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Brisbane, now Rafael Nadal feels ready
Brisbane, Rafael Nadal feels ready
Rafael Nadal spoke at a press conference on the eve of his debut in the Brisbane ATP 250 where he will face Dominic Thiem after a year away from competition. “Obviously there’s a’high percentage that this is my last time here in Australia,” he admitted. But, if I come back next year, don t tell me, you said it was the last season [smiles]. I can’t predict whether the body will allow me to enjoy tennis as in the past 20 years, to be competitive – not in the sense of winning the most important tournaments, but to an extent that makes me happy, with the feeling that I can play against anyone”.
“I’m happy with how I’m training, although I don’t have the expectations of the past, especially at the’beginning,” added the Spanish champion. One year, surgery, little time training at a decent level. Hard to say what I expect, also becauseé the tournament è different from’training, but here with the guys I am feeling competitive again. È so much stuff becauseé a month ago I didn&even know if I would be able to be there. Now I feel ready, but I don’t know what will happen in the game”.
On the recovery process, he recounted: “After Australia, I was told I would be back in a couple of months. &It was difficult to accept that phase because the goal was to be back for the clay court season, especially the final. After eight weeks I felt like right after the injury, frustration was growing. Monte Carlo, Barcelona, then Madrid, Rome. The main goal was Roland Garros, then there was the press conference where I said I wasn’t going to make it. I still didn’t know that surgery would be essential, there’ve been different opinions”.
“In the end, the doctors said that without surgery, I would probably never come back, but it wouldn’t be necessary if I didn’t want to play anymore. I had to decide, to come back or not to come back and play tennis. Yes, I wanted to resume. Surgery, then six weeks at home for optimal rehabilitation even though I would have liked to go on vacation. Started again with practice, 15-20 minutes. Tough course, then came the improvements” Nadal closed.
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Bari still knocked out and last, Modena gets unblocked
Modena-Bari 2-1
Second consecutive defeat (third considering also the elimination from the Coppa Italia at the hands of Cremonese on penalties) for Bari, last in the Serie B standings obviously with zero points.
The Apulian team è was also beaten in the advance of the second day of the cadet championship, played at the Alberto Braglia Stadium in Modena against the hosts coached by Bisoli (expelled for double admonition for protests). Palumbo and Pedro Mendes reversed the guest’s initial lead by Novakovich.
This is the schedule for the rest of the day:
Saturday, August 24, 7:30 pm
Südtirol – Salernitana
Or 20:30
Brescia – Cittadella
Cremonese – Carrarese
Pisa – Palermo
Sampdoria – Reggiana
Sassuolo – Cesena
Spezia – Frosinone
Sunday, August 25, 8:30 pm
Catanzaro – Juve Stabia
Mantua – Cosenza
CLASSIFICATION
Juve Stabia 3
Cesena 3
Salernitana 3
SudTirol 3
Brescia 3
Cosenza 3
Modena 3
Spezia 1
Pisa 1
Frosinone 1
Mantua 1
Reggiana 1
Sampdoria 1
Catanzaro 1
Sassuolo 1
Cittadella 0
Carrarese 0
Cremonese 0
Palermo 0
Bari 0
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Simone Giannelli returns to work after Olympics
The words of Simone Giannelli
Simone Giannelli, Sir’s blue-blue setter, at the end of his three-year term, has renewed for three more seasons and is thus about to experience his fourth consecutive one in the HCL jersey. In just three years he has won with President Gino Sirci’s club two Club World Cups, two Super Cups, two Italian Cups and a Scudetto.
He underwent a session in the weight room this morning and will join the group in the coming days. Muscle strengthening in the weight room also for center Roberto Russo, who renewed for two more years (until 2025-26) and is about to play his sixth season in a row with Sir Susa Vim Perugia. Kamil Semeniuk è is in his third year at Sir. He, too, took the weight room session this morning and says he is ready to start again toward all the club’s goals.
“I am very happy to be back here in Perugia and to have started the preparation for this new season,” said Simone Gianelli, “this is now my home and I am really happy to have found everyone again! It has already been three years and we start with the fourth, è amazing how fast time goes by, so I am very happy to have ended my last contract and to have opened another cycle, I am very happy becauseé playing here in Perugia è always a pleasure and a pride. I’m very charged up: the successes there have been quite a few these years, I’m glad forò those are now behind us so we have to try to think about what we have to do to try to get back to being “final””.
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Max Verstappen worried, Lewis Hamilton laughs it off
The words of Max Verstappen
Max Verstappen isn’t satisfied with Friday’s fifth time: “We’re a little bit too slow in the short runs and also in the race simulation, there’s a lot of work to do. At the moment there’è no immediate way to improve the situation, but we will look at it in detail”.
“For now we are simply too slow, that’s it. This performance is not è a big surprise: we are where we were in the last few races. We will try to find moreù performance for Sunday”, concluded his analysis the home driver, definitely worried.
In a different mood Lewis Hamilton: ““We finally have a car that allows us to start already on Friday from a good base and then work on the details. That makes everything easier and more enjoyable. We have to improve on pure performance. As for the pace over distance, I don’t know yet. We are not the fastest, but maybe we can play it”.
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