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luni, 8 august 2016

Rafa Nadal complains about the location of the marker on the track

Rafael Nadal complained about the location of the marker on track 1 of the Olympic Tennis Centre, which hinders the visibility of the ball, and referred to the International Tennis Federation to remedy the situation.

Nadal played on that field Federico Delbonis against Argentina and at a time tipoff turned to the referee to indicate the inconvenience caused the electronic scoreboard located near the site of the game.

"The poster marker is too focused and when struck from the area the view of the ball is lost. Glare and light impede the view of the ball. If the International Federation does not know that, forget it. It is in the middle track, "said Spanish tennis player.

Rafael Nadal also indicated that this situation conditioned even your game. "No he pulled open because he saw where it came from the ball the rest. So I could not play. It's not a matter of installation. It is an issue that affects the game itself. You can not play losing sight of the ball. You can not and the game becomes unfair, "argued Nadal.

Djokovic and Phelps burst in Rio-2016

Tennis stars Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams and swimmer Michael Phelps King burst Sunday at the Olympic Games in Rio-2016, with Australia as unthought emerging leader medal.

Compete for glory also attracts these athletes of the world elite, who chose to share an Olympic Village devoid of luxuries and live with athletes who have made great efforts to reach Rio.

Sometimes they feel comfortable with his feet on the ground.

Phelps asked the US take a photo in the Olympic Village Djokovic, the No. 1 tennis, forgetting that it is the most successful athlete in the history of the Olympic Games.

'The boy from Baltimore' try on Sunday to continue their gold rush in the 4x100 relay to swell its collection of 22 medals, 18 of them gilded.

His idol, world number one for 108 consecutive weeks, is presented in Rio with the fixed idea of ​​completing his trophy case populated with the gold medal, the only prize that is still lacking.

Serbian tournaments usually start training pace, but this time it will be with Argentine Juan Martin del Potro, his executioner in London 2012 bronze medal.

But the 'Tower of Tandil' is no longer what it was in 2009, when he won the US Open: drag problems on a wrist for more than two years ago that led to the basement of the standings.

"I hope to leave with a good feeling and the result is an anecdote. My reality is very clear and my present is very clear," he said Saturday Del Potro, showing that is not 100%, after passing second round in doubles with Maximo Gonzalez.

The last two Olympic champions, Andy Murray (London, 2012) and Spanish Rafael Nadal (Beijing, 2008), will play against Serbian Viktor Troicki (third shift Central) and Federico Delbonis Argentina.

In women, the favorite, Serena Williams, will debut at the Australian Daria Gavrilova and his executioner in the final pass of Roland Garros, the Spanish Garbiñe Muguruza, against Jelena Jankovic.

- Argentina gives the first gold -

On the opening day of competition, Argentina gave Saturday to Latin America's first gold medal in Rio, where swimming began to record pure.

Judoka Paula 'Peque' Pareto, 30, took the loss to injury of the favorite, Brazil's Sarah Menezes, champion in London 2012 to win gold for the first time Argentina won on the first day of competition .

"I've dreamed a lot with this and I'm very happy for all the support of the people. I have been getting better as I went forward and I am very happy to have been able to defeat such a difficult opponent," said the new champion on the South Korean Jeong Bo -Kyeong.

Meanwhile, in the Olympic aquatic center, swimming started every record with three broken world records and Australia taking two of the four gold medals disputed.

Those two medals brought the oceanic country by surprise lead on the opening day medal tally with two golds and a bronze.

In the afternoon, he had been the British Adam Peaty, who as a child had water phobia, the first to set a world record, breaking his own mark in the 100 meters breaststroke.

Neymar also returns, one of the stars of the elite, with its devalued Brazil.

Pressured by the unexpected draw in the debut, Neymar will have to use all his magic to lead Brazil to victory against Iraq, on the second day of the Olympic men's soccer tournament Rio-2016, a day in which Argentina is It presented at risk of default if not sum to Algeria.

