Comeback Player of the Year

[honey1269]

Comeback Player Of The Year
Rafal Nadal, Somdev Devvarman, Dmitry Tursunov and Tommy Robredo have been nominated for The Comeback Player of the Year award, voted for by their fellow players. The award recognises those players who have overcome serious injuries in re-establishing themselves as one of the top players on the ATP World Tour.

Such BS.
Nadal was not "seriously injuried" physically. His ego was bruised after Wimbledon and he took time off to heal that and tweek his game. Didna't mind giving up points he could reclaim after Australian Open. Picked up an couple of additional "tics" too. Butt was old one, front is new one. YUCK.

 

[brokenshoelace]

Comeback Player Of The Year
Rafal Nadal, Somdev Devvarman, Dmitry Tursunov and Tommy Robredo have been nominated for The Comeback Player of the Year award, voted for by their fellow players. The award recognises those players who have overcome serious injuries in re-establishing themselves as one of the top players on the ATP World Tour.

Such BS.
Nadal was not "seriously injuried" physically. His ego was bruised after Wimbledon and he took time off to heal that and tweek his game. Didna't mind giving up points he could reclaim after Australian Open. Picked up an couple of additional "tics" too. Butt was old one, front is new one. YUCK.

Seven months to heal an ego. Must be one big ego.

 

[NADAL2005RG]

Robredo easily wins this.

Nadal won 2012 Roland Garros (and other clay events) and almost 2012 AO, so he really just 'continued' in 2013. I knew that once he got his health back he'd continue the domination. Whereas Robredo was a shock comeback.

 

[El Dude]

You've got to be kidding, honey.

 

[honey1269]

Not saying he was not "wounded a little" but since when does it take seven months to heal without surgery???
It was all about point Management.

 

[Kieran]

Not saying he was not "wounded a little" but since when does it take seven months to heal without surgery???
It was all about point Management.

Actually, he was training before Oz but got a fever and withdrew. Don't be silly about his injuries now. Whoever your player is, he's benefitted enough from Rafa's absences...

 

[calitennis127]

Not saying he was not "wounded a little" but since when does it take seven months to heal without surgery???
It was all about point Management.

Actually, he was training before Oz but got a fever and withdrew. Don't be silly about his injuries now. Whoever your player is, he's benefitted enough from Rafa's absences...

Well that was a nice little dig at Murray, the guy who has an inexcusable 0-3 record against Nadal at Wimbledon.

 

[huntingyou]

Rafa likes poker and golf too much, it's obvious he wasn't too injured...just a little injured, or a little bit more than just little injured. I will let honey clarify how injured Rafa was........

 

[GameSetAndMath]

I vote for Tommy Robredo for the comeback player of the year. Not only he won
a title after long time, he beat Fed in a Grand Slam.

 

[NADAL2005RG]

The thing is, Nadal made it clear back in September 2012 that him skipping the 2nd half of the year was all about his new attitude to tennis. In previous years he had been willing to play with painkillers regularly. Toni and he however made a promise after Wimbledon 2012 that there would be no more "bandaid solutions". It would mean he would need a few months away from the game in order to not be reliant on painkillers. So could Nadal have played 2012 Olympics and US Open? I think so, with some painkillers and numbing injections. But that wasn't the plan. The plan was to be smart. More players should take a leaf out of Nadal's book. Was it worthy of Comeback of the Year? Not compared to Robredo, in my opinion.

 

[Mastoor]

If they let Troicki play DC final and he wins it - Troicki will be comeback player of the year.

 

[Kieran]

If they let Troicki play DC final and he wins it - Troicki will be comeback player of the year.

In the Hall of Shame, maybe... :nono

 

[brokenshoelace]

If they let Troicki play DC final and he wins it - Troicki will be comeback player of the year.

LOL... Why? Was he on heroin too?

 

[Mastoor]

If they let Troicki play DC final and he wins it - Troicki will be comeback player of the year.

LOL... Why? Was he on heroin too?

No, purely for not playing for 6 months and then winning Davis Cup on his comeback (of course if it happens).

 

[Denis]

Is Troicki only banned for 6 months? I thought two years or something?

 

[brokenshoelace]

If they let Troicki play DC final and he wins it - Troicki will be comeback player of the year.

LOL... Why? Was he on heroin too?

No, purely for not playing for 6 months and then winning Davis Cup on his comeback (of course if it happens).

How is that more impressive than not playing for 7 months and winning 2 majors/5 Masters 1000 events on your comeback? Keep in mind, one was actually injured, the other was banned for some form of cheating...

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Robredo is not only comeback player of the year. He is also comeback player of
matches. Remember in how many matches he came back to win after being two sets
down.

Give it to Tommy, I say.

 

[coban]

If Federer win the WTF, would the be a comeback?

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

If Federer win the WTF, would the be a comeback?

For the standarts he set in the past, it would probably go under "Too little too late" category.

 

[Mastoor]

Is Troicki only banned for 6 months? I thought two years or something?

He is banned for 18 months but he's been expecting revised decision by 9 November based on the fact that the doping officials lied in this case.