Rafel Nadal reconoce a @esportsib3tv que "Todavía tengo molestias en la rodilla" twitter.com/davidjnadal/st…
— David J. Nadal (@davidjnadal) January 29, 2013
Let's be with colm people, but Rafa announced in a TV interview today that he still has a sore knee.
"The knee is bothering me. The pain I feel will not let me do certain movements. Hopefully it disappears." was tweeted by Fernado Grisolia today.
This is where the stone drops to the pit of your tummy.
But then IB3's David Nadal added this ...
Rafel Nadal is used to playing with pain. If he starts to compete is that doctors have given the OK
— David J. Nadal (@davidjnadal) January 29, 2013
And Rafa added ...
Nadal-SER: "No sé si volveré a jugar al mismo nivel, ni me lo planteo ahora mismo".
— SER Deporte Baleares (@SERdepbaleares) January 29, 2013
Roughly translated meaning ... "I do not know if I will play at the same level, and I approach it now."
*Sigh* and what to say?? I know he still spoke of pain in the Mr Harmans' interview in December, and maybe naively, I thought more time away would well ... make it go away. But I guess there's always going to be pain, it's just the level that varies.
Here's the link to IB3 interview with some Google translated quotes taken from David Nadal's tweets ...
Rafel Nadal: "Now we have to see how competition tolerate pain, but you have to start playing"
Nadal: "The doctors say that all is well. My only goal is to hold the knee"
Nadal: "I have wanted to start playing, hopefully the knee hold the tour," said a @ esportsib3tv
Nadal: "I saw the end of the year because I have not in my TV channel Eurosport. I can not comment. But I congratulate the two, especially Novak"
Rafel Nadal: "I am delighted that David (Ferrer) has got to be the 4. Hopefully reach 3 and play a Grand Slam final"
It's obvious all this has come from a good source, so it's kind of worrying - especially when Rafa's leaving for Chile on Friday. But what else can I say? I will be what it will be. It is what it is ... but let's make the most of every single second we see him back on that court.
Oh crap. That is so discouraging. After all this time, and all the treatment he's had on his knee, if it's not 100% now it's never going to be. I was so excited about seeing him back again but now I'm sad and nervous. :(
ReplyDeleteWell I'm confused. And a little weary of it all. But - actions speak louder than words - don't they, and he's planning on playing singles and doubles in Vina del Mar, singles and doubles in Brazil, Acapulco, the exho in New York, then IW and Miami. Would he really be planning all this if he thought it wasn't going to be possible? I just don't know, I guess it's a 'let's wait and see what happens' approach.
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