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Toni Nadal: Very Difficult for Nadal to Play Wimbledon T_T
เมื่อคืนราฟาลงเล่น exhibition match เจอกับเลย์ตันค่ะ ราฟาแพ้ไป 4-6 3-6 หลังแมทลุงโทนี่บอกว่า ยากสำหรับราฟาที่ลงแข่ง Wimbledon  อ่านจากข่าว ราฟายังย่อเข่าไม่ได้เลยค่ะซึ่งเป็นส่วนสำคัญในการเล่นบนคอร์ดหญ้าด้วยวันนี้ราฟาจะลงเล่นอีกแมทนึงค่ะเจอกับสตานเวลา 19.15 น. ( เวลาไทย ) และหลังจากแมทนี้ราฟาจะตัดสินใจอีกทีค่ะว่าจะลงแข่ง Wim รึเปล่า ส้มเตรียมใจไว้แล้วค่ะ เพราะเท่าที่อ่านจากข่าว ราฟาไม่ควรลงเล่นเลย ส้มไม่อยากให้ราฟาลงเล่นแล้วแพ้ในรอบแรก ๆไม่ว่าวันนี้จะเกิดอะไรขึ้น เคารพในการตัดสินใจของราฟาค่ะ
Nadal's Struggles in Exhibition Loss Leaves Wimbledon in Doubt
By MATTIAS KAREN
The Associated Press
Thursday, June 18, 2009; 1:43 PM
LONDON -- Rafael Nadal looked hampered by his injured knees during a 6-4, 6-3 loss to Lleyton Hewitt in an exhibition Thursday. He will decide Friday if he can defend his Wimbledon title.
Nadal played without tape on his knees but frequently appeared a step slow in the grass-court match at Hurlingham Club. This was Nadal's first match since his loss to Robin Soderling in the fourth round of the French Open. He pulled out of last week's grass-court tournament at Queen's Club to rest his knees.
Nadal looked increasingly frustrated against the hard-serving Hewitt, repeatedly failing to get to balls he normally reaches and struggling with unforced backhand errors. He frequently muttered to himself in Spanish after missed shots and often had to rely on his top-spin forehand to escape trouble.
He did not speak to reporters, but uncle and coach Toni Nadal said it was still uncertain whether he can play at Wimbledon, which starts Monday.
Nadal plays another match Friday against Stanislas Wawrinka. Toni Nadal said the top-ranked player will decide after that. When pressed about Wimbledon, the coach did not sound optimistic.
"If it's me, I'm (flying) to Mallorca," he said, referring to the island where Nadal grew up.
In the other singles match Thursday at the small private club by the River Thames, Tomas Berdych beat Marat Safin 7-6 (7), 6-4.
Hewitt challenged Nadal from the start, forcing the Spaniard to save two break points in the first game before holding serve. The former top-ranked Australian then managed to break at love for a 3-2 lead after three unforced errors from Nadal. Hewitt held his next service game at love behind a barrage of aces.
Nadal had his first break point in the first game of the second set, but Hewitt saved it with a service winner. Nadal set up another break point at 2-2 with a good forehand volley, but Hewitt made a forehand winner down the line before holding.
Hewitt then broke again for a 4-3 lead after Nadal sent a forehand long, and the Australian converted his second match point after Nadal sent a lunging backhand long.
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หลังแมทลุงโทนี่บอกว่า ยากสำหรับราฟาที่ลงแข่ง Wimbledon
อ่านจากข่าว ราฟายังย่อเข่าไม่ได้เลยค่ะซึ่งเป็นส่วนสำคัญในการเล่นบนคอร์ดหญ้าด้วย
ส้มเตรียมใจไว้แล้วค่ะ เพราะเท่าที่อ่านจากข่าว ราฟาไม่ควรลงเล่นเลย ส้มไม่อยากให้ราฟาลงเล่นแล้วแพ้ในรอบแรก ๆ
ดูง่าย ๆ เลย หลัง AO ราฟาไม่ควรเล่นที่ร๊อตเตอร์ดัม 
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By Pritha Sarkar
LONDON, June 18 (Reuters) - Champion Rafael Nadal's Wimbledon participation still hung in the balance on Thursday after his first outing on grass this season did not go according to plan.
The world number one, troubled by a knee problem since being knocked out of the French Open in the fourth round last month, struggled with his movement during an exhibition match against Australian Lleyton Hewitt, which he lost 6-4 6-3.
"Rafa is having difficulties bending his knees and it (seems) that his various treatments are not enough," his coach and uncle Toni Nadal told reporters.
Asked if the Spaniard would turn up to defend his title on Monday at the All England Club, he added: "I don't know, we have to wait for tomorrow".
The 23-year-old will decide whether to play at Wimbledon after taking part in a second exhibition match against Stanislas Wawrinka at the Hurlingham Club on Friday.
Although Nadal opted to test his fitness at Hurlingham his body language did not look too encouraging as he went through the motions during the one hour 20 minute encounter.
As Toni Nadal urged him to "bend down" to the ball during the second set, the Spaniard appeared to mutter, "I can't".
The match had started promisingly for Nadal as he stepped on court without wearing any support around his troublesome knees.
In his first service game, which lasted four deuces and eight minutes, he bent low to flick a volley winner and also ran around court during a 17-shot rally.
But as the contest progressed, Nadal and his camp began to get more and more worried.
By the time the match finished, Nadal looked world weary and barely resembled the man who ended Roger Federer's five-year reign at Wimbledon last July.