Rafa: Back Where He Belongs?
Matt Cronin
It has taken three years for Rafael Nadal to get back to the verge of where he once belonged.
The Spaniard has won 14 Grand Slams, which is amazing, but the famed forehand broke down in the second half in 2014. His legs were incredibly sore, he couldn't run as much as he used to, and he was hurt — mentally and physically.
Nadal has won pretty much everything in his career. He has won Roland Garros nine times, he has won Wimbledon three times, the Australian Open once, and the US Open once.
Rafa has won over 50 titles on clay. Equally amazing he has 30 ATP Master titles, winning Indian Wells, Madrid, Rome, Canada, Cincinnati, and Monte Carlo 10 times.
Rafa has been doing it for well over a decade. In 2005, he won 11 titles and the age of 19.
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Matthew Cronin, founder of TennisReporters.net, is one of the most prolific and insightful journalists working in the sport of tennis. Matt has covered men's and women's pro tennis for the past fifteen years, traveling the world to develop his unique first hand perspective on every aspect of the game. Matt is a regular contributor to Reuters, has written extensively for the official Grand Slam web sites, and did play-by-play on the first web radio broadcast of the US Open finals. A former co-president of the International Tennis Writers Association, Cronin resides in Moraga, Calif., USA, with his wife, Patti, and their children, Cassandra, Connor and Chiara. |
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