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Toni Nadal: "The morale is very good, but lacks competition"
Rafa Nadal steps up his recovery to defend the title at Indian Wells after 43 days without a tournament competition

Recovered of the injury in its knee, but with the incognito of its state of form by the long parenthesis that has maintained moved away to him of the tracks, Rafael Nadal confronts east weekend the task of maintaining its sceptre in Indian Wells. From the 26 of January, day in which fell before Andy Murray in quarters of end of the Abierto one of Australia, the Balearic tennis player has not disputed any match, although Toni Nadal, uncle and trainer of number three pupilo does not harbour any doubt on the physical training conditionses of his. “The training have been very good and in to the last we have intensified them week. Of moral it is very well, with many desire, but this is also obtained with victories. I see him very well, as much as it was before the injury, but it needs the competition. It has desire to be there above and has traveled knowing that it can do it, but tennis is as an examination in almost never you can go with the ten known. However, I see preparation him for the examination very”, has commented Toni.


Rafael Nadal returned to the training in Manacor next to Marc Lopez, Marc Marco and Tomeu Salva, among others to reach again the level that to him winner in the exhibition of Abu Dabi and finalist in Doha did. Now, after losing Rotterdam, Dubai and eliminatory of Glass Davis before Switzerland, putting in the results confronts its stage in runway with the mind more that in classification ATP.
“We always looked for to evolve, and we are arranged to it, but knowing which is our specialty”, comment its uncle. Nadal, with 15 Masters Thousands in his palmarés, one less than Roger Federer, will be in Indian Wells, match that has won in two occasions (2007 and 2009), with the best thing of the circuit. There he will be Swiss, champion three times (2004, 2005 and 2006), the Serb Novak Djokovic, winner in 2008, the American Andy Roddick, the Briton Andy Murray, and the Argentinean Juan Martin of the Colt, that also reappears since it fell injured before the Croatian Marin Cilic in eighth of end of Australia. Like Nadal, “Delpo” has not disputed any match either.
In the feminine picture the Russian Zvonareva Side starts off like defender of the title, and it will be, in a potential duel of third round with the Serb Ana Ivanovic, winner of the 2008, and that releases trainer, Swiss Heinz Günthardt, ex- technician Steffi Graf. They will not be the two first rackets of the feminine circuit, the Calm American Williams and the Russian Dinara Safina, reason why her compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova, finalist twice, part like first followed favorite of the Danish Caroline Wozniacki.
The appointment in Indian Wells they will also attend the Russian Maria Sharapova, who reappears from her fall in the initial round of the Abierto one of Australia, and the Belgian Justine Henin after four years without stepping on the Californian desert.