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Kvitova machine guns her way to the New Haven title, her second in three years. Can she finally, finally convert that into a good performance at USO is the question. Apparently doesn't like New York and that's a tough starting point. Would really love to see her get to GS no. 3 and preferably not at Wimb again and pull clear of Li Na and Azarenka, as she is more talented than either of them.
Berdych or Dimitrov could, if they catch Fed-error, upset him. If he gets to play Gasquet and Ferrer instead, yes, he might coast along to the final.
An injury timeline and tournaments missed by Nadal over the course of his career. Finally, somebody puts together a list of which I wanted to lay my hands on for a long time.
Rafael Nadal out of US Open – Injury timeline of the 14-time Grand Slam champion
By AFP @indiacom | August 18, 2014 9:14 PM | comment Tags: Rafael Nadal, Rafael Nadal injury, US Open
MADRID, August 18, 2014: Rafael Nadal, who said Monday he would skip the 2014 US Open because of a right wrist problem, has been plagued by injuries throughout his career.n AFP Sports looks at the problems suffered by the Spanish former world number one, winner of 14 Grand Slam titles, including a record nine French Opens:
2003: Misses French Open with elbow injury.
2004: Misses French Open and is three months off tour with left ankle injury.
2006: Left foot injury suffered in November 2005 means Nadal only starts 2006 season in February.
2008: Tendinitis in his left knee forces Nadal to retire from Paris Masters in the quarter-finals. Withdraws from Masters Cup and Davis Cup final.
2009: As four-time defending French Open champion, Nadal’s 31-match winning run at Roland Garros ended by Robin Soderling in the fourth round. Withdraws from Queen’s and Wimbledon, where he was defending champion, with tendinitis in both knees. Out for nine weeks in total, loses world number one ranking to Roger Federer. (9 weeks)
2010: Retires in quarter-final of Australian Open against Andy Murray with right knee injury. Off tour until Indian Wells in March. (6-7 weeks roughly)
2011: Loses in straight sets in Australian Open quarter-final to compatriot David Ferrer, complains of left adductor problem. Off tour for two months.
2012: Loses to world number 100 Lukas Rosol in Wimbledon second round on June 28. Tendinitis in left knee sees him miss Olympics, where he was defending champion, US Open, World Tour Finals and Davis Cup final. After six months out, cancels plans to play in Abu Dhabi exhibition.
2013: Misses Australian Open with stomach virus. After a seven-month absence in total, Nadal returns to win 10 titles in career-high 14 finals and finish world number one for third time. (1 month)
2014: Affected by back injury in his Australian Open final defeat to Stan Wawrinka and takes a month off. On July 30, Nadal withdraws from ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments at Toronto and Cincinnati due to a right wrist injury and on August 18 reveals he also won’t play at the US Open, where he is defending champion, because of the same problem. ( 2nd month running currently)
http://www.india.com/sports/rafael-n...ampion-121905/
More importantly none of Rafa's injuries has ever needed even a minor surgery....He sure does have a great medical team with him!!
Ho ho ho, Halep drops a set against a college level tournament winner and wildcard Danielle Rose Collins. This is seriously pathetic. And it's not like Collins is some Capriati-like sensation. She's moonballing enough to make Nadal cringe and Halep can't handle it! With such strokeless wonders in the top 10 - no.2 to boot - how can BJK possibly say it's not about the no. of sets (w.r.t men v/s women) with a straight face! :rotfl:
Meanwhile, Kyrgios wins set no.1 against Youzhny and is a break up in the second too. Boom boom boom!
USO R1:
Roger Federer defeated Marinko Matosevic 6-3 6-4 7-6
Stan managed to drop a set against Belluci. Wow-rinka indeed! :| Seeds tumbling as usual in the women's draw. Pliskova served quite well to help Ivanovic choke herself to defeat. Radwanska lost to veteran Shuai Peng yesterday. Court is playing pretty fast this year, expect more upsets along the way.
^ True..Arthur Ashe especially...Supposed to be the slowest of all courts there, but seemingly the fastest this time around.