- This is the program of the Olympic Games in Rio-2016 for Sunday 7 August (local and GMT):

Handball

Men - Group stage

(09h30 / 12h30) Croatia - Qatar (Group A)

(11h30 / 14h30) Sweden - Germany (Group B)

(14h40 / 17h40) Denmark - Argentina (Group A)

(16h40 / 19h40) Poland - Brazil (Group A)

(19h50 / 22h50) France - Tunisia (Group A)

(21h50 / 00h50) Slovenia - Egypt (Group B)

Basketball

Men - Group stage

(14h15 / 17h15) Brazil - Lithuania (Group B)

(19h00 / 22h00) Croatia - Spain (Group B)

(22h30 / 01h30) Nigeria - Argentina (Group B)

Women - Group stage

marți, 2 august 2016

The guys in the Under 23, with Nadal and Ferrer

The Under 23 team of Vasco Olarticoechea continues to prepare for his debutOlympic Games in Rio de Janeiro to Portugal , on August 4, but the squad also used to give some tastes.

Because in the Olympic Village unite various disciplines and athletes share in common places. And that made ​​the guys in the Albiceleste were crossed with two giants of Spanish tennis Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer.

You encounter this kind of players it does not happen every day, so José Luis Gómez, Lautaro Gianetti and Mauricio Martinez did not hesitate and asked them to take a photo souvenir.




Rafa Nadal hints that will focus on the doubles and mixed doubles in Rio 2016

Toni Nadal, uncle and coach Rafa Nadal, would not confirm anything, but left some clues that invites us to think that the Spanish champion will not play individual tennis tournament: "It is clear that Rafa Nadal has more options medal in the doubles and in the mixed doubles, "he said in the Party of twelve Cope.

"Rafa Nadal is better wrist. We try to train normally and did a good level, with great intensity , " said Toni Nadal after the Spanish champion training facilities in Rio.



Rafa Nadal was scheduled to compete in the individual tournament, the doubles and mixed doubles at these Games, but could give some of these tests for their problems in the wrist and by the time it has been idle.

marți, 31 mai 2016

Gasol: "Nadal must be tired because ....

Player of the Spanish basketball team Pau Gasol explained that his friend Rafa Nadal "must be tired" of the insinuations of doping because "you do thousand controls and none have tested positive," recalling that he himself suffered this situation after the last Eurobasket of France, something "unpleasant and unfair" attributed to "envy of success."

"Of course Rafa must be tired because you do thousand controls and none have tested positive. However, sometimes it is accused of having taken prohibited substances. It is unfair. It happened to me this summer after the European Championships in France, there were some comments and some hints, it is said, there is speculation ... and that's loose. it is rude and unfair, "lamented Gasol told Europa Press.

The NBA player added lamented that "you work hard, you make many controls in which nothing comes irregular and instead you think of this." "I see it as envy of success. Many people try to get it dirty to see if you get hurt, but you have to keep you on top of that, doing things so far, that is what has brought you to where you are" he reflected.

As for the recent Nadal wrist injury, which forced him to leave at Roland Garros before his third-round match, Gasol explained that he sent "a message of encouragement" to his friend after suffering this

"Blow in his tournament."

"It's a 'Grand Slam' which has won nine times and could win for the tenth time that was raging in his first games with a lot of ease. It has to recover from his wrist problem not to have a bigger problem. Unfortunately injuries are part of the sport, but I'm sure he will recover well and be on top again. the pity is that has happened at this time, "he said.

miercuri, 27 aprilie 2016

Nadal calls on the ITF to make public their doping controls

Rafael Nadal has asked the International Tennis Federation (ITF) to make public the results of all doping controls after the insinuations made by French former Minister of Sports, Roselyne Bachelot.

One day after news that Rafa Nadal filed a "libel" against French former minister , the website of the newspaper "L'Equipe", has revealed that the Spanish tennis player asked in an email sent to the president of the IFT, David Haggerty , to teach all the results of their anti - doping test.

"Please make my data public. Please post my biological passport, all my doping control," said the player in an email sent to the new president of the International Tennis Federation.

Nadal sues French former minister who accused him of doping

Spanish Rafael Nadal in Paris has presented a complaint for defamation against French former Minister of Health and Sports Roselyne Bachelot he said after the player had faked an injury to hide a positive drug control.


"I brought (...) a complaint for defamation against Mrs. Roselyne Bachelot" in order to defend "my integrity and image as a sportsman" and "the values ​​that have defended throughout my career, says Nadal Monday in a statement.

"We also want to avoid behaviors in that, any public person can throw scurrilous accusations in a media against an athlete, unsubstantiated or data that can prove it unpunished," insisted the flamboyant winner of the tournament in Barcelona on Sunday.

