Tiger Woods ended his participation in the Hero World Challenge in Albany (Bahamas) this Sunday in second to last place. This is his reappearance since the last Augusta Masters, in a new display of love for his sport.
Rafa Nadal is in the same situation, having just returned to competition after a long absence due to injury. The former number 1 in world golf spoke about the Spaniard, highlighting that “What Rafa did was extraordinary, I mean, he won the Australian Open with a broken leg!“.
The American assured that “We should all enjoy watching him compete. And watching him play and what it means to the game and what it means to all of us.just seeing his passion, how he plays and why he plays.”
Woods noticed that Nadal “is more than tough and more than competitive. And he knows that ‘Father Time’ is here. Every athlete faces it. And in some sports it happens faster than others.. Unfortunately, like all sports, you can get old. And I don’t want him to leave. I don’t want to see Fed (Roger Federer) go. But that’s exactly what will happen.”
And almost a year later, Rafa Nadal will reappear in the first week of January at the Brisbane tournamentwhich will be his first contact with the competition since the last edition of the Australian Open.
“I don’t know what level I can play at, but I know I will play again. I never lost the illusion“explained the former world number 1 a few weeks ago at the official presentation of the Teknon Tennis Clinic. And that is the big unknown, if he will be able to fight again with Djokovic, Alcaraz and company for important titles, something that some do not see at all clearly.
This is the case of the former coach of Venus and Serena Williams, Rick Macciwho in an interview on ‘Tennis Infinity’ said that “He’s not as good as he used to be, so I don’t see him as a contender to win a Grand Slam. I think he can be competitive and hard to win on clay, but it all depends on his health.
“As you get older, you lose mobility and people don’t fear you when they see you vulnerable. There isn’t much distance between the top tennis players and the ones a little lower, and when they know they have a chance it’s differenteven clay” he added.
Source: La Verdad
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