Rafael Nadal Aiming for a Medal in London Olympics

Thursday, February 17th, 2011 at 3:34 pm , filed under Mens, Players, Rafael Nadal by Davis Robinson

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Rafael Nadal, Spanish tennis ace and the world no.1 player has said that, he is aiming for an Olympic men’s singles title at the 2012 London Games.

Rafael Nadal, the 24-year-old, Spanish player has defeated Chile’s Fernando Gonzalez in 2008 Olympics in Beijing, to claim gold medal and has taken his game to another level in the years since. Nadal thrashed out Gonzalez in a three set thriller by 6–3, 7–6(2), 6–3.

Nadal, after his injury in 2010 at Australian Open, came back strongly and won the remaining three Grand Slam titles and achieved the career-best raking of being world no.1 by overcoming Roger Federer in the 2010 season.

Nadal after receiving the Laureus Sports Awards in Abu Dhabi of best sportsman of the year has said that he hoped to still be in good enough form to qualify for the next Olympics because everyone would like to play Olympics and said that he would be ready to play in the in the London Olympics.

The Spanish tennis players have very high competition in Spain and said that, if he is not playing his best in the qualifying rounds or else if he is not prepared 100 percent, and then it would be difficult for him to make into the London Olympics. However he said that he loved the spirit of the Olympic Games and being in the (Olympic) village with the rest of the sportsmen and sportswomen of the world.
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