Rafa está livre de cirurgia

De acordo com a equipe médica que trata de Rafael Nadal, está completamente descartada a realização de uma intervenção cirúrgica no joelho esquerdo do tenista.

Ainda segundo os médicos, Nadal está seguindo corretamente um tratamento "conservador" intensivo e após o último teste constatou-se que o tendão está respondendo bem, "Os tendões estão evoluindo lentamente e nos propusemos a continuar com este tratamento e a cirurgia está totalmente excluída", declarou o Dr. Angel Ruiz Cotorro em conferência de imprensa no Real Club de Tenis Barcelona.

Especificamente a respeito da lesão, o médico esclareceu que "o que ocorreu foi uma estesopatia patelar, uma lesão a nível de todas essas fibras posteriores do tendão patelar, que tem posteriormente hoffa, gordura ao redor do tendão."

Cotorro explicou que a ruptura do tendão patelar diagnosticada não é absolutamente grave. Sobre o tratamento adotado, o médico chefe afirmou que durará cerca de um mês e constitui-se em um mix de fisioterapia, iontoforese, laser e termoterapia, "Em um período de um mês, se os exames forem bons, ele poderá voltar a treinar em quadra. Mas não é o objetivo prioritário, mas sim que o tendão recupere a força de sempre. A medicina não é uma ciência exata, mas conhecendo Rafa e observando como ele evoluiu, consideramos que é um tempo suficiente para que esteja em condições. Mas não temos que nos precipitar." Dessa forma, estima-se que em dois meses o quadro terá evoluído para o nível normal.

Perguntado sobre como Rafa sentiu-se após receber a notícia de que não poderia participar de torneios importantes como os jogos olímpicos de Londres, o US Open e a Copa Davis, Cotorro disse: "Rafa estava em uma linha totalmente positiva. Logicamente quando alguém diz que você não pode participar de competições importantes, você não fica contente no primeiro dia. Mas agora ele está em uma situação psicológica perfeita, com vontade de se recuperar e voltar o mais rápido possível". Cotorro revelou também que Rafa conta com a confiança e o apoio da família, fãs e amigos para sua plena recuperação.

O desabafo de Benito Barbadillo

O assessor de imprensa do Rafa se irritou com jornalistas italianos e franceses durante uma conversa em Flushing Meadows, onde acontece o US Open. Barbadillo falou sobre os rumores de dopping que atormentam o tenista; o agravamento das acusações devido ao apoio dado por Rafa ao ciclista Alberto Contador; as falsas versões sobre sua recente lesão; a especulação infundada de desistência da disputa dos jogos olímpicos por medo do rigoroso sistema anti-dopagem; a perseguição sofrida pela Espanha em consequência do sucesso esportivo alcançado.

Ele também esclareceu que Rafa está em trabalho intensivo com seu fisioterapeuta e que a lesão está sendo curada. Afirmou ainda que pensa em contratar uma assessoria jurídica para processar aqueles que estão denegrindo injustamente a imagem de Nadal.

Veja alguns trechos do relato:

"Estou furioso com parte da imprensa que espalha falsos rumores sobre Rafa. Chega de insinuações de dopping!". 

 "Vocês todos sabem o quanto ele quis carregar a bandeira de seu país"

"Tudo o que posso dizer é que quando estivermos certos (de que ele voltará) faremos um comunicado à imprensa. Quando a dor desaparecer ele estará de volta. Os tendões estão se curando"

"Itália e França são países que amam tênis do tipo que Federer joga, por isto eles o atacam (a Nadal). Realmente gosto do Federer, mas isso não siginifica que Nadal não seja talentoso"

"Nadal tem muito talento. Alegações infundadas machucam tanto quanto julgamentos sumários"

"Federer está acabado? Murray ganhará algo importante? Eu era dos primeiros a defendê-los e os resultados recentes mostram que eu estava certo." 

"Ele não merece ler tudo o que se escreve dele em redes sociais, principalmente no Facebook."

