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A page and forum to discuss all things Novak Djokovic.
Current ranking: 1
Last result: Banja Luka quarterfinals (lost to Dusan Lajovic)
Next tournament: Rome Masters
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This will put pressure on Rafa to get a move on.
What?
^^^@nadline28, pressure to move on what? If you mean to get hitched to Xisca, why should he?
Well it’s time Rafa grew up.
nadline10 (at 2:57)
Fed married because SHE got pregnant. Djoko has the same reason to get married.
I don’t think they were grown up…
Having a baby does not make you a grown up, @nadline10. Only recently I read of a 12 year old having a baby in Britain.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/04/16/britains-youngest-parents_n_5158262.html
As far as Rafa still living with his parents is concerned, that is pretty normal for Latin cultures. I for one relate to it. I think it makes for more grounded individuals, imho.
I cannot point to a single behavioural trait of Rafa’s which would suggest immaturity on his part. In fact, I would say if he were to have a child because Djokovic has, that would be pretty immature behaviour. Rafa must walk his own path.
^^ahem, not suggesting I am grounded……..lol.
Well maybe Xisca needs to get pregnant, but Rafa has to grow up first. Still living at home doesn’t help. I’m sure Xisca is not afraid of the dark, she’ll be there for him. On the other hand, if Rafa is so homesick now how bad would it be if he had a wife and children at home?
On second thoughts, maybe he should wait until he is done with pro tennis. I’d love to see a little Rafa though. 🙂
nadline10 commented on Novak Djokovic.
—but Rafa has to grow up first. Still living at home doesn’t help. I’m sure Xisca is not afraid of the dark, she’ll be there for him.—
Do you think that they aren’t together when Rafa is in Mallorca???
Rafa bought a villa last year in Mallorca, but his wife would be there alone the most of the time (when Rafa is traveling around the world). I’ll try to find info about his villa and post it on his page,
I think Rafa considers the multi floor building with multiple living units (the one he grew up in) as his “home.” That’s the building where everyone (aunts, uncles, cousins, etc) lives. Rafa has the other house in Porto Cristo which is the one we see in photo shoots of him in the pool, etc. Then there’s the villa he purchased last year. So, he has any number of options as to where to “live” when he’s in Mallorca.
I suppose I shouldn’t judge Rafa by the British culture.
Just keep winning Rafa, that’s all I ask of you.
Should Andy step up too?
^^No. Let him walk his own path. My own personal opinion is people should not rush to get married. More importantly, they should not get married because of outside pressures. Do your own thang!!
For goodness sake! Don’t be so old fashioned nadline! Andy and Rafa are young, travelling the world all the time and living in hotels. Hardly condusive to family life. Kids need stability. Any way, Andy said yesterday that kids would be for after he retires.
And, tbh its nobody’s business but their own
deucy,
Yes! Well said! I do think that some things really should be private when it comes to the players. They give their all on the court and should be allowed to live their lives as they see fit.
It took Federer nine years to get around to marrying Mirka. Andy’s been with Kim for eight years. Rafa with Xisca for nine. There’s no hurry. Both girls have jobs so they are not free to roam the world in the wake of their man.
what does Xisca do
Xisca works for MAPRE, full time. MAPFRE also happens to sponsor Rafa. She is also heavily involved in Rafa’s Foundation and his newly created Rafa Nadal Tour junior circuit in Spain, launched together with MAPFRE and the Rafael Nadal Foundation.
Besides Xisca has said she doesn’t want to travel with him all the time. She reckons it would be an unnecessary distraction for Rafa. Both couples clearly have strong and loving relationships without being formally married.
i’m pretty sure Rafa is HAPPILY not married
^^This.
^^^Nicely put Ricky!
Neither Xisca nor Kim are your typical WAG. Jelena must more so.
That’s my last word on the matter.
Doctors’ orders to cue the ailing wrist, swing a champers bottle???
http://instagram.com/p/nL41HAkf3o/#
yup…the best possible cure…funny how injuries miraculously heel these days… 🙂
Are we comparing swinging a champagne bottle with competing full out on a tennis court hitting forehands and backhands at 90 mph?
