Casper Ruud: "He’s 36 and getting older, but Nadal is still good at playing"

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Surrender to the talent of Rafael Nadalthe norwegian Casper Ruud He said he would tell his grandchildren that he played in the final of Roland Garros against the Spanish champion and was amazed that, even though problems with his left foot were bothering him, “he continued to play well”.

Ruud, who was part of the academy that Nadal founded on him Majorca native, praised his opponent today, who punished him in the Parisian clay court final 6-3, 6-3, 6-0, and said he could not find a rival burdened with physical problems.

“It’s true that he’s 36 and getting older, like everyone else. I’d rather play against him now than when he was 22 (…) His foot problem is his Achilles heel, it’s getting weak on him , and you think that anything can happen, as happened in Sasha (ankle sprain Zverev against Nadal), but it’s incredible how he forgot his foot and continued to play very well, ”the 23-year-old acknowledged.

The Norwegian recalled the Spaniard’s problems in the tournament in Rome in May against Canadian Denis Shapovalov, whom he did not expect to give up even after winning the first round.

In his first final in a major, Ruud commented that he struggled with Nadal’s spin balls, which bounced hard, and assumed that “now he’s a victim that Rafa destroyed” on the court. Philippe Chattierwhere the Spaniard won the 14 finals he played.

“I will remember this final for the rest of my career, I have seen it on TV for the past 16, 17 years and now to see myself in a final is a pleasure (…) I can tell my grandson I played against Rafa in Chatrier “, conclusion

Source: La Verdad

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