Rafael Nadal He has the option on Sunday, at exactly 3:00 pm, to capture his fourteenth Roland Garros, the twenty-second Grand Slam. He will play against the Norwegian Casper Ruud or Croatian Marin Cilic.
“It’s an important achievement, which means a lot, but it’s hard to talk about it after it happened”, of the injury alexander zverev when Manacorí ordered 7-6 (8), 6-6. The German twisted his ankle leaving the track in a wheelchair. Once medically examined, he returned leaning on crutches to announce his abandonment.
He knows a lot about physical failures Rafael Nadal, who has been out for six weeks due to a stress crack in his rib and daily battling a degenerative injury to his left foot. When asked why he would choose if he had the option of having a new foot in exchange for losing in the final, he quickly and directly replied:
“I’d rather beat the final. A new foot allows me to be happier on a daily basis. Life goes on and it’s more important than any title. After a career like this one that I have, I have a life ahead of me, and I want to be able to play with my friends, do amateur sports, and now it’s a bit of a mystery. That day changes your life. “
Rafa Nadal promised that he will continue to find a solution that until now still does not exist to solve the foot problem. Meanwhile, he applies himself to suffering and to assuming sacrifices are necessary. “For moments like this, it’s worth it.”
He also knows how to have a hard time on the track when conditions are not in his favor. “I accept my limitations. I’m trying my best. I’m not training as much as I would like in these three months. I tried to stay in the fight. After a criminal score in the second set I was physically touched, it cost me a few games but I was in a better position at the end of the set, after catching my breath a bit, the energy I lost earlier, “he explained.
And he broke the hardships of a day of rain and humidity in a match played indoors.. “The conditions were the slowest I’ve played. Wet. The ball was huge and it was very hard to make a spin. They weren’t perfect for me right now. So I couldn’t take the risk I needed. He He played very well. The first set is a miracle.I am looking for solutions, fighting.When Zverev has played well in all conditions, but in them it is very difficult to bring him back.He feels that my ball does not create the impact that it normally does . against his right. My ball didn’t bounce. Many moments survived “.
He recalled that “Shapo (Shapovalov) happened to me in Australia but in the sun and not rain. He suffered, I think we both suffered”
In Melbourne he won his second Australian Open, the twenty -first Grand Slam, a record. “I was more surprised in the final in Australia. We are at Roland Garros. The preparation is great, very little. It is the most successful tournament of my career, when you approach this tournament however you come you know if you are capable of playing some How many games do you always have a hope that that change and that inspiration will come. I was a candidate but not the favorite. But I have already said that the sport will change quickly “.
Source: La Verdad
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