Rafael Nadal Practicing at the US Open 2009 - part 2

[learec7]

who was his hitting partner

[tennisrox4444]

jesus look at the racquet head spped!!

[DarkStriker297]

Hey I was here on this day watching Nadal!

The other guy was Kolshrieber (spelt it wrong lol) rite?

[mansuliu]

nadal is a perfect example of a player that doesnt need to jump to hit beast

[vlovesrafa]

Yes.I was lucky enough to see Rafa and Marat on the practice courts on the first tuesday.I didn't get there early enough to see anyone practice on the show courts.But, I will keep that in mind for next year.Thanks.Great posts.

[vtlover23]

I saw Rafa practicing on Arthur Ashe last Sunday before his match against Almagro. I was so looking forward to his match that day and was lucky enough to see him practice before Serena started her match! Go Rafa!

[uchejadore]

No appologies needed, you did a great job filming and thank you for sharing.

[yoramgaon1]

Thanks

[wngmv]

I'm not sure about that xero. What you said may be true, but if there is anybody that could achieve a 'comeback', it's Rafa. This guys drove Roger nuts the way nobody else can.

[AbsoluteXero]

Except all that amazingness won't be up to par, and will only be "above average" since his legs have taken a huge pounding. Sure, maybe he'll have a few more grand slams, but they might only come from clay since it's much softer. I wish him the best of luck, but no doubt, Fed is still the legend, but Nadal "was" better.

[isselman2000]

Nadal was never better. At his prime, Roger was perfect. Nadal is barely able to beat Roger now, when he is nearing the end of his career.

[eminauta]

Incredible quick arm, amazing top spin, ultra rapid muscle and speed tortion..

Rafa...he is "Must"..

Vamos Rafa

[MacPr0xnxx0]

i wish i could play like him he's soo good

[ezequiel6]

i wanna see his new haircut LOL

[Kingofclay55]

Thats soo coolz that you were able to watch him practice!! How in the world were you able to watch him practice??? Did you need tickets??? How did you know he would be there, was it just luck and did he sign autographs after??? Cool videoo.

[yoramgaon1]

Wasn't luck. During the week up to the US Open anybody can go into the usta grounds for free and watch the players practice. The only place you can't go in is Arthur Ashe stadium. So if Roger or Rafa are practicing there then you can't see them. The big players usually practice in Louis Armstrong or Grand Stand stadium, but you are free to walk around and see who is practicing else where.

[sadeadu]

Where was Uncle Tony?

[yoramgaon1]

Don't know.

[sadeadu]

Seems that Rafa was having prob. with his wrist and blisters on fingers. Did it look that way too you as well? How was his return of serve and backhand, both are awful since his return?

[TheHugfish]

when did rafa start practice and how often does he do so?

[RafaeINadal]

two days ago and for 2 hours before a match plus physical trainig

[elhermano94]

Vamos Rafa!!!!!

Por la US Open : )

[jamesallegro]

Can you remember what time this was when Nadal was practicing?

[yoramgaon1]

Yes I started filming at 11:00am

[yoramgaon1]

I am going to try to and film tomorrow too. Hope to catch Roger, he was practicing in Arthur Ashe.

[shanatp]

Who was his hitting partner here?

[yoramgaon1]

philipp kohlschreiber.

I appologies for the bad quality but I hadn't intended on filming and all I had on me was my wife's canon sd 1000.

[shanatp]

I actually thought the quality was very good! So good in fact it took forever to download on my laptop! lol!

[tain316]

Same partner as in Part 1: Philipp Kohlschreiber.