June 13, 2009

So far, there hasn’t been any changes to Rafa’s schedule and there’s not that much new to report about. He is back training at the moment and working on his recovery like he told us here, through his website, last Tuesday.

The plans remain the same, which means that Rafa will travel to London next Tuesday 16th of June.

The only thing new to tell you guys about is that Francis Roig is in Manacor, helping out with the training and preparation of our champion.  

"I am going to give my 200% to be ready for the most important tournament in the world. The tournament that I always dream about. I will not go out and play, especially on the Wimbledon Centre Court, if I am not 100% ready to play."

"I have 2 difficult weeks ahead of me, especially because I won't be doing what I like doing most, which is to play tennis, but I will be working on my recovery through physiotherapy treatments as well as recovery work on the specific muscular area," said Rafa last Tuesday.

While Rafa continues his treatment, we’d like to share with you this beautiful quote about Rafa Nadal from the seven-time Wimbledon champion and tennis legend, Steffi Graf:

“If you watch Rafael Nadal play tennis, you can only respond with amazement and great admiration. He is an incredible athlete with so much discipline, so much concentration and someone who likes to put a lot of passion into every point”.

“Words fail to come out of me to describe his game appropriately. I've rarely seen anyone who approaches a ball with so much attention. With such passion and joy that it makes it great fun to watch him. With him, you can associate everything that makes tennis so beautiful,” said Steffi to the German ‘Abendzeitung.de’ online newspaper.

http://www.abendzeitung.de/sport/tennis/111662

A special thank you to Mrs. Ridinger for sharing this quote with us.