Rafael Nadal Meets The Press: Things Won’t Be As Good As They Were Before The Injury [Video]

My direct quote: “I have to take it slowly and be humble to know that things won’t be as good as they were before my injury. I need to be patient.”
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Humbleness is very important at any time, especially after a long injury. Some things won’t be the same, some things will be.

You are welcome

February 2nd, 2013 at 11:37 pm

Bernard Tmoic, THIS is how a great champion and athlete behaves! Be humble! Not an arrogant fruit loop who has achieved NOTHING so far!

February 3rd, 2013 at 12:13 am

VTR Open main draw:

http://www.vtropen.cl/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/MDS.pdf

February 3rd, 2013 at 12:26 am

Stay calm CHAMP, everything will be OK! 12 Million fans with you!! #VamosKing

February 3rd, 2013 at 2:55 am

https://twitter.com/rafaelnadalfc/status/297822001475760128/photo/1/large
Just keep smiling Champ!

February 3rd, 2013 at 3:14 am

#NeilHarmanTimes:

“Top seed @RafaelNadal plays either qualifier or Argentine Guido Pella in Vina Del Mar comeback. Possible 3rd rd v. Gimeno-Traver. Vamos!”

Vamos to you too, Neil! A very discerning journalist……

February 3rd, 2013 at 5:18 am

Thanks for the info Nadalista welcome back Vamos Rafa.

February 3rd, 2013 at 5:29 am

And for those with access, Tennis Channel will be showing the VTR Open semis and final matches…..here’s hoping Rafa will be in the mix!

Lucky ba@$%#ds………

Vamos!!!

February 3rd, 2013 at 5:34 am

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BCIzC2MCMAAKeUB.jpg
THE KING! #VamosChamp

February 3rd, 2013 at 6:50 am

He will most likely be fine. When has he ever talked up his chances?

February 3rd, 2013 at 7:15 am

^^ Guess he is really apprehensive and understandably so!!

February 3rd, 2013 at 7:21 am

Rafa is always modest as usual. He is downplaying the heightened expectations from his fans and that is the right way to move forward. You can never expect Rafa to blaze it off right from the start. He takes time to settle in and once he regains confidence, I think he can surely recover his pristine form. French Open 2013 will be very crucial to the prospects of Rafa to be in the top four.

February 3rd, 2013 at 9:51 am

not quite 12 million fans i hope he is off the juice should be drug tested a lot

February 3rd, 2013 at 10:09 am

Hate to put a damper in super bowl Sunday but this is a must read:
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8904906/daring-ask-ped-question

February 3rd, 2013 at 10:28 am

Hope the bandage on his knee is just precautionary and not a sign of something serious:

https://twitter.com/b1pr/status/298087218235469825/photo/1

Vamos!!

February 3rd, 2013 at 10:33 am

After looking over the draw this looks like a Rafa benefit tournament and party for him than anything else. Oh well, he needs his practice and confidence like he says. Glad everyone else is all in trying to help out.

February 3rd, 2013 at 12:13 pm

I don’t expect Rafa to go far in this tournament, I expect him to start picking up steam from Brazil onwards……….too many cobwebs to brush off.

February 3rd, 2013 at 12:22 pm

C’mon Liverpool! Do your BFFs ManU a favour, beat these noisy neighbours…………

February 3rd, 2013 at 12:42 pm

Well Rafa is playing minor league tennis. So we expect him to role the field with sets like 2,1 or zero. After this long off and his mbition and the opponents then it should be 3 titles no T breakers and really no sets to 5.

February 3rd, 2013 at 2:25 pm

Nadalista i completely agree,im not expecting miracles,and i dont think i would read much into what happens this week,its a case of Rafa getting used to playing again after so long away,as for LVC well they managed a draw which benifits UTD greatly 9 points clear,looks like its theirs to lose this year,i did not know that you were a Man UTD fan?

February 3rd, 2013 at 3:03 pm

@alison, I BLEED RED! Though I must say this year we are going to win the Title with the worst team Fergie has ever assembled, RVP excepted. Rooney’s gone soft, Gigsy’s past his sell by date (bless ‘im) and as for David de Gea…….must be a Spanish thing, the way he puts us fans on a roller-coaster, shades of a certain Spanish lefty from Mallorca!!

