Rafa Nadal regained his smile with a clear victory at Roland Garros

Rafael Nadal he left Rome blindfolded. In its severe pain, the injured left foot caused the manacorí to move, and he did not want to leave then. Denis Shapovalov. Sad, worried and annoyed. He promised before going home that he would consume the opportunities he could use to compete at the highest possible level. Roland Garros.

He returned to his clay temple, the central court of which alexander zverev and his coach Sergio Bruguera You will appreciate with a day of training past that your performance improves by thirty percent. And he returned his smile. The thirteen-time champion in Paris has once again met with success, but is also showing hope in tennis. He often ran the ball, forehand and backhand. The rival is not one of the fiercest on earth, but the Spanish’s biggest rival is also quiet: his left foot.

Nadal, who will turn 36 on June 3, defeated the Australian jordan thompsona 28 year old professional with a mustache and world number 82, for 6-2, 6-2 and 6-2 at 2h.02 ‘.

He will have a day to continue the search for performance that stopped a month and a half off due to stress cracking in a rib, hidden in pain in the “incurable” left foot. Only six games on clay this year. The seventh will come on Wednesday against a left-hander like him, the French Corentin Moutetwho removed the former Swiss champion Stan Wawrinka by 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (2) and 6-3.

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Nadal even allowed himself to joke with Philippe Chattier. At 5-1, half an hour into the match, he missed the return of an opponent’s drop shot. He threw the racket into the air, smiling reaching for it but with the firm intent to keep it off the ground. He will not break the golden rule he grew up with next to his uncle Toni Nadal. Respect the racket. The action was decorated with wide and intense smiles from the Balearic Islands. The best sign of how his entry into his eighteenth Roland Garros.

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Just a win the 300 at the Grand Slama category where he has a record for titles with a 21st achievement in his impressive campaign entry in Australian Open. He seeks to emulate that success, which came after nearly six months of battling his injured foot and testing positive for covid before flying to Melbourne.

He appeared in the French capital with more problems than filmmaking, but this event was driving Rafa Nadal. It wasn’t for less after having dominated 106 of 109 games.

He quickly grabbed Thompson. His groundstrokes worked, where he provided a level of aggression that stopped any attempt by Thompson to react. Well also of Nadal movements. A perfect debut, but, as he rightly said, “we need to improve, take a step forward”. Good missions require excellence, and he goes to the tournament to have fun, yes, but have fun to win. Or at least, feeling that he can compete with everything he has.