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Rafa will be reviewed: "I have something in the back of the leg"

A long hard day of tennis in the rain and the grass of the manor Queens Club in London was closed between doubts and surprises. Andy Roddick fell in straight sets (6-4, 7-6) to Israel's Sela Duda. Nole Djokovic sank against Belgian Malisse (6-3, 4-6, 6-2). Murray stayed with Fish with 3-3 in the third set ...

And Feliciano Lopez (6-2, 6-4 Benneteau) and waiting for Rafa Nadal in the quarterfinals. But after Uzbek Denis Istomin win, Rafa Feli decide whether to play or is removed after the physical tests he played this morning.

After losing the second set yesterday to Istomin (4-6), Nadal claimed the physiotherapist of the ATP. "I have something in the back of the legs," said Nadal, who showed signs of pain as was seen in the back of the thigh to the buttock. Given the flat sticks Istomin, Rafa went ahead and slipped on the wet grass which tries to adapt. The effort gave him to solve the first set in sudden death: 7-6 (7-4), but after giving the service a second time in the day, Nadal handed the second round: lost the first set from which Almagro beat in Madrid.

Dudas. With the gesture twisted, Nadal came back. With 3-3 and service, break up two balls. Without respite, Rafa broke Istomin service with a monumental passing and took to win: 5-3. That failed in two match points. One, an auction to range. Service again under Istomin, set and match Rafa sentenced to 6-4. "I ended better but not serve well. It was very difficult with the wind and wet," analyzed Rafa. But ...

Spokesmen for the Queens formed Nadal will be reviewed today in the buttocks before playing. "I do not sound good," they said. The order of play gives Nadal, Feliciano at 14:00 pm: pending review.

He beat Marcos Daniel and then played a doubles

Three days after picking up his fifth of the Musketeers Cup in Paris, Rafael Nadal began the transition of land to grass with a double 6-2 in 53 minutes to Marcos Daniel on the green carpet of the Queens Club in London. Two hours later, he returned to the track to play another match, the doubles yesterday postponed by rain, he won with Marc Lopez against Schuettler and Tipsarevic (6-4, 6-3). Other 61 minutes of practice. Any amount of face in order to reach Wimbledon on 21 June.

Nadal had not play an official match on clay since the Wimbledon final in 2008, who beat Roger Federer. Last year, through injury, played just two in an exhibition. Therefore, the number one brand has now been 13 consecutive matches on grass without defeat. And this year streak extends to 23 straight wins since he began the conquest of Monte Carlo, Rome, Madrid and Roland Garros.

"Daniel is a player that more land helped me in my opening match. Played well. This is one of the areas which enjoy most, because I can try other things like go to the net. If I serve well, play free games, it is an area I fit in, "analyzed Nadal, who scored six aces and won 92% of points with first, 62% with seconds and did not grant a breaking ball. Today (about 15:00 pm) awaits the Kazakh Istomin and then another double.

Dimitrov defeated Feliciano (6-2, 6-4) and will play against Benneteau. Granollers could with Gicquel (6-1, 6-2) and faces Querrey.

The caretaker of the tracks in Queens had to prepare one specifically for the champion of Roland Garros, now plays singles and doubles

Graham Kimpton is an institution in the tournament Queens (Queen's), for more than twenty years, cares for the delicate grass runway and is a character especially loved by the players who have gone through this traditional competition. It was he who on Monday sent the request to its partners take down the nets different fields and protect from the rain because the day had been finally suspended by bad weather.

Kimpton, however, knew that Nadal had gone to the tennis courts. "I suppose you will not want to train. Quieres?" Asked the Spaniard, fresh from Paris after having won its fifth Roland Garros. Five-times nodded. Kimpton smiled and agreed although not often like that step on the grass when it rains.

Operators put back the network in one of the tracks of practice. And in return Rafa Nadal did not let the grass battered because only stepped over 20 minutes, next to Marc Lopez.

"They were the best conditions to train," said Rafa Nadal, "but I want to thank the tournament for me, I know that is not the best for the track-contact with the grass. For me it was very important to start reconnect with old feelings. "

The Spaniard was unable to defend the title won in 2008 because of tendinitis in the knees. "I love coming back to this tournament because it takes place in a tennis club the truth." Until recently it was the only competition with the Barcelona Open ATP was organized and owned by a club. However, due to economic issues, the rights of the tournament came at the hands of the British Tennis Federation, the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), whereas Barcelona event continues to be the RCT Barcelona-1899.

Today, more than 15.00

Rafa Nadal itself connormalidad trained in London yesterday, but played twice provided with Marc Lopez and against German Rainer Schuettler and Serbian Janko Tipsarevic. So today we will be playing twice for the court, if the weather permits.

Exempt from the initial tie, his individual sixteenths (is exempt from the opening round against Brazilian Marcos Daniel segunto scheduled shift in center court, Feliciano Lopez to open and Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov at 12:30 local time. That is, from two in the afternoon, the three Spanish time, it may cause the release of the world's No. 1, then play the doubles (fourth meeting of the Track 1)

Rafael Nadal retained his title at the 1000 Rome Masters by winning the final 7-5 6-2 to David Ferrer in a final that was halted twice by rain.

Rafael Nadal retained his title at the 1000 Rome Masters by winning the final 7-5 6-2 to David Ferrer in a final that was halted twice by rain. The title, his fifth in six years in the Italian capital, allowing you to match the 17 Masters of Andre Agassi.

How to beat Rafael Nadal on clay? The question is difficult to solve. In Rome, two men sought to answer very differently in the outcome of the tournament. The emerging Ernests Gulbis in the semifinals proposed a game with little transitions, which attempted to define his tennis live, talented and unpredictable. He fell in three sets, after two hours and 47 minutes.

Most experienced in such affairs, David Ferrer, another type of competitor, given to the development and full of patience, sought his fortune in a fighting fund, whose first set went over an hour. Not a final contested by deliveries, with two long interruptions due to rain, or a Nadal, like it happened on Saturday, handed over to camp when it caused the options to fracture the score, prevented his fifth title in the Rome's Foro Italico, figure that climbs to record events of Andre Agassi in this category, where Both now share the lead with a total of 17.

Nadal prevailed 7-5, 6-4 after an hour and 44 minutes in a match that began at four in the afternoon and ended around nine o'clock at night, with the stands nearly empty. Many home fans had already been moved to witness the Lazio-Inter. They could not contemplate a ceremony at which prizes were awarded to the champion five times, the real emperor of the clay.