Rafa is pinned against Djokovic and has an overhead on the back • Travel to Barcelona but will not train hard until tomorrow, Sunday • Fer should be ready for the double
Spain has begun to play the Davis Cup final a week earlier than planned under syndrome virus of Mar del Plata, Juan Martin Del Potro was just because of a pulled hamstring that Masters. A Fernando Verdasco, with an injury to the psoas, joined him yesterday Rafael Nadal infirmary, suffering from an overload in the lower back.
The Spaniard, with a score of 1-1 in the second set and after the first heat transfer to Novak Djokovic, he was nailed to the point of 15-15. He tested the mobility of your back with a push down and kept playing until the turn of 2-1. Rafa is not the practitioner who looks for well-tolerated because of pain. But after so many setbacks this year was frightened. "It was hooked in the done running time of the kick and I felt something down, "he explained.
Three minutes of massage work around the inconvenience of Spanish, although it never again hit with the same comfort as before. "I hated to pull with the back of the rotation of the body," he adds. Djokovic made him break and then broke the Serb party in the semifinals, with a score of 7-6 (5), 6-3, and the number 1 out of Spanish tournament without a win and sets won. "It would disappointing if the thought had come to win. I ran the battery and I have to charge it or buy another. " Nadal is looking for a great victory. Since winning at Djokovic in the semifinals in Madrid, did not score a single set in eight games against a top 8.
Verdasco, in Madrid, Nadal's defeat coincided in time with ultrasound and MRI was performed Verdasco in Madrid combinations found no direct flights to Barcelona to clarify whether he could play in a week at the Sant Jordi.
From the clinic of Barcelona FIMA, Angel Ruiz Cotorro Federation doctor, supervised the results of tests on Fer, which confirmed a small lesion at level 1 of the psoas muscle, at the height of the adductors. Madrid will aim to start training on Monday and gradually increase the intensity to be ready to face the double. David Ferrer then jump play one of two points of first-time against Stepanek.
Cotorro was Friday afternoon with eyes on radiographs and the ear on the phone, awaiting a call of hope from London. Carlos Costa, Nadal's agent present at the O2 in London, tried to calm Albert Costa, who had traveled to Barcelona in the morning, saying he was not serious. But the coach was on the nerves and Juan Carlos Ferrero, the first reserve, the expectation.
Rafa, just to shake hands with Djokovic in the network, headed down the path of the locker room to see how his back with his physiotherapist and masseur Rafael Maymó of ATP, Michael Novotny. It took over two hours to go before the media to the general uncertainty. The conclusion is suffering an overload that is cured with manual processing.
The Spaniard took the last flight to Barcelona to concentrate with the rest of the team of Davis, who training begins today. He played his third bowl and finish second ranking as though Djokovic ATP crown teacher. "If I win the two singles from the final, does not happen as I continue depending on me," sentence.