"Nadal estará de volta o quanto antes, estou convicto disto. Em 2009 todo mundo disse que ele não voltaria no mesmo nível, 12 meses depois ele ganhou Roland Garros, Wimbledon e o US Open"

"Ele quer treinar e começar a jogar mais uma vez, então ele definitivamente voltará com o mesmo entusiasmo e determinação. Talvez até mais..."    

(Fonte: Tênis News)   

 

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Coletiva de Imprensa - Primeira Rodada (Wimbledon 2012)

Por motivos de força maior nós do Blog RNO informamos que teremos dificuldades de acompanhar Wimbledon. E por conta disso os posts devem demorar e não iremos conseguir traduzir as coletivas. 


Mas isso não significa que abandonaremos o torneio assim, não seremos urgentes mas estaremos por aqui de vez em quando.

R. NADAL/T. Bellucci 7‑6, 6‑2, 6‑3

Q.  What happened in the first few games of that match?

RAFAEL NADAL:  Well, happened that I had the breakpoint in the first game, so I think I played a good first game.  But he had a few chances at the first, and then two great serves in the advantage in the middle to the tee.
Then I played bad game with my serve.  Even I think I have game point for me, or few chances, but I had a few mistakes with my forehand.
And then he hit a fantastic returns in the 3‑0, so he played a great game.  I was lucky to be back, that’s the thing.  I feel lucky after 4‑0 to be able to win the set.


Q.  Thomaz said you don’t have any weakness in your game.  Is that what you think?


RAFAEL NADAL:  Well, I think I have, but thank you for the words of Thomaz, no?
I think today I didn’t play my best match.  I think especially at the first set I played little bit too nervous, little bit not knowing exactly what to do.  My movements were a little bit in defensive way, not in aggressive way.
But I was able to keep winning the first set.  That’s the important thing and the good news.  Then I started to play better.  The second and third set I played better, even if I had a big mistake in the third with 2‑0, 30‑Love to probably close the set with 3‑0.
I felt in that moment I started to hit better the forehand.  That’s the most important thing for me.  And in the beginning I didn’t really had the best feeling with my forehand.
But then I started to feel a little bit better and I was able to hit a few forehands in a row with positive feeling, knowing that I don’t want to miss the ball.  That’s a very important thing, no?
I think the serve worked great almost all the match.  Just the beginning I start with not the best percentage, but I finished well, so I’m happy.


Q.  We know the Olympics are going to be played here as well.  Tell us a little bit about your thoughts about having the Olympics on grass here.


RAFAEL NADAL:  Well, it’s great that we gonna play the Olympics here in Wimbledon.  At the same time, it’s not great that you play in a very important competition on grass the best‑of‑three.  That’s makes the tournament a little bit more crazy.  You know, everybody can win everybody even more than in hard or clay, because playing best‑of‑three the match can be decided in just a few points.
So that’s probably the negative thing.  In every match, you are at the limit.


Q.  Is it crazy for you or a crazy idea in general?


RAFAEL NADAL:  No, I don’t say ‘crazy idea’.  Maybe I don’t have the right word in English.  But is a little bit more difficult to predict what gonna happen.  That’s what I wanted to say.
I think it’s great to have the Olympics here in Wimbledon, but playing best‑of‑three on grass in a very important competition makes the tournament, no, more difficult for everybody because there is no favorites then.


Q.  Last time you went behind so far in a first set was against Soderling a couple years ago.  You came back and went on to win the Championships.  Do you find that sort of start helps you to focus your mind?


RAFAEL NADAL:  Is a completely different feeling, no?  I think against Soderling was in quarterfinals a few years ago.  Here is the first round.  I just played two matches on grass this year before here.  I need time.  I need to play.  That’s an important victory for me.
We’ll see what’s going on in the next match.  I need to keep improving.  That’s what I gonna try.  Going to be a difficult tournament, but I am here to try my best ‑ as I did every year ‑ and hopefully I can play a little bit better in the next round.
The important thing and the best feeling for me is that I improved my game during the match, and that’s important for the practice of tomorrow and the next match.