Following the announcement last March the positive of Maria Sharapova, Roselyne Bachelot, French Sports Minister between 2007 and 2010, Nadal accused of faking a knee injury in 2012 to cover up a positive drug control.

luni, 25 aprilie 2016

ATP Barcelona, ​​Nadal - Kohlschreiber: Goes like a rocket (6-3, 6-3)


Rafa Nadal is imposed on Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3, 6-3 and go to the final of the ATP Barcelona where he will face Kei Nishikori, defending champion of the tournament and Benoit Paire executioner. The Spanish tennis player signed a good match to reach its final ninth in Barcelona.

CHARACTERS

Rafa Nadal : The Spanish tennis player is released. Like a rocket. Before a little intimidated rival, Rafa Nadal deployed an effective tennis in a match without giving its best always felt very comfortable. With little wear and an almost perfect week, Rafa Nadal will face his second final in a fortnight. After winning the Monte Carlo Masters 1000, will seek a ninth crown in the Conde de Godo on Sunday.

Philipp Kohlschreiber: Most ATP players have a face to face unfavorable to Rafa Nadal. The German player not only has a (1-13) against, also is one of those players whose playing style does little damage to the Spanish player. Your plastic one - handed backhand was once again a hole where Rafa Nadal won the match.

KNOT

Philipp Kohlschreiber tactics, avoid melee with Rafa Nadal, ran only five games. Those who took the Spanish tennis player out of the labyrinth in which he tried to take his rival. A break broke equality and threw Rafa Nadal to victory in a first set that lasted 36 minutes Manacor where the player had a spectacular 82% success on first serve.



In the second race the picture partially changed.

sâmbătă, 23 aprilie 2016

Rafa Nadal: "It is the mind that lets you do more"

After beating Fognini, and after learning that Kohlschreiber will rival in the semifinals, Rafael Nadal talks about how you are feeling at this week's Barcelona Open.

Rafael Nadal has said, after defeating Italian Fabio Fognini 6-2, 7-6 (1) and get the pass to the semifinals of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell-Trofeo Conde de Godo, the "mental strength" is one of the key is allowing him to make "fewer mistakes" in this stretch of the season. it will measure Kohlschreiber , who beat Kuznetsov 6-3, 6-1.

Spanish, first head of series , has thus broken a run of two years without getting the ticket to the penultimate round of the Barcelona Open, which has won eight times.

" It is the mind that lets you do more, either the forehand or backhand, not making mistakes, not giving away points and I am getting", he stressed after the Nadal match, who added that "hopefully I can continue like this because it is one of the bases of my game of life ". A " mental strength " today has allowed him to beat Fognini, the man who last year got off him in the second round of the Barcelona tournament.

"Fognini played very well, with you left and hit winners. I played a pretty good game , that could have been closed before, but to win two sets against an opponent as Fognini is always good news , " he added. In this sense, number five in the world rankings has recognized that in the second set, when the Italian has won four straight games, might have let slip the meeting.

"The feelings were not comparable to last year. If it had happened today what happened last year, I had entered anxiety , " he explained. Therefore, it has been shown very satisfied with a win against one of the "best players" on clay: " It is a very positive result against a very tough opponent , that the circumstances of the game could have been more favourable or unfavorable."

Tomorrow Nadal will face German Philipp Kohlschreiber with "Kohlschreiber plays more with the boat and its style is more like clay" he analyzed.

Thus, Nadal will enjoy semifinals in Godo - "I can not ask for more , " he enfatizado- and thanked the support of the center court at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona in the game today. "I have enjoyed and support from the stands was very special for me. I am very happy for the win and play great tennis. Tomorrow is another day to have the opportunity to compete well again" he concluded.

ATP Barcelona - Nadal - Fognini: The reborn mode remains untreatable 6-2, 7-6 (1)

Rafa Nadal reached the semifinals of the Barcelona Open by beating Italian Fabio Fognini (6-2, 7-6 (1)). The Spanish caught on a good level in the first set and in the second able to recover when the Italian went ahead. Saturday (16:00) He will face German Philipp Kohlschreiber. Nishikori-Paire be the other semifinal (13:30).

CHARACTERS:

Rafa Nadal : Inexhaustible physically tuned with decisive blows and the power of good times, the Spanish gave a very good image in the first round. In the second set, he lived an unusual circumstance in the tournament as he had to paddle against the tide and responded with flying colors .

Fabio Fognini: For when he tried to feel comfortable on the court, Nadal had cemented the first set, in which nothing could do but defend his honor and another with a break point to serve. In the second, he avoided repeating. It was less to more and could force the third set, but Nadal time off is paid.