I hope that Novak’s wrist is healing well and he will be back in action.
awww…I’d like to see a baby rafisca. Will s/he tug at his/her diaper before reaching for the bottle? (with the left hand–of course.)
LOL
Interesting read on wrist injuries:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/29/sports/tennis/move-over-tennis-elbow-wrist-injuries-increasingly-plague-stars.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0
^^^^^ I was intrigued by that article and particularly the bit about the ulnar joint being the most vulnerable point.
I have hopelessly weak wrists and gave up playing tennis in my late teens. Even then I had difficulty wringing out anything larger than a face cloth. Paradoxically I have (or had) exceptionally high strength in my upper arms and back which in spite of my stature (158cm/50kg) enabled me to out-sail beefy men when I took up dinghy racing.
Do you think the day will ever come when the ATP/ITF have to introduce safety measures by limiting the length of baseline rallies and service speed to minimise the risk of injury to players?
“Berger said. “Tennis is one of those sports that, honestly, the wrist is one of the structures at most risk because the force of contact with the ball is transmitted directly through the wrist, and very often, with an element of torque as the player attempts to place higher and higher degrees of spin on the ball.
Berger said that players with a power-laden baseline style, like del Potro, were especially vulnerable to wrist injuries.”
Before I answer your question, @ed251137, I just want to address the above paragraph. I am reading 2 things from the article: spin and power. Rafa is known for his power game and the amount of spin he works on the ball and yet he has not had serious wrist problems (at least none I’ve heard of). Delpo has power but hits relatively flat, with minimal spin, and he is the one who has suffered the most from wrist injuries. Novak also hits relatively flat although with more spin than Delpo. From the article’s conclusions, I would have expected Rafa to fare worse than say Delpo in this regard. Clearly other factors in play…….
To you question, reduction of baseline rallies: that has to do with court speed, no? Quicken the courts and you have more S & V type play, which I think is what Fed now wants. Reduce service speed: can’t see how you can police this. Seems to me the thing the authorities may target is string technology (and surface speed as well).
OR, they could start by listening to our boy and limit the number of HCs on tour!
ed251137@April 29, 2014 at 7:55 am
—Do you think the day will ever come when the ATP/ITF have to introduce safety measures by limiting the length of baseline rallies and service speed to minimise the risk of injury to players?—
The lenght ❓
I remember that Djoko was praised for making quick work of his opponents in the early rounds of MC!
https://twitter.com/augustazeight/status/461061845646704641/photo/1
I was thinking more along the lines of having an upper limit of say 25 strokes. The rally is halted and the person who hit the 25th stroke gets the point.
Any serve over, let’s say 135km, is deemed a ‘let’.
I’m only half serious.
But it is worth remembering there has not been a fatality in Formula 1 for 20 years since every safety aspect was overhauled, and is still being addressed, following the death of Ayrton Senna.
PS: I am so sorry I provoked that endless stream of comments on the other thread by mentioning there had been a spat. Talk about a storm in a teacup over nothing.
^^No need to apologise to me……….I have the attention span of a gnat, remember?
Novak Djokovic: ´When I Will be a Dad, Tennis Will not be the First Priority Anymore´
The Serb talks about his future plans, as girlfriend Jelena Ristic is pregnant with the couple´s first child
Novak Djokovic 30 Apr 2014 – 07:51 / by Ivan Pasquariello
Novak Djokovic was recently interviewed by “La Gazzetta dello Sport” in Italy, regarding his future plans and how he will try to mange his life as a tennis champion and as a father. Jelena Ristic – Novak”s girlfriend – is pregnant with the couple”s first child. How are things going to change for the actual World No.2?
“What does a baby mean for a champion? Immense joy! It”s the beginning of a new chapter in my life and I am very happy about it” said a visibly excited Novak Djokovic. The Serb is also convinced that he will able to manage both sides of his life, even though priorities in his life may temporary or permanently change. “When the baby will arrive, Tennis will not be the first priority anymore” said Novak, who then added: “it will be tiring, but I am sure it will also give me extra energy and motivation to pursue my career”. In fact, we can see how for other players before him, being a father meant everything but giving up on a tennis career. Roger Federer is a clear example.