Q.  Do you find it difficult to change from clay court to grass, and how do you adjust?


RAFAEL NADAL:  I am sure that is difficult, no, especially when you arrive to the grass playing almost every match possible in the last couple of months.  The transition is aggressive one, and sometimes playing as much as I did the last couple of months, you start to have, you know, physical, not problems, but troubles, so you cannot practice as much as you would like to prepare the tournament, no?
But that’s not new for me.  Just accept the situation and try my best in every moment.  In the past, worked well; hopefully this year will be working well another time.


Q.  I am not going to ask you would you want to win tomorrow in EuroCup semifinals, but could you talk a little bit about the Portuguese team and Cristiano Ronaldo?  I know you met him before.


RAFAEL NADAL:  Cristiano is fighting for being the best Player of the Year.  I had the chance to met him a few times.  He’s great.  He’s a winner.  We will be in trouble if he has his best day.  Portugal have a complete team.
Well, but, being a supporter of Spain, you cannot expect to win the semifinals of Euros against an easy opponent.  Is the same that when I am in the semifinals of Roland Garros.  You have a tough opponent in front.
So Spain have one of the toughest opponents possible in front, and hopefully Spain can keep playing the way that we did the last couple of years ‑ almost six years ‑ and be able to be in that final another time.


Q.  Everyone has a greatest rival.  Who would that be for you?  Is this someone you really prefer not to play in the tournament?  If you could sometimes tell us your dream, what should be.


RAFAEL NADAL:  I didn’t understand nothing.  Can you repeat?


Q.  The first question is, everybody has their greatest competitor, rival.  Who would that be for you?  Maybe you’re special and you don’t care.


RAFAEL NADAL:  There is few kind of rivals, no?  You can talk about rivals that you are competing to be in the top positions of the ranking, and the real thing is the rival that I care is Rosol or Dodig that I gonna play day after tomorrow.


Q.  Rosol.


RAFAEL NADAL:  Rosol won already?  So now I care about Rosol.
If you talk about the competitor for the ranking, the rival, I cannot say one because I really don’t feel that I have one.  Disappointing, I have much more than one.


Q.  You haven’t lost in the first week of a major for seven years now.  When you found yourself down in the first set, does something like that give you some confidence that you can come through those early‑round matches even when it’s tough?


RAFAEL NADAL:  I really don’t think about these kind of things when I am on court.  I try to find a solution about the problem that I had in that moment, try to find a way to start playing better.
Is great that I didn’t lost, as you say, in the first week, but that’s going to happen.  I don’t know if here or in the next one, but everybody lose, no?
So just try to keep playing well, focus.  Just, as I tell, I try to think always moment by moment.


Q.  Do you think Germany has a chance against Spain?  Are you scared at all by any German player?  What do you think about the team?


RAFAEL NADAL:  Seriously, you know, I think is not the right question.  I will answer, but is not the right question because you cannot expect to not have chances Germany against Spain.
It’s one of the best teams of the world against another one of the best teams of the world.  Everybody have chances against everybody.  What can I answer you?  Yes, sure they have chances.  Hopefully not, but first thing, tomorrow Germany have to play against Italy and Spain has to play against Portugal.
I don’t know if we’re going to meet in the final.  Maybe it will be for third and fourth.  Hopefully we can play that match and win another time.


Q.  Whether you consider them rivals or not, you, Novak, and Roger have certainly dominated the Grand Slams for the last seven years.  What do you think the biggest reason for that is?


RAFAEL NADAL:  Is difficult to answer this one for me.  Somebody ask me this question a few weeks ago in Roland Garros, and my answer was, I cannot say anything in particular because can sound arrogant what I gonna say.  That’s the real thing.
So I prefer to say that that’s what happened the last couple of years probably because we were very focused, we were playing great, we were very regular players.  So that’s why.  Then the rest of the things, to find arguments why really that happened, I am really not the right one to say it.

