I admire your sense of duty to your country,­ fans,family...but DO take care of yourself first and­ you will be fit as a fiddle at Wimbledon to lift # 2­ trophy !!

I only love tennis because of King Rafa. He managed to­ make a boring game so interesting. Another thing is­ that he is so nice, even to his opponents. No­ sourgraping whatsoever. He is the reason why other­ players aspire to do their best and try to be at the­ top. He is a very good role model for the sport.
I wish­ you well, Rafa.
Wimbledon might suffer with low­ attendance and low viewing if Nadal is not around. I­ don't wish to offend the Federer fans but I do­ think Nadal has got a lot of charisma compared to the­ former.

I am still pretty sure that Rafa will play Wimbledon.­ But maybe he has to change his schedule and maybe (I­ don't know whether this is possible) his style of­ playing. This can't do good to his body for the­ long term! That is why everybody was doubting whether­ he could stand doing this for years and praised that­ Roger with the way he is playing can do this for years!­ That is the difference! And about Murray becoming No1­ soon, I would be very cautious with that. He has tons­ of points in the second part of the year, and Roger can­ win quite a bit, starting from tomorrow. Lets see and­ enjoy the best tennis!!!!

Ahh get well soon Rafa was looking forward to seeing­ you at queens.Have a good rest and get ready for­ wimbledon good luck.

Well, the general consensus here is that tennis­ tournaments are only have the fun without Nadal in­ them. And, of course, a final where he and Federer­ meet - does competitive tennis get any better? After­ many years of absence I started watching tennis again­ when Rafa appeared on the scene: his style of play, his­ power and his charisma on the court just blew me away.­ If Rafa has any serious problems with his knees that­ would not allow him to compete in the slams and other­ high power tournaments that would be a great loss to­ the tennis world and fans of the sport. Even though the­ French this year was full of surprises and some great­ matches, the soul of it and the excitement was­ missing, IMO. I don't even want to think about­ Wimbledon without Rafa there! Good luck, champ, get­ well soon and God bless. Hanna43

Well, the general consensus here is that tennis­ tournaments are only have the fun without Nadal in­ them. And, of course, a final where he and Federer­ meet - does competitive tennis get any better? After­ many years of absence I started watching tennis again­ when Rafa appeared on the scene: his style of play, his­ power and his charisma on the court just blew me away.­ If Rafa has any serious problems with his knees that­ would not allow him to compete in the slams and other­ high power tournaments that would be a great loss to­ the tennis world and fans of the sport. Even though the­ French this year was full of surprises and some great­ matches, the soul of it and the excitement was­ missing, IMO. I don't even want to think about­ Wimbledon without Rafa there! Good luck, champ, get­ well soon and God bless. Hanna43

.. it's not only Nadal who is injured for his style­ of play. Also Federer has back problems for his style­ of play..!! For this reason he didn't play Dubai­ this year. I hope Nada is mentally and physically ok­ for Wimbledon. Otherwise Wimbledon is going to be very­ annoying, since there is no other REAL competitor for­ Federer.
I think the biggest mistake for Rafa is that­ he plays so many tournaments at the beginning of the­ year and toooooo many clay tournaments.. He should­ think about that if he has such problems with his­ knee..

@51,I think it's a shame that you feel joy by a­ player's injury.Your hero will write history­ tomorrow,why do you not concentrate on him???

Isn't nice to watch a men's singles match with­ no grunting and groaning that Nadal produces. As­ Sanpras said, Nadal's knees cannnot cope with his­ style of play. To watch Roger move on court is pure­ joy. 2008 was a bad year for Roger and in spite of the­ dangerous mono still managed to get to semis and­ finals. The very fact that he imploded towards the end­ of matches till Madrid underlines the problem mono has­ on the body. Look what mono is doing to Mario Ancic. ­ I have only seen the trainer come on court once for­ Roger when he had a back problem and certainly has not­ had blisters on his feet like Nadal. That is due to­ the different styles. Roger did cry but that shows how­ much losing his Wimbledon crown meant to him. HE IS­ THE BEST AND ALWAYS WILL BE.

french crowd always cheered against Rafa,because they­ are losers.French never win nothing in­ tennis.looooool
Finally Toni reacted like a man.
Next­ year Rafa will win again to shut up these conceited­ idiots like in 2008 where we could even listen the­ crickets
during federer's destruction.lol

Vamos Rafa! Get well soon!