Novak also talked about his passion for studying and learning: “The more a man studies, the more he adds a value to himself. I always want to learn something new. When I was a kid I took my responsibilities, growing up on a low economical budget, but setting clear goals for what I wanted to do as an adult. Not having had nothing for free makes me appreciate life even more”.
RT @christophclarey: “(1) Djokovic tells @lequipemagazine he analyzed 2013 #FrenchOpen loss to Nadal in detail: all 4 hours and 37 minutes of it & 3 weeks before”
RT @christophclarey: “(2) Djokovic: “I was completely possessed by the desire to finally win the French. All that desire consumed a bit of my energy.”
RT @christophclarey: “(3) Djokovic: “At Roland, mentally, physically, emotionally I was empty. Too much desire. Too much investment.”
Ah, so the penny finally dropped, monsieur……………didn’t need to hire an expensive ex-player to tell you all this, Djoko. Coulda read our comments on TT and Tenngrand and got the gist of it all, for free!
So far I have heard the pundits whining that Djoko lost because he was caught breaking the rules.
(Steve Tignor, TENNIS Tuesday, April 8 : “…a disastrous touch of the net with his racquet”)
^^Hahaha! Good one, @augusta08. Personally, I will go with Djoko’s reasons……….
So the penny has finally dropped.
#OrHasIt?
Is the inference he’s no longer bothered? I don’t think so.
The inference, as I read it, is that Djoko’s new tactic for RG is: insouciance! 😛
And what’s with all the b******t ………”tennis will not be the first priority anymore……….”
#PigsWillFly
^^^I can just picture the scene:
Papa Nole’s first round RG match will coincide with Baby Nole’s feeding time and, you guessed it, Papa Nole will pass on the tennis match and attend to the priority: feeding the baby!
Oh….if only wishes were horses…………
*above is RITB’s sad attempt at humour*
However, bulls will charge……….. 😉
Precisely, ed. Nothing but b******t. If anybody believes that they will believe anything. Jelena would like to be the queen of tennis as much as Djoker would like to be the king. They both crave the limelight so she will not let him ease off even if he wanted to.
Well I believe it. He is only stating the obvious.
RT @NovakSupport: “Dijana Djokovic (Novaks mom) for Blic.rs: “Soon to be born another genius” #true”
For those who may not know, Dijana is Novak’s mother.
Say what you will about about Mrs Djokovic, she is IN AWE of her son, like all mothers should be of their off-spring…….
Jelena looks like a young Dijana.
The kind of looks that don’t wear well. Miaow. ?
nadline, no.
I can just imagine Papa Novak and Mama Jelena in 20 years’ time sitting in the stands wearing life size photos of Novak Jnr, who was being thumped by the 15 year old Spanish sensation, Rafael Nadal III, the son of the greatest tennis player of all time. ❗
RT @christophclarey: “#Marca reporting Djokovic has delayed his arrival in Madrid: Getting medical tests on wrist; now uncertain whether he’ll play”
NID
#SOP
We had this with the ankle injury in MC last year when he was threatening to pull out right up to the final then played the match of his life to beat Rafa in straight sets. If his wrist is playing up, then I’m sorry for him but there have been too many mixed messages. Moments after declaring he would be out for some time because of it, he announced that it wasn’t that bad and he was fit to play, starting with Madrid.
If this stops Novak fans posting here then they must be very thin skinned, after all Rafa is for ever being accused of faking injuries and worse on tennis-x as well as numerous tennis forums. Come to think of it, The Grandstand and VB are the only haven where Rafans can bank on not reading any insulting comments about him. Expressing doubts about whether Nole is really unfit to play or not is normal, it’s not insulting.
poor rafa lost to Rosol in wimbledon when he was visibly plagued by that knee issue. He took a break but how many dates did he give for his comeback after that? do you remember? RECALL. Playing Toronto, USO, Olympic games and then Uncle Toni talking about his comeback in davis cup or WTF at the end of the year… Then Poor rafa announced Abu Dhabi, could not be there..then Aus open, could not be there (primary reason cited was that stupid stomach virus)…..
SO you see, injuries are extremely difficult to deal with in so many diff ways..the biggest trouble they evoke is arguably the uncertainty they surround the player with…
Novak’s injury does NOT seem to be as serious as rafa’s but has been going on regarding his wrist injury is COMPLETELY NORMAL in my view at least!