Coletiva de Imprensa Pré Torneio (Wimbledon 2012)

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Mas isso não significa que abandonaremos o torneio assim, não seremos urgentes mas estaremos por aqui sempre de vez em quando. 

Q.  You had a very successful but tough Roland Garros, and then you went to Halle.  How tough was it to recharge the batteries after that?


RAFAEL NADAL:  Well, it’s something that is nothing new in my career.  Since today is the same like another season, no?  But what’s going to make little bit more difficult is later, no, when normally after here, if you have a very good tournament here, you have four weeks, four weeks and a half of rest.
Is not the case of this year because you have the Olympics.  But since the day of today is something very similar to the rest of the years.  I had the chance to be in Mallorca, to enjoy a little bit with the friends, with the family, and that’s what I did.
I am here another time.


Q.  You mentioned the Olympics.  What do they mean to you?


RAFAEL NADAL:  The Olympics is the most important competition of the world of sport.  So that’s the first thing.  For everybody, all the sports, all the people who are involved of sport, competing in Olympics is something probably the most special thing that can happen, no?
The experience is great for me.  I played two Olympics already.  I have one record in Athens that I am the sportsman who spent less time in one Olympic Games, because the week before I played in Sopot.  I won my first tournament.  I arrived that Saturday night, I lost on Sunday, and I went home.  I don’t remember a lot.
But in Beijing I was able to spend one week before, then all tournament there, all the competition.  Enjoyed the experience in the Village with the rest of the friends, of the colleagues of the sports family.  Was great, no?  Was probably one of the greatest experiences I ever had in this world.
In my opinion is something that everybody from the popular sports, that we are very lucky to have a circuit like tennis or basketball football.  I think is great if we are able to go to the real sport, because there there is a lot of sports that they don’t have the lucky that we have.  You really experience what means really the sport, playing just for ‑ I don’t know how to say ‑ just play for the passion of the sport, for nothing else more.
In my opinion, that’s the real spirit of the sport.  Is great for us that we have almost everything, go there, and enjoy that experience.


 Q.  Coming off winning your seventh French Open title, how confident of winning your third Wimbledon and how confident are you of beating Djokovic on grass?


RAFAEL NADAL:  I’m very happy the way things went the last couple of months ‑ since the beginning of the season this year, in my opinion.  Thinking about winning another title here in Wimbledon is arrogant and crazy.  That’s something I cannot think about, no?
I can just think about the practice of tomorrow, to keep preparing my game, to arrive to Tuesday with the right conditions, being competitive to try to win the first match, no?
That’s the goal.  I try my best in every practice.  But sure, every hour on grass help me.


Q.  You’ve been a part of two great rivalries with Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.  Many matches against both.  Many Grand Slam finals against them.  Could you maybe compare them at all, whether fans enjoy watching you against Novak or Roger?


RAFAEL NADAL:  That you have to ask the fans.  I cannot answer this about the fans.
For me is little bit different situation, because when I arrived here on tour, especially when I started to play well, Roger always was there.  With Novak, it’s little bit other way.  I was there and then he came.
So is difficult for me to analyze which rivalry is more important, less important, more attractive, less attractive for everybody.
The only thing I can say, all the classic matches are because you played a lot of matches in very important circumstances between each other, no?  That happens a lot of times with Roger, a lot of Grand Slam finals, a lot of Masters 1000s, competing for very important tournaments in our careers.
But with Novak we start to have all of this, too.  Is great.  For me I feel very lucky to be part of these two rivalries.  I think is something that brings special motivation to the game, to the motivation to keep improving my tennis.  Because if you are not able to improve your level of tennis you are dead, no, in this very competitive world of tennis.
That’s what I tried all my life.  I think I really enjoy being part of these rivalries, no?  I don’t gonna answer your question which one means more to me, because will see when at the end of our careers.


Q.  What do you think of the specificities of the game on grass nowadays, and what do you think are your strengths and maybe weaknesses on this surface?