KNOT:

The arrival of the clay, definitely, has metamorphosed Nadal . The match was brilliant start to the Spanish, who made ​​his opponent a doll in his hands which he won the first four games. Reproach did take pride in Italian , which recovered in the next two, but Nadal stopped any attempt of a comeback and closed the first set in the eighth game.


joi, 21 aprilie 2016

Rafa still 'on fire' (6-3, 6-2)

Rafa Nadal has won Marcel Granollers in his debut in the Conde Godo. After a durillo start, Nadal has shown that it is at its best long as he showed last week in Monte Carlo. Granollers, the world number 50, started the game well, but quickly diluted to a great Rafa Nadal.

The great tennis practiced Rafa Nadal in Monte Carlo is not the result of chance.

Rafa Nadal has defeated Marcel Granollers , who was not an affordable rival, confirming that follows 'on fire'.

After a durillo start in which he lost his serve and had to rally under a very uncomfortable wind, Rafa showed he has regained his best the decisive moment of the season.

After losing the first two games, Nadal went into the match with great intelligence and was pulling out of the track to Marcel Granollers, the world number 50.



The second set

In the second set and definito Nadal jumped very focused on track and suffered much less than in the first because it was superior to his rival and because Granollers lost the psychological battle.



The rival Rafa Nadal in the second round will also Spanish Albert Montanes .


luni, 18 aprilie 2016

Nadal leaves its mark in Monte Carlo for the ninth time

Win for the ninth time Monte Carlo tournament Rafael Nadal thrilled as if for the first time, and the Spanish burst of joy, and kneeling held at the Country Club Centre Court victory against Gael Monfils 7-5, 5-7, 6-0.

Hincado folded at the bottom of the track after connecting a formidable parallel right with that ended the resistance of a Monfils desaborlado and physically beaten, screaming with joy, he began Nadal to celebrate his victory in the final hundredth of his career .

After falling this year in Doha, losing in the semifinals of Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro and Indian Wells, Nadal won the title 68 of its history, in two hours and 46 minutes to back win in a Masters 1000 after two years (Madrid 2014).

"We have worked hard to live moments like this," then said the awards ceremony, recalling how much drought has had to live in the shadow of Novak Djokovic, and how much bitterness after pass last season without winning a big or a Masters 1000 .

Monte Carlo title means precisely match the 28 Masters 1000 Novak, defeated the first change by Czech Jiri Vesely, and placed one record of Argentine Guillermo Vilas in terms of tournaments won on clay (49).

An emotional kiss his girlfriend Xisca Perello signed the triumph of Nadal, but before lefty Manacor had to exhaust Monfils, the first French contesting the final of Monte Carlo when Cedric Pioline won it in 2000. The tennis player Paris offered resistance hardest of all previous matches played on land against the Spanish, and there were times when he believed in the victory.

He had never been able to win a set off Nadal on earth (4-0 and 8-0 in sets), and Sunday became the second of the end, because I knew realize that playing one on one the considered the best player in history on clay was a suicide and decided to change rhythms, cocking his serve and his prodigious right bombard the Spanish defense.

There were times when the Frenchman stumbled and could not seem to stand. But touched by a desire to overcome almost magical, Gael resisted as he could to win the second set and then raise doubts. Something that vanished almost immediately after returning from the locker room Nadal, not down the accelerator in the third set.

"It's been an amazing week and I congratulate Rafa because you've been incredible," admitted Monfils later killed because he was never so close.

And nine titles in Monte Carlo and Roland Garros, Nadal faces this week beginning Barcelona, ​​which has won eight times, and where last year fell in the second round against Italian Fabio Fognini. Follow after Madrid, where was defeated against Andy Murray in the final, and Rome, where yielded to Stan Wawrinka in the quarter and Roland Garros, final of the clay season, where Djokovic also alighted into quarters.

"I'm not buried yet" seems to be the message Nadal sent to the four winds. The next meetings will answer you.

marți, 29 martie 2016

Miami Masters - The reason why Rafa Nadal left in Miami

High temperatures are living in Key Biscayne are turning this 1000 Miami Masters in one of the toughest on record. However, the real enemy of the players is the prevailing moisture in the tournament. A situation which particularly affected Rafa Nadal and who have denounced some players like Roberto Bautista and Carla Suarez, among others.

