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Rafa Nadal pulls out of Bercy-Paris

11/03/2011Rafaholics

Rafa shared on his facebook today the reasons why he felt necessary to pull out of the BNP Pariabas Bercy-Paris Tournament:

Rafael Nadal

Hi all. I won't be playing this upcoming week the tournament in Paris Bercy. It's been a difficult decision to take but I understand that it is what I need to do right now to prepare well for the end of this season and also for 2012. I hope I can be back in 2012 to that great event in the most beautiful city in the world, and hopefully try to win it once day.

Paris Presser & Interview Video

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A behind the scenes video of Rafa's press in Paris. Beware of shaky camera and extreme close ups.

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Rafa on French TV

11/08/2010Clare

Rafa has been on French TV. Stade 2 is a popular sports show.

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Sky Sports interview from the UK

11/08/2010Clare

This short interview has just aired on Sky Sports 4 in the UK during their coverage of the Paris Masters

Bercy photos withdrawal

World number one Rafael Nadal expects to be fit for the ATP World Tour finals in London later this month despite withdrawing from this week's Paris Masters with a shoulder injury.

Nadal, who will end the year ranked number one in the world after winning the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open, is suffering from tendinitis in his left shoulder but said he will return to training this week.

"I am not worried at all about London," the Spaniard said.
"It was not an easy decision (to pull out of the Paris Masters) because Paris is a special city for me, but I have played all the season's Masters and grand slams."
"I will be back to practice soon... Before next Sunday."
Despite already having the year-end number one spot in the bag, Nadal will be determined to end the year in style in London's Docklands after a miserable performance when the tournament was staged there for the first time last year.
"I'm gonna do all in my hands to play well there," said Nadal, who lost all six sets he contested in the spectacular O2 Arena last year. "It's my goal to improve the image of last year in London."
"If I have an injury now, it will be difficult to play at the beginning of the season next year,"

However, Nadal hinted that his priority was to make sure he begins next year 100 per cent fit, unlike last year when he withdrew from the Australian Open mid-match against Andy Murray

The ATP World Tour finals start on November 21.

Courtesy: Yahoo

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11/05/2010Rafaholics

Also confirms his shoulder tendinitis!!

Here is the news release in englsh:

PARIS (Reuters) – Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from next week’s Paris Masters due to a minor case of tendinitis in his left shoulder, the world number one said on Friday.
The Spaniard, who has had serious problems with tendinitis in his knees over the past few years, said he sustained the injury practicing his serve at home in Mallorca this week and needed to rest for six to seven days.

“It is nothing to be worried about but the doctor told me I have to spend those days doing intensive treatment and functional rehabilitation with physiotherapy,” the 24-year-old said in a statement.
“I’m very sorry for the tournament organizers, who’ve always treated me in a very special way, and especially sorry for all my fans in France and in Paris that I won’t be able to be with them in one of my favorite cities in the world,” he added.

Nadal, the French Open, Wimbledon and U.S. Open champion, reached the semi-finals of the Paris event last year.
However, he was booed when he pulled out injured during his quarter-final match in 2008.
Nadal said he would be in Paris on Monday to work with the media and meet some of his fans. He is due to play in the season-ending World Tour finals in London later this month.
(Reporting by Eric Salliot in Paris and Iain Rogers in Madrid, editing by Ken Ferris)

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Nadal Withdraws from Paris Masters

World No. 1 Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from the year’s final Masters 1000 event in Paris. The nine-time Grand Slam winner cited fatigue for his withdrawal but...

According to this translated article:

Balearic tennis player suffering tendinitis in his left shoulder and has decided, on the advice of his doctor Angel Ruiz Cotorro, make a physiotherapy treatment and recovery to be ready at the Masters in London which takes place between 21 and 28 November.

According to thsi tweet Rafa will be having an examination:

@DrewLilley Drew Lilley

Nadal to have an as yet undisclosed injury examined tomorrow #bnppmasters

I don't think its anything too serious.. so don't worry too much guys he's just tired if we all remember Rafa's Shanghai presser???

Q. We all know that you promote your serving during the US Open and that helps you win the Grand Slam title. Your serve is not as powerful as before. Is there something wrong with your serving? You didn't take training today. Can you explain something about this?
RAFAEL NADAL: I practiced today in the indoor courts.

Q. This afternoon.
RAFAEL NADAL: I practiced this afternoon in the indoor courts. This is an indoor tournament, so I practiced indoor.
Yeah, the serve, I am very happy about my serve. I serve a little bit better. He was returning really well. I feel the arm a little bit more tired than before. I not usually serve that fast in the past. So I serve very well during all the US Open. During Bangkok and Tokyo, I still serving very, very fast and very well.
But for me is a new thing for me, so I need more time to adapt this new serve, serving that faster, to try to serve like this. I serve like this a lot of weeks in a row. I feel a little bit more tired, the arm, than usual when I serve with this new power, no? So probably for that reason the serve didn't work that well today.