RAFAEL NADAL:  Well, the important thing is play ‑ play with the surface, not play against the surface.  That’s the first thing, no?
At the same time you cannot change something crazy your game, because you are good doing what you usually do.  In the past, I don’t know the years, but in the past my best points on grass was that I played very regular with my serve.  Probably not serving bombs, because I am not this kind of player.  But playing very solid with high percentage, with enough speed, and then my movements and my decision to play on this surface was good the last couple years.
I enjoy playing here.  Brings something different to me.  Seriously, since the first time I came here, probably was in 2002 ‑‑ no, 2003 I played professional.  2002 or 2001 I played the juniors.  I always loved this place.  I always loved this surface.
My opinion is the game here is great to watch, especially if you don’t play against a big server (smiling).


Q.  Outside you and Andy and Novak and Roger, who would you say are the most dangerous players?  Berdych, Raonic, would they be the ones who are maybe most dangerous?


RAFAEL NADAL:  For me is difficult to say.  Depends.  David Ferrer is playing a final today I think in Hertogenbosch.


Q.  He won.


RAFAEL NADAL:  So he won already.  His level of tennis is higher and higher every year.
Berdych knows what is to play a final here.
Tsonga played semifinals last year.
But you have Raonic with this serve, without touch a ball from the baseline, you will be in trouble.
So there is always very competitive players.  The real thing of this surface, you see the draw, and you never see an easy opponent.
I don’t say that in other surfaces you see easy opponents because you are playing against the best players of the world.  You have the feeling, for example, you play on clay and your match is your in your hands.  If you are playing your game you will have good chances to be through.
Here everything is a little bit more crazy, because sometimes you played two bad points in not the right moment and you lose a set.  You don’t have real time to come back if you have a few mistakes in a row.


Q.  You talked about the fascination of the Olympics.  Are the Olympics more special for you this year because they are played in this historic tennis place?


RAFAEL NADAL:  The Olympics are important for themself.  Playing wherever are very important, no?
That’s true, that play in Wimbledon is gonna be little bit bigger because what means this place in the world of tennis is just the top.  We gonna enjoy playing another time here.
But my opinion we can say can be more special to play in Wimbledon, but not more important.


Q.  (Question regarding adding another week between Roland Garros and Wimbledon.)


RAFAEL NADAL:  I always say is great to play more and more on clay and grass because those surfaces are historic in the world of tennis.  In the past, most of the tournaments were on clay and grass.  In my opinion for the body the worst surface to play or the most aggressive surface to play is the hard court.
In my opinion, I will never have nothing against to play more weeks on grass or clay, because I think is easier for the physical performance, for the injuries of the players.

Fotos e Vídeos - Coletiva de Imprensa (Roland Garros 2012)

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Boa Sorte Rafa!!!!!!

Coletiva de imprensa  (semifinal) 

Coletiva de imprensa antes da grande final. 

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Paris Loves Rafa 

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Coletiva de Imprensa - Roland Garros 2012

P - É diferente para você este ano no sentimento porque você está indo talvez para um sétimo título, ou que você não está se importando com isso?


RN - No ano passado, provavelmente a resposta seria  diferente, porque se eu ganhasse eu igualaria Borg. Qualquer ano, podemos encontrar uma desculpa diferente para ser diferente.


Mas no final, o que é diferente é que é um outro ano, outro Roland Garros. Este torneio é bastante importante por sí próprio, não porque agora eu tenho seis. Eu tenho muito mais do que eu sempre sonhei.


Eu estou vindo aqui com a motivação de cada ano com a ilusão de jogar bem, e então veremos, não? Mas não estou mais motivado porque eu tenho seis e eu posso ganhar sete. Não.


E eu não estava mais motivado quando cheguei aqui em 2005 do que hoje. Eu não estava mais motivado em 2010, quando eu perdi em 2009. A motivação é sempre é a mesma. Às vezes você perde, às vezes você ganha.


Esse é o esporte e esse é o jogo.


P - Você chegou muito perto de ganhar quatro títulos de Grand Slam seguidos. Agora Novak ...


