Here are a few photos of Rafael Nadal from Friday’s practice session in Melbourne Park.
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I fully agree – Rafa needs to get his first serves in which is very hard to return – free points.
If he can – he will stay no 1!!!!
Rafa will be the top seed at the Australian open 2023! Alcaraz has withdrawn due to injury.
There is a recently quoted statement by Rafa’s Barcelona physician ( his long time doc) that’s says Rafa has a clean bill of health and has no “hindrances” to his tennis game.
We will see what this means for the serve. I trust Coach Moya and I would not want to see another ab tear. That really would be the end.
Wishing you the best of luck Rafa, Vamos x
Rafa me alegro de que siguas activo, te deseo lo mejor en este torneo y siempre,
Rafa te deseo lo mejor en este torneo y siempre, siempre contigo!!!!!
Its the serve rafa that is what is bothering you. Work on that serve practice practice practice. You need a good strong first serve that will give you free points in your service games. That will save you energy that you can use otherwise. Now al your service games are struggles you spending too much energy on it. Hitting double faults is also a problem. At this age you need free points.
In Sydney, despite losses, Rafa showed what he can do…let us be patient; he was out of touch, but a torn ab is a problem for him. Moya & team will have to assist him to redevelop the power & skill, with less stress on the ab. Vamos champ & thanks for bringing the family.
We will fill the arena for you. XXX
Let’s go, Rafa-all the best👏👍💪🤛🎾🍀❤️
So far so good!!
Good luck for the Australia open rafa
Keep it going Rafa❤️
Work on that serve, Rafa. Bring back your old pre-ab tear serve. And… if you would be so kind as to wear your sleeveless shirt for game play that would be great. Thanks 😉 Vamos, Rafa!