The Spanish Rafael Nadal ensured this Tuesday at Bogota, where he fights Ruud at 02:30 Spanish time, who, at the age of 36, continues to play at the highest level and fight to win titles, as in Roland Garros and the Australian Open he achieved this year, thanks to the competition he has been with for many years Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.
“Including Novak, Roger and me We push ourselves, we demand and somehow it’s not enough, we always have to make more effort and that’s what we’re experiencing,” he said. nadal at a press conference in Bogota.
The tennis player He added that “the competition” brought the three of them “to levels of both mental, physical and tennis demands and this is probably one of the main reasons” why he continues to compete.
The Spanishwinner of 22 titles of grand slam In his career, he declared that in addition to this competition, there are other factors that lead tennis players to prolong their careers such as “medicine, prevention, knowledge, the professionalization of all sports.”
That has made him have “a more extensive team, there is more knowledge of the things that help lengthen the career,” he said.
LATIN AMERICAN TOUR
Nadal and Ruud they visit Colombia as part of a tour Latin America which caused them to play exhibition matches Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Ecuador and Mexicocountries that, adopted nadalthey’re usually more complicated to play” and where fans “have fewer options to see us play”.
“We’re doing a very special, great tour, we’re playing full stadiums (…) I’m glad to be back in ColombiaI was only in 2011 for a very short time, the love and passion where people experience it is very special,” he added. The Spanish.
for his part ruudwho lost in the final of Roland Garros of this year with nadalhe was happy to come in Colombia and playing these exhibition matches with one of his idols, whom he has watched win tournaments since he was a five-year-old boy.
The fight in between Nadal and Ruud will be held at Colosseum Liveto the west of Bogotaas part of cup of electrolyte.
Before the match, another mixed doubles exhibition match will be played in which the Colombians will participate Juan Sebastián Cabal, Robert Farah, María Camila Osorio and Yuliana Lizarazo.
Source: La Verdad
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