" The weather was very tough, very high humidity and the weather was extreme , " said castellonense player on the conditions under which they had to play he and Rafael Nadal, who had to withdraw from the tournament due to medical problems . Roberto Bautista said that in tournaments like the Open of Australia or the Indian Wells Masters 1000 was very hot, but the "climate is dry". " The moisture is carried worse, what perspire here and the amount of water lost this climate makes it more complicated than dry , " he said. For this reason, it considered that are living "very close games, because the conditions are very heavy and more breaks than usual are done." Nadal left during his match against Damir Dzumhur Bosnian when the scoreboard showed 2-6, 6-4 and 3-0 in favor of his rival, At the conclusion of the crash, the Spanish said retired after going "very badly while "on the track and have" fear "seasick too and" lose consciousness ". At the time of the abandonment of the thermal sensation Nadal in Key Biscayne was 32 ​​degrees and the humidity was 65%.



The own rival player Manacor had to seek help from the doctor at the end of the first set but managed to recover well, after explaining to the doctor in the first set had felt dizzy, stomach problems , and even had want to vomit. Like symptoms apparently suffered what Nadal.

Another player who stressed the extreme weather that is living in Miami was Carla Suarez, already eliminated. " With the heat and humidity suffer a lot, especially in Miami, one of the worst tournament for me , " he said the canary player to the conclusion of one of his games , "The head has bothered me in the coaches, and we made ​​sessions an hour instead of half an hour. " Carla Suarez explained that what has gone wrong in the pre-tournament training Miami and has "suffered more than normal" and has had "bad feelings".

In the Miami's tournament the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov won today Andy Murray 6-7 (1), 6-4, 6-3 in the third round of the Masters 1000 Miami , who lost so another of the favorites after the Spanish Rafael Nadal and Swiss Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka.

The absence of the final rounds of four of the top five players on the ATP leave the way open to number one, Novak Djokovic, already in the second round.

Murray eliminating further adds to the American Serena Williams, number one WTA Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland (2) and the Spanish Garbiñe Muguruza (4), who lost today.

28 ATP pulled the champion in Miami in 2009 and 2013 in 2 hours and 25 minutes by leveraging 6 of the 7 balls 'break' of which I had prepared for just 1 of 7 Scottish.

The Bulgarian will be played the pass to the next round against the winner of today's match between Gael Monfils (16) and Pablo Cuevas (23).

marți, 15 martie 2016

'You must be banned for taking drugs'- Rafael Nadal & Andy Murray



Maria Sharapova male colleagues Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray have come hard on the tennis star saying she must be punished and banned from the sport, after she admitted on Monday to failing a drug test in the last Australian Open.

The Russian athlete is set to be provisionally banned from Tennis on Saturday, but the extent of the ban is yet to be unclear, with any suspension above two years effectively ending her career.

vineri, 27 noiembrie 2015

Rafael Nadal, the most searched athlete on Yahoo 2015

Rafael Nadal became the most requested in the Yahoo search athlete ahead of Lionel Messi , Cristiano Ronaldo or Garbiñe Muguruza, all three located among the ten most sought after in the Internet portal.

 Nadal, who in 2015 won tournaments in Hamburg, Stuttgart and Buenos Aires, failed to lift a trophy in any of the four major competitions. His best records he achieved in Australia and Roland Garros, where he reached the quarterfinals.

Its irregular season has not prevented Nadal is the most searched athlete in 2015. The Spanish tennis player stood in front of the words "Formula One," which took the silver medal in this classification.

In the third step of the podium he stood the player Real Madrid Cristiano Ronaldo, who, like Nadal, did not live his best season at the helm of the club. Although in early 2015, in January, he picked up his third Golden Ball after the Whites failed to win any title.

Another who experienced a 2015 was erratic Fernando Alonso, who took fourth place in the search engine. Alonso, in his debut with the McLaren-Honda team, was fifteenth in the World Cup after scoring eleven points (one in the British Grand Prix and ten in Hungary).

The fifth, sixth and seventh place were occupied by championships. Thus, " Champions League "," Roland Garros "and" Moto GP ", respectively, were in great demand in Yahoo searches.

They closed the list of top ten Argentine footballer Lionel Messi, who was eighth after winning the treble with Barcelona , goalkeeper Iker Casillas , who left Real Madrid to go to Porto , and tennis Garbiñe Muguruza, the big surprise of the season on the women's tour.