On one side of the plaza de toros de Los Caliphs at Cordoba, Rafael Nadal exercises against vacuum. On Monday it lost the final of the United States open against Serbian Novak Djokovic and after more than four hours of a pulse of fire. Friday should play against Gasquet, a meeting in the semifinals of the Davis Cup to face Spain against France. In the Middle, diagnosing their problems: for more than half an hour, the number two World Cup draws under the watchful eye of Toni Nadal and without a tennis player that subtract you. They are all technical gestures. Maximum concentration. The mark of a tennis player who flew Monday from New York on a private plane chartered by the Federation; that reached Cordoba Tuesday on a car that brought him from the airport of Seville; and he moved immediately to train to see how his muscles responded and how his punches were adapted to change continent, type of balls and cement to the clay surface. Source of the news:: Nadal is ready