Nadals problem is not only his knees,i usually have­ high praise for his Uncle Toni,however his recent­ interview on Catalan radio where he calls the French­ crowd "stupid" is a public relations disaster­ for Rafa.To antagonise the Roland Garros crowd is to­ commit suicide,Rafa needs their support next year,with­ Toni in his corner he simply wont get it,the crowd will­ never let him forget it.He also said the French are­ jealous of Spanish success on French turf,this maybe­ the case but he has put Rafa in a very difficult­ position,one for which i feel he should apologize.

what matters most is who will play the the­ final...
Grand Slam or not...
Seeded or­ unseeded...
they're in the final not because of­ luck...
BUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE DETERMINATION AND­ WILL TO BE IN THE FINAL.

Nadal's absence is never a good news to tennis fans­ and the sport in general.Though it may be an­ opportunity for other players to hope of winning a­ title this year but it still remains a sad news if­ Nadal won't be at Wimbledon this year.Yes we have­ great players though in the likes of­ Roger,Djokovic,Murray,Del­ potro,Davidenko,Roddick,Verdasco etc but Nadal is a­ wonderful spice for the sport.I am a Roger­ Federer's fan but wishes to see Nadal recover­ quickly and back on his best form for the sake of­ tennis even if it means he should miss Queen's but­ not Wimbledon.
One thing i will like to advice Nadal is­ that his constant injury is due to the too much­ strenght he employs in the game.This is really too bad­ for his future in the ATP tour cos he might retire­ before the age of 25 if he allows strenght to be his­ deadliest weapon.

forget the points and which of them is number 1,­ what's important is for the rivalry to continue...­ we are so lucky that two amazing athletes and sportsmen­ are playing tennis at the same time so rafa take and­ get well soon!

while djokovic and murray are also­ excellent tennis players for me they simply lack the­ staying power and well charm and both on and off court­ courtesy that i prefer to seen in all athletes.

with­ del potro who is quite the gentleman though he seems to­ lack a bit of emotive fire, coming up in the ranks­ nadal, federer and del potro will make a lovely­ triangle at the top of the tennis game if they can all­ stay healthy.

and by they way, re mono comment... you­ europeans really don't understand how insidiously­ dangerous that ilness is, it's very common in­ american universities and students who get diagnosed­ with it are given 6-8 months bed rest and are told that­ too much physical exertion could kill them.. remember­ roger actually played the aussie open with mono which­ had been misdiagnosed so it's unsurprising that it­ messed up his training and stamina for a very long­ time.

honeybeecro7, you didn't make one mistake, you made­ lots.
first. If federer wins he will extend his lead­ over murray because he will add 600 by winning.
About­ Nadal, he is going to lose 1820 points in roland­ garros, and if federer wins it's 600 more, so total­ of 2420 gap reduction.
he will lose 600 points he has­ over federer on the olympic games. he scored 800 and­ federer only 200
Nadal will lose 450 points at­ queen's since he won't be competing.
And finaly­ wimbledon: if nadal happens not to show up, he will­ lose 2000 points and there's the possibilty that­ federer wins the tournament, collecting more points­ than last year extending those 2000 to some more.

So,­ i think your math had some little flaws.
It doesn't­ seem that a big a gap now, right? : )

Nadal didn't cry injury when he lost the­ match.
Unlike Federer who still blamed his­ mononucleosis from Aust Open 2 years ago!!
And what abt­ the backache etc etc?

Do take care of yourself, Rafa !
We need you ! How­ boring is tennis without you !

Do take care of yourself, Rafa !
We need you ! How­ boring is tennis without you !