In a stunning, erm, something, I guess, Rafa has announced he won't be playing in Dubai. Which isn't happening for a month and a half. And which he'd never had on his calendar in the first place.
“I don’t think [I’ll play in Dubai],” said Nadal. “It depends if I have
very bad results in Doha, Australia and Rotterdam [in the coming
month], then maybe, but it’s not on my calendar...
“This is my eighth year on tour and for the past five years I was
one of the players who played the most matches – I didn’t have a lot
of [injury] problems. Last year I had a few, but that’s normal if you
consistently play at 100 per cent: the body sometimes says ‘stop’."
month], then maybe, but it’s not on my calendar...
“This is my eighth year on tour and for the past five years I was
one of the players who played the most matches – I didn’t have a lot
of [injury] problems. Last year I had a few, but that’s normal if you
consistently play at 100 per cent: the body sometimes says ‘stop’."
I mean, yeah, good for him for trying to strategize his schedule a little bit in order to maximize his health and conditioning. But come on, it's not like he ever played every single tournament out here. He's not Caroline Wozniacki. Why is this all over the place?
What it all really means is that Rafa will not be one of the first players coerced into playing a "match" on top of this thing:
You heard it here first, folks.
