Nadal still prepping for start in Miami despite ankle injury

     Rafael Nadal said on Tuesday he will fight to be ready
for his start on Friday at the Miami Masters as he works overtime to
heal an ankle which he rolled this week during training.
The second seed who opens against either Sergiy Stakovsky of the
Ukraine or fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro, said he managed to hit
for 90 minutes a day after his injury Monday, but admitted the ankle
still bothers him.
"I feel pain and I was limited a little bit," he said. The 90 minutes
he was able to train was "more than I would have expected yesterday.
I want be ready to be competitive," said the 2014 finalist, who won
in 2007, 2009 and 2013.
"I didn't try to push hard. I don't know how it will be when I try to
go at 100 per cent - but I'm confident I'm going to be ready.
"I thought it would be the end of the tournament, but I think now I'm
going to be able to compete here."
Nadal has not bothered to see a doctor about the incident, since tour
trainers deal with ankle injuries on a regular basis throughout the
season.

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