Latvian Gulbis won in three sets and will face tomorrow to Gasquet
Beings from the outside world took the Casa de Campo to feel a being from another planet: a world in crisis, the vision of Rafael Nadal is the vision of the epic. Nadal wins games, titles and hearts because they're willing to go through anything, rather than for the drink of defeat. "What I give everything to win," is one of the answers choice of the champion of Wimbledon. And, once again
At 21:45 hours yesterday, the big tournament in Madrid appeared to slip out of the hands of Rafa Nadal, who had lost the second set to escape without shrapnel from Gulbis: tremendous gunman with a soft face of a child who was going to add 15 aces . Right there, with JM Aznar in the service, the galleries tempt your clothes and Pedro Almodovar petrified after spectacular spectacles, Nadal called a cohort of masseurs who will tempt you to the famous area where the rear back loses his honest name. ¿I was going to leave Nadal? Was it the same contracture in the area near the buttocks that almost makes you miss the decisive duel against Roddick in the Davis, in Las Ventas?
No. Nadal did not abandon: never. Federer may feel very tired, think about it and admit it. Nadal may feel tired, and finished: but it will not be permitted. It could have been in Trafalgar and receive the famous signal from the HMS Victory of Admiral Nelson: "England expects that every man do its duty." And it would have been one of those captains of Nelson that ship, crossed the enemy line without opening fire, receiving a deluge of lead in the line of duty: "The order is to cross the line, and this boat will cross the line , By God you will, "such swore men. Nadal is someone well.
Aces. Nadal is, that with the game and nearly dismantled lungs, can still draw the head of the fund, among the humareda of grenades Gulbis, who plunged its 49 shots in winning an ocean of 62 non-forced errors. Nadal is that when Gulbis and shot him with a dozen aces, early in the third set, heads or tails, you or me, it is still capable of defying the shrapnel of the Latvian and bailed to provoke a lack vital double in the fourth game : 3-1. You or I, Nadal wins. Wins the epic: what Aznar and Almodovar, so different, came to feel close.
I have to give again thank the public of Madrid for their support. Again I have achieved here is situations easier to save as hard as today (yesterday). It was very hard. Gulbis has played aggressively, hitting durísimo and gave no rhythm. I called the masseur early in the third set because I noticed a puncture in the buttocks, which was stringing. It was settled and well. With Gasquet got a good record (5-0), but matches have always been complicated. It will be a party durísimo, very difficult, and I know I will have to play at high level