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BNP Paribas Masters/Paris Bercy 2010 Coverage

11/04/2010Rafaholics

BNP Paribas Masters/Paris Bercy 2010 TV Coverage

The Tennis Channel will be broadcasting complete coverage of the Paris Bercy Masters 1000 event

Schedule:
http://www.tennischannel.com/schedule/next_week.pdf

Draw is Scheduled for Tomorrow!

While the kickoff of the BNP Paribas Masters 2010 will be given this Sunday on the side of the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, the draw for the final draw will take place Friday night. Like last year, the board will be very tough because of Roger Federer to Rafael Nadal through Andy Roddick, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray,Robin Soderling, Tomas Berdych or Fernando Verdasco, while the Top 10 ATP will be present on the courts Paris.

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Team Rafa/Marc will play doubles in Bercy!

11/02/2010Rafaholics

Looks like Team Rafa/Marc will be playing doubles!! woohoo!! I >3 me some Marc!

Advance entry deadline: October 26, 2010
On-site entry deadline: November 6, 2010
Seeding: November 1, 2010

1 Bryan, Bob/Bryan, Mike 2
2 Nestor, Daniel/Zimonjic, Nenad 6
3 Dlouhy, Lukas/Paes, Leander 14
4 Fyrstenberg, Mariusz/Matkowski, Marcin 22
5 Lopez, Marc/Nadal, Rafael 23
6 Bhupathi, Mahesh/Mirnyi, Max 27
7 Cermak, Frantisek/Mertinak, Michal 35
8 Bopanna, Rohan/Qureshi, Aisam-Ul-Haq 35
9 Lindstedt, Robert/Tecau, Horia 36
10 Isner, John/Querrey, Sam 41
11 Moodie, Wesley/Norman, Dick 44
12 Stakhovsky, Sergiy/Youzhny, Mikhail 47
13 Aspelin, Simon/Hanley, Paul 55
14 Knowles, Mark/Ram, Andy 56
15 Almagro, Nicolas/Marrero, David 59
16 Bellucci, Thomaz/Melo, Marcelo 65
17 (OS)
18 (OS)
19 (OS)
20 (OS)
21 (OS)
22 (OS)
23 (WC)
24 (WC)

Alternates
1 Kas, Christopher/Kohlschreiber, Philipp 75
2 Kohlmann, Michael/Soares, Bruno 78
3 Butorac, Eric/Rojer, Jean-Julien 78
4 Golubev, Andrey/Istomin, Denis 79
5 Polasek, Filip/Zelaney, Igor 97
6 Gonzalez, Santiago/Marx, Philipp 110
7 Kerr, Jordan/Skupski, Ken 128
8 Battistone, Brian/Siljestrom, Andreas 206
9 Junaid, Rameez/Moser, Frank 216

via MTF

Official player acceptance list

(Rankings date : 27th September 2010)

Almagro, Nicolas ESP 16
Baghdatis, Marcos CYP 18
Bellucci, Thomaz BRA 27
Berdych, Tomas CZE 7
Cilic, Marin CRO 14
Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 6
Del Potro, Juan Martin ARG 36 ??
Djokovic, Novak SRB 2
Federer, Roger SUI 3
Ferrer, David ESP 11
Ferrero, Juan Carlos ESP 26 ??
Fish, Mardy USA 19
Gasquet, Richard FRA 30
Gulbis, Ernests LAT 25
Hewitt, Lleyton AUS 38
Isner, John USA 22
Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 32
Ljubicic, Ivan CRO 17
Llodra, Michael FRA 28
Lopez, Feliciano ESP 23
Melzer, Jurgen AUT 13
Monaco, Juan ARG 35
Monfils, Gael FRA 15
Montanes, Albert ESP 24
Murray, Andy GBR 4
Nadal, Rafael ESP 1
Nalbandian, David ARG 29
Querrey, Sam USA 21
Roddick, Andy USA 10
Simon, Gilles FRA 33
Soderling, Robin SWE 5
Stakhovsky, Sergiy UKR 31
Stepanek, Radek CZE 37
Tipsarevic, Janko SRB 34
Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA 12
Verdasco, Fernando ESP 8
Wawrinka, Stanislas SUI 20
Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 9

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BNP Paribas Masters/Paris Bercy 2010

10/31/2010Rafaholics

BNP Paribas Masters 1000 Paris Bercy is about to start in less than a week. November 6th 2010.

Rafa is scheduled to wear the mustard/magenta kit

This kit is only available in Europe, from PRODIRECT Not in the US.

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