Anyways, in Fergie and Uncle Toni we trust!!

February 3rd, 2013 at 3:20 pm

Nadalista i completely agree again,they will win the league although the standard of the team is as you say the worst i have ever seen,and the standard of the competition Man city,Arsenal,Chelsea all lack any consistency,im LVC myself say no more,i was never a Man UTD fan but the but the Giggs,Hughs,Sharpe,Cantona,Ince,Parker,Palister,Keane,Bruce team were a bloody brilliant side.

February 3rd, 2013 at 3:46 pm

Liverpool played well today, really had City rocking……….they just need to get a new goal-keeper.

February 3rd, 2013 at 3:51 pm

^Yeah tell me about it urgh what a total balls up by Reina,i loved the Liverpool of old what a fantastic side they were.

February 3rd, 2013 at 3:56 pm

The knee tape Rafa spotted today? It was precautionary, according to Uncle Toni:

https://twitter.com/ibarpop/status/298109074791337984

February 3rd, 2013 at 4:24 pm

Yes, Yes! all precautionary. until rafa loses to some 100th ranked guy in a slam and then they will tell you how rafa has been having knee injury since his mother gave him birth.

If toni and nadalina had any shame, they would shut their mouths and just play. no one other than their dumb followers will fall for these lies.

knee injury, gone!, stomach injury, gone! what next? cancer and aids? and I am sure the nadal camp will do humanity a favor and find a cure for those guys! STFU already!

February 3rd, 2013 at 10:05 pm

Sigh……..is any thread safe from the riff-raff?

February 4th, 2013 at 12:33 am

Enter the rock star!!

http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2013/02/nadals-presence-felt-small-vina-del-mar-tournament/46287/#.UQ9Le2cdG_w

“Nadal had never been to Chile, much less played an event here. Now he’s being treated like a native son with local newspapers digging up his connections to distant family members in the country. Chilean President Sebastian Pinera was one of the first to greet him when he arrived.

Call it the Nadal Effect.

“This country wants success and wants to be seen as successful,” said tournament press officer Rafael Walker. “For a long time the country was like a little island, isolated from the world by the sea and mountains. So when you get a big star here — like Nadal — he’s treated like a rock star.”

Vamos!!!

February 4th, 2013 at 12:54 am

Ahem! “ROCK STAR”. I like that tag! #VamosRockStar

February 4th, 2013 at 2:51 am

http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2013/02/6/Corona-Slice-4-February-2013.aspx?
Nice one Rock Star!

February 4th, 2013 at 3:48 am

BFF as fans of Rafa we are simply just glad that hes back playing,our expectations dont exceed much furthur than that,no imediate or instantaneous sucess,as for the dumb lies i dont know if they are lies,but im prepared to give him the benifit of the doubt,if that makes me a dumb follower then i suppose i am a dumb follower, as a fan all im doing is following my favorite and hoping for the best,after all isnt that what fans of their favorites do?sorry no harm or foul just saying.

February 4th, 2013 at 5:06 am

^^^@alison, save your breath. That poster is not interested in a reasoned discussion, just mud-throwing.

Different strokes for different folks……

February 4th, 2013 at 7:05 am

http://www.thetennisspace.com/what-to-expect-when-rafa-nadal-returns-to-tennis/

Simon Cambers’ take on Rafa’s decision to play both singles and doubles at the Vineyard:

“It is, though, a good sign that he is playing singles and doubles in Vina del Mar. On the one hand, it gives him a chance to test it out first, in doubles, which is less strenuous; on the other, it means he also feels like he can play a lot.”

Completely agree with this………..

February 4th, 2013 at 7:25 am

Okay, I’m HATING on anyone with TennisChannel feed right now:

#TennisChannel
” Nadal is making his return to the ATP Tour this week and you can watch it LIVE on @TennisChannel, Wednesday, Feb 6 at 4pm ET”

February 4th, 2013 at 3:47 pm

Yup.

He knows what he is saying.

Final slam tally:

Federer 17 slams(he is done winning slams).

Djokovic 14 slams(like Sampras).

Nadal 11 slams(he is done winning slams).

Murray 8 slams(like Lendl).

February 5th, 2013 at 8:40 pm