there, with Nadal gaining more and more belief and settling into the season's sixth Masters 1000 event.

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Nadal’s No Danger Zone: Tell Me How It Is

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Spaniard believes in speaking truth to power
They say success breeds success. So does stability, according to Rafael Nadal.

The 34-time ATP Masters 1000 champion says that sticking with his trusted team over his 16-year career has underpinned his on- and off-court achievements.

Long-term relationships with coaches Toni Nadal, Francisco Roig, Carlos Moya, physio Rafael Maymo, manager Carlos Costa and publicist Benito Perez-Barbadillo have been a hallmark of his career. And, of course, his long-term partner Xisca Perello and family are never far from his side.

Importantly, he has nurtured an environment in which team members feel confident to speak truth to power, even when it may not be advice he wants to hear. That, Nadal says, is a point of difference with many of his rivals and their coaching relationships.

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“Tennis has a problem that normally the player pays the coach and the physio, the team. That sometimes creates an atmosphere that the people who are around the player are a little bit more scared about saying the real things to the player,” Nadal said.

“The player needs to give them the confidence that they can tell you what is the real thing for them, not what you want to hear all the time. In my opinion, it is difficult to build that in a short period of time.

“If you have the same team for a long time, of course they know that they are not in danger if they say one thing or another thing.”

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The top seed and defending champion will again lean on his team this week at the Coupe Rogers, where he must reach the final to prevent Roger Federer from displacing him as World No. 2 when the new ATP Rankings are released on Monday.

But whether his outlook on commitment to team will work for others, Nadal was somewhat non-committal.

“I don't know what the new guys thinks about it. Times change. I can't say what works for me going to work for them.

“But for me personally, to have a good group of people around me helps me a lot for my education, for my preparation… growing during all these years.

“Important thing is to have a group of people around you that they feel free enough to tell you if you are doing the things right or not right, no? When you are changing people around you it very often is difficult to find this confidence.”

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/nadal-n ... -how-it-is

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Radosny król po victorii:

Maniaaaaaaaaa


Rafa mówi, że korty są szybkie. Stwierdza także, że piłki są bardzo ciężkie co jest złe dla nadgarstków i łokci, ale ma nadzieję że w przyszłości znajdzie się rozwiązanie tego problemu.

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Nadal, Federer, Melzer Join ATP Player Council

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ATP Update announcement

The ATP has announced that the following players have been elected to the ATP Player Council:

• 1-50 Singles: Rafael Nadal
• 1-100 Doubles: Jurgen Melzer
• At Large: Roger Federer

Nadal, Melzer, and Federer were elected by the existing members of the Player Council to fill the roles vacated following the resignations of Robin Haase, Jamie Murray, and Sergiy Stakhovsky prior to Wimbledon. They will begin their roles with immediate effect and will serve until the end of the existing term which runs through to Wimbledon 2020. The position of Coach representative, following the resignation of Daniel Vallverdu, is to be determined in due course.

The next Player Council meeting is scheduled in New York prior to the US Open. The ATP Player Council is comprised of the following:

• 1-50 Singles: Kevin Anderson (VP), John Isner, Rafael Nadal, Sam Querrey

• 51-100 Singles: Yen-Hsun Lu, Vasek Pospisil

• 1-100 Doubles: Jurgen Melzer, Bruno Soares

• At Large: Novak Djokovic (P), Roger Federer

• Alumni: Colin Dowdeswell

• Coach: TBD

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/atp-pla ... ugust-2019

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Nadal Passes Federer On Masters 1000 Wins Leaderboard

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Spaniard improves to 4-0 against Argentina's Pella
For a guy who doesn't like to play in the wind, Rafael Nadal sure made a good impersonation of someone who prefers a gust here and there during his record-breaking performance on Thursday.

The World No. 2 steamrolled ahead in Montreal, beating Guido Pella 6-3, 6-4 to win his 379th ATP Masters 1000 match, breaking a tie with Roger Federer for the all-time lead. Nadal said he doesn't enjoy playing in windy conditions, but he also relishes the mental challenge the conditions provide.

“[It was] a tough day in terms of wind. But we are used to playing like this. When we play on outdoor courts, that's part of the game, too. Of course it is better to play without this kind of wind,” Nadal said.

“At the same time, it is beautiful to play under tough conditions because then the player who has different options to play has better chances to survive these kind of days.

"It's about adapting and being focused mentally. Of course, I prefer to play without these conditions, but in some way I enjoy.”

Nadal, the all-time ATP Masters 1000 titles leader (34), was on top of the Argentine from the start, breaking in the second game and nailing 1-2 punches Pella couldn't handle.

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When the rallies did extend, Nadal had those mostly under control as well, delivering a crowd-pleasing skyhook overhead midway through a rally in the opening set. The Spaniard faltered in the sixth game of the second set, suffering his lone break of serve, but broke back immediately to regain the advantage.

The top seed improved to 36-8 at the Canadian Masters 1000 event. Nadal must reach the final to prevent Federer from displacing him as World No. 2 on Monday when the new ATP Rankings are released.

“He's having a great season, one of the best of his career, if not the best,” Nadal said. “I need to be playing well. I think today I played better than yesterday, so I hope tomorrow I continue with this improvement. That's what I need if I want to keep having chances to be through.”

The Spaniard is playing in only his second tournament since winning his 12th Roland Garros title in June, but he's yet to drop a set this week through two matches, beating Brit Daniel Evans in his opener. Nadal commented on playing in windy conditions while defending his Paris title two months ago.

“When it's too windy in academy, I go to the indoors... Of course being from an island, we have wind, yes. But if you ask me if I prefer to play with wind or without, I prefer to play without,” Nadal said. “Another thing is normally I adapt myself well to windy conditions.”

He has been adapting to any conditions and any tournament of late, reaching the Wimbledon semi-finals last month (l. to Federer). Nadal is trying to defend a hard-court title for the first time in his career and become the first player this season to win two Masters 1000 titles (Rome).

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Montreal'19: [1] Rafael Nadal d. Guido Pella 6-3 6-4 (Ch. Ump- Adel Nour) Statystyki meczu

Rafa wygraną nad Pellą przesunął się na szczyt klasyfikacji w wygranych meczach M-1000.

379 Rafael Nadal
378 Roger Federer
345 Novak Djokovic
212 Andy Murray
209 Andre Agassi

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Toronto19: 89. ćwierćfinał M-1000.

[1] Rafael Nadal d. Guido Pella 6-3 6-4