RN - Não muito perto. Três jogos fora. Sim, eu não perdi na última final. Isso é o que eu quero dizer, não, com certeza, quando você ganha três seguidas, provavelmente não terei outra chance. 


P - Eu estou querendo saber, com Novak agora tendo ganho três, já faz um longo tempo desde que alguém ganhou quatro seguidos. Qual é a parte mais difícil de tentar fazer isso? Quão grande isso seria? Qual a importância no tênis e talvez todos os esportes, se alguém fosse capaz de fazer isso de novo?


RN - A parte mais difícil é ganhar cada um. Essa é a primeira coisa. Quando se fala em vencer todos os quatro, quando ele ganhou em Wimbledon no ano passado, então ele ganhou US Open, então ele ganhou naAustrália, então todos os torneios é difícil poe sí só.


Este vai ser outro. Este não vai ser mais difícil porque ele já ganhou três. Você sabe, esse é o ponto que eu quero dizer. Quando fui para a Austrália em 2011 foi o ano passado? Sim, de 2011, com a chance de ganhar quatro em uma fileira? Senti zero de pressão extra para vencer.


Porque quando você começa o torneio, quando você joga, você joga a cada dia. Isso é o que eu sou, fazendo. Eu jogo dia a dia, e eu pensando em ganhar o torneio, não o que aconteceu no passado. Coisa mais difícil é chegar a essa situação. Você está lá, você pode ganhar, você pode perder. Tive uma lesão, perdi. É isso aí.


Eu não sou mais feliz hoje ou menos feliz hoje por ganhar ou perder esse jogo. A vida continua, e você continuar trabalhando duro para tentar se encaixar e ser competitivo para a próxima.


P -  Seus resultados sobre o saibro vermelho são brilhantes este ano. Como você se sente sobre o seu próprio jogo?


RN - Eu fiz muito bem. Comecei a temporada 2012 jogando fantástico desde o início na Austrália. Acho que fiz bem em  parar por um mês. Eu fiz bem em Indian Wells. Eu ainda não entrei em quadra nas semifinais em Miami.


Eu comecei a temporada de saibro, a temporada de saibro vermelho muito bem. Joguei  fantástico os torneios em Monte-Carlo, Barcelona e Roma. É isso aí. Eu estou jogando bem.


Tem uma história diferente aqui, um torneio diferente, e não significa que por eu ter jogado muito bem os três torneios no saibro, que eu vou ter um sucesso aqui. Não significa - significa apenas que - a única coisa é que vencer todos os três é que tenho mais três títulos no meu quarto são muito importantes para mim. Eu amo os três torneios.


Chego aqui com sentimentos positivos, e eu vou tentar o meu melhor para ser muito competitivo e estar no nível certo para ter as minhas chances.


P - Quando você vem a Paris todos os anos, há algo que você olha para a frente? Existe algo que você gosta fora do tênis, a idéia de estar em Paris? Existe algo que você gosta além do tênis?


RN -  Eu gosto da cidade. Eu amo a cidade. Há algumas cidades que eu amo no mundo, e esta é uma deles.


Eu me sinto confortável aqui. Não se esqueça que eu passo muito tempo aqui na cidade e me sinto confortável. Eu gosto. Eu não tenho tempo para vir para férias durante a temporada, mas eu fiz no passado com a minha família. Eu vim aqui com minha família nas festas mais ou menos 10 anos atrás, e desde aquele momento eu sempre amei esse lugar.

Press Conference - Roland Garros 2012

Q. Is it different for you this year in the feeling because you’re going maybe for a seventh title, or are you not caring about this?

RAFAEL NADAL: Last year probably answer is different, because if I won I will equal Borg. Any year we can find a different excuse to be different.


But at the end, what is different is another year, another Roland Garros. This tournament is enough important for himself, not because now I have six. I have much more than I ever dreamed.


I am coming here with motivation of every year with the illusion to play well, and then we will see, no? But I don’t going to be more motivated because I have six and I can win seven. No.


