OPTIMISM WITH HIS BODY’S REACTIONS - IS RAFAEL NADAL’S HOPE IN SHANGHAI

Optimism by Rafa and his doctor is what Nadal is banking on to play on Sunday in Shanghai, China. I am metaphorically holding my breath. Do what is best Rafa. We know you have a fighter in you. We know you have the heart of a tiger and a teady bear all at once. Be well.

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Rafa Nadal - The Best
BY Dorisss467KISS from Italy

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The Journal of Mallorca

NOVEMBER 9, 2007
Nadal evolves favorably of a contracture
Mallorcadiario

SHANGHAI (CHINA)

The Mallorcan Rafael Nadal evolves favorably after suffering a small contracture and the resulting inflammation of the left quadriceps, while training to debut against French Richard Gasquet in Shanghai this coming Sunday. The Shanghai Masters Cup is very important for the Balearic and a complicated tournament involving the best eight players of the tennis circuit. Angel Ruiz Cotorro, doctor of the Spanish Tennis Federation, said that "Rafa told me that it is already well," said the doctor from Barcelona, Spain.

"Rafa suffered a small contracture in his first training on Thursday, the result mainly of fatigue from the 16-hour trip from Spain, but it is much better today and has trained normally," said Cotorro. "In theory, with 24 hours of rest and treatment, we have optimism, and Sunday Rafa will almost certainly play," he added. For Nadal’s situation, we have recommended anti-inflammatory, relaxation and stretching, which meets the physiotherapist Rafael Maymó’s recommendation. Fortunately, the shock appears to have been overcome. Despite optimistic statements of Cotorro, maybe this will be a small disadvantage to Majorcan Rafa Nadal with this injury in his first game against Gasquet.


I used the Google translation tool http://www.google.com/translate
to translate the article into English (above) that I found in Spanish (below all other sections of this post). I took minor liberties with adjusting sentences that were’t making sense with the automatic translating tool by google.The intent is to express what I thought was meant to be communicated.

Great picture of Rafa at the the ATP Tennis official website:
http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/home/
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A Wild and Weird Season Comes Down to the Big 8

ATP Masters Shanghai Special Report

By Christopher Clarey

November 9, 2007

The entire article can be found at this link:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/11/09/sports/srtennis.php
The first two paragraphs are here:

It has been a weird year for tennis and a rotten year for the round robin, which was introduced in men's tour events and then quickly jettisoned after problems with the math and the meaning.

But there is still the Masters Cup, a round-robin tournament that has worked for nearly 40 years and has worked well enough that the women have copied it for their year-end extravaganza, which finishes Sunday in Madrid.

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The Article that I translated above:

Le journal de Mallorca

Nadal evoluciona favorablemente de una contractura
mallorcadiario
viernes, 09 de noviembre de 2007

SHANGHAI, (CHINA).- El mallorquín, Rafael Nadal evoluciona favorablemente tras sufrir una pequeña contractura y la consiguiente inflamación del cuadriceps izquierdo, mientras se entrenaba para debutar contra el francés Richard Gasquet en la Copa Masters de Shangai, el próximo domingo. Es muy importante para el balear ya que le espera un torneo complicado donde participan los ocho mejores tenistas del circuito.

Angel Ruiz Cotorro, médico de la Federación Española de Tenis, ha declarado que "Rafa me ha dicho que ya se encuentra bien", comentó el doctor desde Barcelona.

"Rafa sufrió una pequeña contractura en su primer entrenamiento, el jueves, fruto sobre todo del cansancio de las 16 horas de viaje desde España, pero ya se encuentra mucho mejor y hoy se ha entrenado con normalidad", señaló Cotorro.

"En teoría, con 24 horas de descanso y el tratamiento adecuado, somos optimistas, y el domingo Rafa estará casi con toda seguridad para jugar", añadió.

A Nadal le han recomendado antiinflamatorios y relajación y estiramientos que cumple con su fisioterapeuta Rafael Maymó. Afortunadamente el susto parece superado.

A pesar de las declaraciones optimistas de Cotorro, puede que esta pequeña lesión desfavorezca al mallorquín en su primer partido contra Gasquet.