Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer: Where Are They?

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Published: February 21, 2011

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February and December are probably the worst months of the year in men's tennis—it is the period when the best players take a break.

Roger Federer is at a stage of his career where only Grand Slams matter, while Rafael Nadal is nursing a hamstring injury. More over, Rafa does not like to play indoors.

Relax tennis alligators, Roger is back on tour at Dubai this week, while the World number one will play the Davis Cup first round for Spain in Belgium the week after.

Meanwhile, San Jose, Marseille, Memphis, Rotterdam and the clay court tournaments in South America are played with weaker fields.

February is also the best period for all the other players to take advantage of this month.

Söderling, Roddick, Verdasco and many young players can enjoy a few weeks of the year without having the burden of having to play against the world's best.

Since Mirka Federer gave birth to twin girls, it's obvious that the man from Switzerland has different priorities.

Roger used to play at least 20 tournaments a year when he was younger. However, after winning 16 Grand Slam titles on all surfaces and having been World number one for five years, his goals are different than those of a 20-year-old.

In order to have chances at future Grand Slams, Federer must play the Masters 1000 with more conviction—at Indian Wells, Key Biscayne, Rome, Madrid, Montreal and Cincinnati.

The Swiss missed few key points last year at Roland Garros—against Söderling, Wimbledon, against Berdych and the US Open and against Djokovic—especially because he was not focused enough on those points.

In 2010, Federer did not play in Indian Wells and Miami with the intention of winning the tournament.

He lost to Marcos Baghdatis in the second round of Palm Springs and to Tomas Berdych in the last 16 round of Key Biscayne.

Believe it or not, these loses did not help him when cr...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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