After the excitment of the Davis Cup Rafael Nadal  returned home to Mallorca to rest and get ready to start his pre season training wich consists of a fortnights work with British No,4 James Ward ,whom Rafa has hit with in Australia last year and where other people will rest and enjoy the holidays Rafa will have no time to rest as he explained on his pesonal web site Rafael Nadal .com . After Christmas Rafa will leave Mallorca for Abu Dahbi for the Abu Dahbi exobition wich takes place from the 31st of December till the 3rd of January. Rafa will be hoping to get the season off on the right foot after a season plagued by injury and family worries during which  Rafa pulled out of Wimbledon with a knee injury that cost him not only his Slam but the no,1 ranking both of which going to bitter rival Roger Federer. Coming back in August Rafa had another blow to his season when  a recuring stomach injury picked  in Monte Carlo agianst Novak Djokovic reappeared in the 3rd round of the US Open agianst Nicolas Almagro but luckily for Rafa ,  Almagro had his own injury worries sucummbing to cramp in his leg giving Rafa the golden oppertunity to fight back and secure the victory in straight sets .  Sadly Rafa was not as lucky in the Semi when he ran into eventual Champion Juan Martin Del Porto going down fighting in straight sets,