"No one could think of that would so"
Rafael Nadal leaves the club carrying the tennis bag and skin blackened by the sun of summer, which saw him win two Masters 1000 on cement (Montreal and Cincinnati) and reclaim the world number two. It happens in New York, where his debut Monday against the local Harrison in the U.S. Open. For the Spanish, the Big Apple is the last stop on an extraordinary journey. After passing in February a partial tear of the patellar ligament and hoffitis he had seven months off, the Big 12 champion plays with a mathematical chance to pull himself up to number one. Need to win the tournament and Novak Djokovic is not in the final, or reach the decider and the Serb lost prior quarters. "No one could think of to come back well," says the Spaniard. "There is no doubt that it is the best of the year", he photographs the Serbian. "Superimpresionante" sums, always gentlemanly, Roger Federer, who at 32 is competing with the number seven.
For the first time in his career, Nadal, 27, arrives at a large on concrete as the top seed. Buoyed by a handful of games decided by millimeters (Montreal Djokovic won the tie-break, drank two sudden deaths against Isner in Cincinnati, where before Federer rallied ...), the Spaniard living in New York than ever before had lived. Is Federer before the Djokovic of 2011, it only clutters the interview room, insatiable bounce flashes, tightening the pressure and shackles in the form of questions.
For the first time in his career, Nadal, 27, arrives at a large on concrete as the favorite
Is something wrong with being number one in the world?, Will launch in mid-afternoon.
"I do not see anything wrong," answered number two before starting an argument that has much of its efforts and sweating, much of the solitude of the gym and the stretcher, fears in the days injured, the terror of not being able to enjoy Most of the tracks during those days deducted from the knee down. "When you're number one is because you are winning tournaments, because you're healthy, because you're playing well because you're enjoying what you do. Without a good attitude, without health, you can not be number one. "
Health. The absence of lesions. Pain. Three innuendo in the press conference, because the speaker is closing in style with a summer that began ostentatiously bandaged left knee after losing the first at Wimbledon. "Being number one at the end of the year is one of the hardest things there is," Nadal continues. "The season is long. You have to be very regular (...) You need to have many great weeks. Being number one at the end of the year is a very special thing. Only a few have the opportunity to do so. Is important. Very important ... but what makes me happy is to get to a tournament and feel like I'm competitive against all (...) My goal is not number one. My goal is to be healthy, have a chance to be competitive, to end the year with a good feeling. "
In these is Nadal. "Rafa, Rafa, Rafa" reads on the aforementioned chest during training. Nadal, of course, needs no introduction: in New York, his name placard poster resonates for weeks.
Rafael Nadal leaves the club carrying the tennis bag and skin blackened by the sun of summer, which saw him win two Masters 1000 on cement (Montreal and Cincinnati) and reclaim the world number two. It happens in New York, where his debut Monday against the local Harrison in the U.S. Open. For the Spanish, the Big Apple is the last stop on an extraordinary journey. After passing in February a partial tear of the patellar ligament and hoffitis he had seven months off, the Big 12 champion plays with a mathematical chance to pull himself up to number one. Need to win the tournament and Novak Djokovic is not in the final, or reach the decider and the Serb lost prior quarters. "No one could think of to come back well," says the Spaniard. "There is no doubt that it is the best of the year", he photographs the Serbian. "Superimpresionante" sums, always gentlemanly, Roger Federer, who at 32 is competing with the number seven.
For the first time in his career, Nadal, 27, arrives at a large on concrete as the top seed. Buoyed by a handful of games decided by millimeters (Montreal Djokovic won the tie-break, drank two sudden deaths against Isner in Cincinnati, where before Federer rallied ...), the Spaniard living in New York than ever before had lived. Is Federer before the Djokovic of 2011, it only clutters the interview room, insatiable bounce flashes, tightening the pressure and shackles in the form of questions.
For the first time in his career, Nadal, 27, arrives at a large on concrete as the favorite
Is something wrong with being number one in the world?, Will launch in mid-afternoon.
"I do not see anything wrong," answered number two before starting an argument that has much of its efforts and sweating, much of the solitude of the gym and the stretcher, fears in the days injured, the terror of not being able to enjoy Most of the tracks during those days deducted from the knee down. "When you're number one is because you are winning tournaments, because you're healthy, because you're playing well because you're enjoying what you do. Without a good attitude, without health, you can not be number one. "
Health. The absence of lesions. Pain. Three innuendo in the press conference, because the speaker is closing in style with a summer that began ostentatiously bandaged left knee after losing the first at Wimbledon. "Being number one at the end of the year is one of the hardest things there is," Nadal continues. "The season is long. You have to be very regular (...) You need to have many great weeks. Being number one at the end of the year is a very special thing. Only a few have the opportunity to do so. Is important. Very important ... but what makes me happy is to get to a tournament and feel like I'm competitive against all (...) My goal is not number one. My goal is to be healthy, have a chance to be competitive, to end the year with a good feeling. "
In these is Nadal. "Rafa, Rafa, Rafa" reads on the aforementioned chest during training. Nadal, of course, needs no introduction: in New York, his name placard poster resonates for weeks.
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