Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 at 10:37 am , filed under Tennis News by Dan Jessel
Earlier the king of Clay, Rafael Nadal has decided to be out of tennis for the February, 2012, as he want heal from shoulder problem and complete fit for the reaming season from March.
10-times grand slam champion, Nadal has showed a tremendous effort being a runner-up in the 6-hours match at 2012 Australia Open. The second seeded player in the world has earlier admitted that, he would like to take a complete rest in February being out of the 2012 Rotterdam Open and Dubai Open and he already been decided to pull-out of Davis Cup contest for the season.
World number two recently reported that, he is not at peak fitness and is still being troubled by his shoulder. However, he shown 100% fit in 2012 Australian Open beating all the players he played except Novak Djokovic.
In the Epic finals of the season opening grand slam tournament, Rafael Nadal has struggled hard for five four and 53-minute marathon against Novak Djokovic with a score line of 7-5 4-6 2-6 7-6 (7-5) 5-7.
Rafael Nadal, who got a busy scheduled this season including the 2012 London Olympics has stated that, the most important part of the season starts with Indian Wells (in March) and ends with Wimbledon, and this year it ends with the Olympics.
Tags: 2012 Australian Open, 2012 London Olympics, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal
Exactly what I foresaw regarding Rafa taking off for some time to heal mental/physical ailments. He is more than capable to return and win several more cups. Only problem is Djoko doesn’t agree with me. Lol