Nadal, in the fourteenth final of Roland Garros after finishing Zverev in a wheelchair

Rafael Nadal is in his fourteenth Roland Garros final, the thirtieth Grand Slam. That the thirteen -time champion has this Sunday (3:00 pm) the option to win his twenty -two Grand Slam is part of the forecast. In any case it won because of the German departure alexander zverevto leave Short Philippe Chatrier in a wheelchair after severe ankle sprain.

[+] This is the unfortunate moment of Zverev’s injury:

Sa 7-6 (10-8), 6-5. The drama ended 6-6 points. Rafa Nadal threw right on the line, which Zverev found moving to the side. His foot was hooked and he bent so violently that he expected the worst prognosis. As well as her cries in pain and how she floats on the ground until they rescue her. Doctors evacuated him to a wheelchair to assess the injury. He is still far from continuing.

He returned eight minutes later with his right foot bare and leaning on a crutch. To hug Rafa Nadal and let him know of his abandonment and that he was already on his way to the final after a massive battle of three hours and five minutes.

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“Very hard, very sad for him. He was having a great tournament, I know how much he is fighting to win a Grand Slam. Bad luck, I wish him the best and a quick recovery,” said Rafa Nadal on court, who deal with one of the tennis players of his academy in Manacor, Casper Ruudto exceed 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 and 6-2 in Croatian Marin Cilic. Historic in Norwegian tennis, his first official fight against his sporting idol.

The 36th birthday gift arrived but not in the way expected by the Balearic. The game is very hot, really competitive. The opening set lasted an unforgettable hour and a half. Nadal lost (2-4), also won (three sets of balls at 6-5), lost again (four balls against a ‘tiebreak’) and decided to add that Philippe Chatrier would get his talisman on the court when you have to live first and make a change later. With blows he only makes it possible at critical moments and of greater difficulty.

Returning from 3-5 in the second set, Nadal apparently accusing 14h.58 ‘of having invested in the previous path, the eight and a half added between Felix Auger-Aliassime and Novak Djokovic. The condition of the game was also slow due to the humidity of the rainy season which was forced to cover the roof. “The balls are fat and heavy, they don’t bounce or take effect. I can’t do as much damage as the other day. I suffered,” said Rafa Nadal, who also admitted a moment of physical slowdown in the second round .

To all this was added the toll of rest due to a rib injury or Roma’s sprain due to pain in his left leg, but he remained in the fight sending challenging messages to a deadly Zverev less when he had to decide. . Then came the double mistakes, the stupid mistakes. Tension gripped his arm. On the contrary, it feeds Nadal’s magic. Pure stability.

It was a battle with some unknown reveal who had cleared an injury. the champion of Australian Open, the legend of the land, ends with turning the page in his favor. Fate for him when he was living with a chronic illness and went through a thousand and one physical misfortune, a misfortune in the case of today’s student of the Spanish Davis Cup captain. Sergio Bruguera.

Unfortunately, the most exciting part of such a related show failed. It left nothing in an initial phase that was unusual because of its ups and downs and its long duration. A reflection of the competitiveness brought before the opportunity to leave the cancaha towards Sascha Zverev. Won opening quarter 7-6 (10-8) Nadal, despite not playing his best tennis More hopeful than dominant, has been paddling since he experienced the break in the beginning. He recovered it in the eighth game that stripped the German, 25 years old and world number 3, who began to suffer double faults and missed a forehand that ended with the racket flying into the air behind him.

A 3-0 run, for 5-4, gave air to Nadal, who could have been sentenced then with three set points, but Zverev responded better than when he had to decide. A pure matter of pressure. He held 5-5 in a 13’31 ”game, 20 points.

This is evident in the ‘tiebreak’. The Spaniard failed from the start, but came back 2-6, four set points, some with Nadal’s impossible punch characteristic. A cross-right passing in the race allowed him to make it 6-6.

Nor was a fourth or fifth set chance enough for Nadal. The icing is gone. A ‘bananazo’, a parallel drive of maximum difficulty but deadly in its perfect execution gave Nadal a sleeve.

The standing, the 14,800 spectators, who had already welcomed Rafa Nadal as a hero and where they faced, roared. with ‘happy birthday’. ‘Rafa, Rafa, Rafa’ is continuous. Even Zverev heard it roll and scream in pain. When the evil became serious and he returned to say goodbye, they did mention his name.