Rafael Nadal enjoyed a practice session at Wimbledon on Monday.
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Rafael Nadal’s outfit for Wimbledon 2017
15-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal will compete in all white outfit on grass at All England Club. Check it out below!
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Rafael Nadal likely to be seeded 4th for Wimbledon
Rafael Nadal is ranked second in the latest ATP rankings, but he will likely to be the fourth seed at the Wimbledon due to seeding formula. With his win in Halle, Roger Federer has moved ahead of Rafa into third place in the seedings.
The significance of the seeding shift means that Rafa will avoid any potential meeting with Federer until the final, while he will only have to face one of Andy Murray or Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals.
Wimbledon Men’s Singles top 8 seeds:
- Murray
- Djokovic
- Federer
- Nadal
- Wawrinka
- Raonic
- Cilic
- Thiem
Unlike the other three Slams, Wimbledon is not bound to follow the ATP rankings when it comes to seeding its own tournament by virtue of its status as a private club.
Since 2001, the All England Club has applied a seeding formula that takes into account a player’s historical success on grass.
The formula is:
– Take the Emirates ATP Ranking points at 26 June 2017
– Add 100% of the points earned for all grass court tournaments in the past 12 months
– Add 75% of the points earned for the best grass court tournament in the 12 months before that
Rafael Nadal to prepare for Wimbledon with two exhibition matches
Rafael Nadal is to warm up for Wimbledon with two exhibition matches at the Aspall Tennis Classic at Hurlingham. The event runs from Tuesday 27th – Friday 30th June 2017 and is the perfect warm-up to Wimbledon.
Other ATP players included in the line-up are World No. 1 Andy Murray, World No. 6 Milos Raonic, World No. 13 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, World No 14 Tomas Berdych, World No. 17 Lucas Pouille and World No. 252 Tommy Haas.
Joining them will be some of the sport’s favourite legends – former British No. 1 Greg Rusedski, two-time grand slam finalist Mark Philippoussis, former World No. 4 Thomas Enqvist, 1986 French Open finalist Mikael Pernfors and Mansour Bahrami.
UPDATED: Rafa will play two singles matches across the week; taking on Tomas Berdych on Wednesday 28th June and then Tommy Haas on Friday 30th June in his preparations for a third Wimbledon title. His last appearance at The Hurlingham Club was in 2014.
Rafa:
The Aspall Tennis Classic at The Hurlingham Club is a lot of fun and it’s always exciting to play in front of the UK fans, so I can’t wait to return this week. I’m working hard and enjoying every week as it comes, so this is the perfect way to get ready for Wimbledon.
VIDEO: Rafael Nadal is back on grass
Rafael Nadal had his first grass-court practice today in Mallorca.
PHOTOS: Rafael Nadal uses time off to take short holiday with friends
After winning a record 10th French Open title, Rafael Nadal is now enjoying a short holiday with friends on his yacht Beethowen.
Photos: Splash News, East News
Rafa Roundup: Rafa hopes his “knees hold up well” on the grass
ARTICLES:
- Rafael Nadal explains why it’ll be ‘almost impossible’ for him to repeat French Open success at Wimbledon | The Independent
“If I have pain in my knees, then I know from experience that it’s almost impossible,” he said. “After 2012 what happened with my knees has made it tougher and tougher for me to compete on grass.”
“It’s been a while since I played a good Wimbledon,” Nadal admitted. “I love grass. Everybody knows that. It’s a surface that I really enjoyed playing on a lot. I missed playing Wimbledon again [last year], so I hope that my knees will hold up well and that I can have the preparation that I really need and want.”
He added: “I need to have strong and powerful legs to play well at Wimbledon. If I don’t feel that, then probably my chances are not good. But if I am healthy and I am able to have the right preparation and feel healthy during Wimbledon, then I will probably have my chances to play well.”
But Rafael Nadal reminds us that the best in any sport exceed not just our expectations of what an athlete can do physically, but what a human can do mentally. Nadal cares, with superhuman seriousness, about every game, every shot. You cannot coach a player to want to win as much as Nadal wants to win. It has to arise from some roiling, unquenchable, internal compulsion to be great.
- No One Will Ever Do What Rafael Nadal Has Done | deadspin.com
What we saw over the last two weeks has been a nearly annual ritual since 2005, and barring catastrophic injury, it isn’t going anywhere soon. At 31, Rafa is not what he was at 21; revisit the highlights and this man wouldn’t be confused for his younger, even more yoked, faster self. But it is still more than good enough to dominate the current ecosystem. So long as he keeps finding ways to return to the tour healthy, and so long as the younger generation continues to struggle under the onerous slab of talent that is the Big Four, these titles will still be Nadal’s to win (and bite). Ten is a nice, clean number, but it is hardly a finish line unto itself.
- Rafael Nadal, His Brilliance Undimmed by the Years, Wins His 10th French Open | The New York Times
Much has changed since his first victory at Roland Garros in 2005, the year of his first appearance in the tournament. Back then, Nadal was partial to sleeveless shirts and pirate pants, Court Philippe Chatrier had no aerial camera, and a fan could enter Roland Garros Stadium without being frisked by security officials.
The world is very different, but the men’s game has remained surprisingly resistant to change. Nadal’s career-long rival, Roger Federer, beat him to win the Australian Open in January at age 35. Now Nadal has won another French Open, closing the gap with Federer in the standings for career Grand Slam singles titles.
Nadal is 79-2 at Roland Garros. What may be most impressive is the fact that, on a court where he had never been beloved, he has won all 10 finals he has played without ever having to go to a fifth set. He has tamed his nerves every time, weathered rallies by his opponents every time, and closed the door early every time.
How does a player win a tournament 10 times? I said it after Rafa won La Décima in Monte Carlo this spring, and I’ll say it again after his La Décima in Paris: By playing every match as if it’s his last, and celebrating every win as if it’s his first.
- Federer On Nadal’s French Open Win: “It Was Incredible” | Tennis Channel
“I was terribly surprised to win the Australian Open and then back it up in Indian Wells and Miami,” Federer said, “but I think Rafa winning the French Open is less of a surprise because he’s already done it nine times before, now 10, which is absolutely gigantic. It was incredible, really, simply that.
“I was hoping that he was going to dominate the clay court season like he did in the olden days.”
PHOTOS: French Open: Rafael Nadal’s Roland Garros evolution | CNN
VIDEOS:
- Rafael Nadal Talks With Justin Gimelstob After His Historic Win | Tennis Channel
- Rafael Nadal v Stan Wawrinka Highlights – Men’s Final 2017 | Roland-Garros
- La Decima – Rafael Nadal at Roland-Garros from 2005 to 2017 | Roland-Garros
- 10 Amazing Stats that Affirm Rafael Nadal’s Roland Garros Greatness | Tennis Now
