Rafael Nadal: No Olympics can result in the US Open title – Tennis Special (Part Three)
Dear Rafa: Here is a method to overcome the pain and construct a shining future (continued from Part Two)
Vamos Rafa, gear up for the US Open campaign. You are a true champion and a legendary athlete. Your physical upbringing quandary is hardly seen amongst the other tennis professionals. You were rigorously trained by your Uncle,
Toni Nadal, and he is still out there to help you in every walk of life. So, there is no need to bob down and think negative. When life throw bricks at you, you should collect them and build a castle that can never be invaded by anyone.
This is your time to step up and reach the new heights again. The break was necessary for your knee to heal and allow other niggling injuries to say goodbye to you.
It was a must wanted rest for the body that has taken a lot of toll in the recent past especially in the clay court season where you lifted three titles including the seventh Roland Garros French Open trophy in the past eight years.
You are a human and not an electronic device that can work continuously with full attention 24/7. Even machines falter as well if they are not maintained properly and their maintenance includes some rest.
Another Grand Slam trophy is waiting for you at New York that will take your total tally of Major titles to a dozen. Moreover, the withdrawal from London Olympics will help you stay at home and spend some time with your family,
friends and relatives who don’t see your face more often.
Oh I almost forgot the beautiful lady, Xisca, who awaits your official proposal of marriage.
Although she accompanies you to your tours but everyone knows that women want more than just a mere dinner at a restaurant. They want time to travel and enjoy with their boyfriends. On tours, you hardly have time to recover for
the next day’s match; the question of spending hours with Xisca is far away.
Seeing a place where you grew up and started the professional career can easily boost your morale to the next level and help you enrich yourself again with those values and standards you use to follow while thinking about your
first Grand Slam title.
The attachment with memories is mandatory to ignite a candle of courage at the stage where life is hurting you the most. The warmth of your family support and the sun bath on the shores of Mallorca, Spain will definitely help you
attain the new life, full of dreams.
You can help your Uncle Toni to wipe off the dust from those DVD’s that contain the recipe of your Championship title campaign in US Open 2012. Probably, you need practice your serves and land them flatter to tax your opponents
with your guile and pace. One more thing, you need to come inside the Rubicon of baseline and hit some drop shots as well; playing five yards beyond the baseline doesn’t always work especially against Top-two players who will the favourite to win the title.
Buckle up Rafa, you got this; smash in serves hard and fast with some banana swing. Get inside the touchline and surprise your opponents with this tactic; try some serve and volley as well. You have delight millions on the earth
with your superhuman skills. It’s time to stare in the mirror in front of you, wear your bandana and step in the hard courts. All the best – God Bless and God Speed!
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