Breaking Down Rafael Nadal’s Only Hopes for a 2017 Renaissance

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Published: October 14, 2016

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Tennis legend Rafael Nadal might not play again in 2016 after another crushing midweek defeat in China. He said, per Spanish newspaper Marca that “for me, the season is practically over now.”

With the Paris Masters coming late in October, Nadal could qualify for the lucrative World Tour Finals in November that showcases the top-eight tennis stars. But the Spaniard, currently No. 7 in the Race to London, is ambivalent at best about how to prepare for his immediate future.

“It is unclear what I am going to do during the next month, as I'm not sure about my schedule and the things that I need to do to try to be at 100 per cent ready for the next year,” Nadal continued in Marca.

At the same time, Nadal said in ATP World Tour that “I need to play my matches, to practise more and just to keep playing. I know what I have to do, and I am going do it. I have two-and-a-half months until the new season starts, so I have two-and-a-half months to put myself at the level that I need to be. I have the confidence that I'm going do it.”

In other words, Nadal is looking past the rest of the season, and there will be a lot of soul-searching in the weeks and months ahead as he tries for one last mini-renaissance in 2017.

Can he do it?



       

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Nadal came back after more than two months from an ailing left wrist to play in the Olympics in August, but he’s in a quandary. He needs matches to get stronger but too much play could send him back to the sidelines.

Consider two different outcomes with the past two autumns. In 2014, Nadal played a light fall schedule after coming back from summer injuries and missed Paris and the WTF because of appendix surgery. He looked for a strong return to the 2015 Australian Open but was only a shell of himself for nearly the entire year.

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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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