Jumat, 17 Agustus 2012

Rafa Nadal have the 'Hoffa syndrome' in his left knee


Rafa Nadal has said he does not mind losing the third place in the ATP list, following its decision not to participate in the U.S. Open by a sore left knee, which have a chronic disease syndrome known as Hoffa. "At this point in my career (ranking) is not more important," he said in remarks to Efe. "Now the most important thing is to recover well and today my knee is not ready to compete in a 'Grand Slam', I will try to recover as soon as possible to return with a good feeling, with guarantees to compete and train all the best I know, "he explained Nadal. Nadal gets revealed Hoffa's disease, an inflammation of the area of ​​fatty tissue that extends below the patellar tendon. The one in the world exnúmero stressed that what makes him happy is when you can compete feeling that can push your physical "all you want." "And today I'm ready for that," he explained.
Does the Davis Cup?
Nadal, 26, said he does not know whether he can be ready for the Davis Cup semifinals, which will be held in Gijón to USA from 14-16 September. "I will do my best to recover as soon as possible, if the master account would be my dream with me," said Nadal, who already has under his belt with four of the five "salad" which has won Spain (2004, 2008-where could not play the end-2009 and 2011). The player from Manacor said this break, which began on June 28 after being eliminated in second round of Wimbledon by Czech  Lukas Rosol , is the longest of his career. "The most difficult moment of my career at the level of injury was in 2005 with the foot (inflammation), today everything is controlled in what it is. We'll see how it evolves, what happens is that perhaps has been the most long (break) in the middle of the season, and in 2005 was at the end of year, "Nadal detailed. He explained that the current injury is not the same patellar tendon has been in the past. "It's something different and I think this is positive because the tendons are well recovered and were compared to three years ago," he noted.
The problem is in the left knee
The problem is locaizado left knee with a problem of inflammation of fatty tissue that extends below the patellar tendon (Hoffa's syndrome) and must await the return to normal. Nadal said it is the derivation of the same injury that has since February, which made him withdraw from the tournament in Miami in the semifinals. "It has been controlling up to Roland Garros, after the pain has gotten worse, obviously. The season has been tough since Indian Wells until the end of Roland Garros, I played almost every game possible with very good results until today," emphasized the seven-time winner of the tournament in Paris. After their elimination at Wimbledon, Nadal was announcing on his absence from the Olympics, the Masters 1000 Toronto, Cincinnati and U.S. Open, which begins Aug. 27. "Now the most important thing is to recover well. The ranking at this stage of my career, I say it is not important, but not the most important," he commented.
"With a chance to win"
"It really makes me feel happy is when I compete with a chance to win," insisted the player on his decision not to participate in the "U.S. Open", the last "Grand Slam" of the season, where he won in 2010. "If you tell me to be number one if I had not had that (the injury) was an option, because it went very well the first six months of the year, then number two, three, four, six, I do not going to change much, I have a lot to be among the first two. The number one always makes you illusion, then there are others, "he pointed out. "We have to stop and recover for a longer career," said Nadal. Falling Nadal at U.S. Open was a central theme in the press conferences of the major players in the tournament in Cincinnati, where Roger Federer admitted he was not a surprise to him, and that means it is "something serious" and gives "some fear". For the Serbian Novak Djokovic, the defending champion New York, low Nadal is worrying, because he is sure that if the Spanish were able would come. "I wish you a speedy recovery," he said.

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