And I was not more motivated when I arrived here in 2005 than today. I was not more motivated in 2010 when I lose in 2009. The motivation always is the same. Sometimes you lose; sometimes you win.


That’s the sport and that’s the game.


Q. You came very close to winning four Grand Slam titles in a row. Now Novak…


RAFAEL NADAL: Not very close. Three matches away. Yeah, I didn’t lose in the final in the last one. That’s what I mean, no, sure, when you win three in a row, probably my chance not gonna be any more there.


Q. I’m wondering, with Novak now having won three, it’s been a long time since anyone has won four in a row. What is the most difficult part of trying to do that? How big a deal would it be? How important in tennis and maybe all of sports if somebody were able to do that again?


RAFAEL NADAL: The most difficult part is win every one. That’s the first thing. When you talk about winning all four, when he won in Wimbledon last year, then he won in US Open, then he won in Australia, so every tournament is difficult for himself.


This one gonna be another one. This one is not gonna be more difficult because he already won three. You know, that’s the point that I want to tell. When I went to Australia in 2011 was last year? Yes, 2011 with the chance to win four in a row? I felt zero extra pressure to win that.


Because when you start the tournament, when you play, you play day by day. That’s what I am, doing. I play day by day, and I win thinking about that tournament, not what happened in the past. More difficult thing is arrive to that situation. You are there, you can win, you can lose. I get injury; I lost. That’s it.


I’m not happier today or less happy today to win or to lose that match. The life continues, and you keep working hard to try to be fit and be competitive for the next one.


Q. Your results on the red clay are brilliant this year. How do you feel about your game itself?


RAFAEL NADAL: I did very well. I started 2012 season playing fantastic since the beginning in Australia. I think I did well in — I stop for one month. I did well Indian Wells. I didn’t went on court in the semifinals in Miami.


I started the clay court season, the red clay court season very well. I played fantastic tournament in Monte-Carlo, Barcelona, and Rome. That’s it. I’m playing well.


Has a different history here, different tournament, and doesn’t mean I play very well the three clay court tournaments, that doesn’t mean that I gonna have a success here. Doesn’t mean — only mean that — the only thing that mean win all three is I have three more titles in my bedroom that they are very important for me. I love that three tournaments.


I arrive here with positive feelings, and I will try my best to be very competitive and to be in the right level to have my chances.


Q. When you come to Paris every year, is there something you look forward to? Is there something you like outside the tennis, the idea of being in Paris? Is there something you like outside the tennis?


RAFAEL NADAL: I like the city. I love the city. There’s a few cities that I love in the world, and this is one of them.


I feel comfortable here. Don’t forget that I spend a lot of time here in the city and I feel comfortable. I like. I don’t have time to come for holidays during the season, but I did in the past with my family. I came here with my family for holidays like 10 years ago, and since that moment I always loved this place.

Fotos - Coletiva de Imprensa (Roland Garros 2012)

Após sua participação na cerimônia do sorteio das chaves (já é tradição/regra nos torneios os campeões do anterior participarem do sorteio.)  Rafa foi correndo pra sala de imprensa dar sua primeira coletiva. 

Fotos e vídeo - Coletiva de Imprensa (Madri 2012)

Olha eu atrasada, tipo um meio século, mas confesso que fiquei super chocada com essa derrota do Rafa, não com a derrota e sim por ter perdido pro Verdasco. 

Verdasco!!! Verdasco!!! 5-2 no terceiro set e o Verdasco vira!!! Como pode meu Deus???

E eu infelizmente não tive a oportunidade de ver o Rafa jogando no OMO, queria ver o motivo de tanta reclamação e discórdia. 

E como Rafa disse que se a coisa ainda estiver azul por Madri 2013 ele não joga, e como o Ditador Tiriac já disse que tá pouco se lixando pra isso e as coisas vão continuar azul por Madri a única coisa que me resta é recorrer ao youtube, e eu odeio youtube. 

Enquanto eu lamento vai algumas fotos da coletiva e um vídeo também. 

  

 Vídeo da coletiva.