The Argentinian Pedro Cachíndefeated this Monday by Rafael Nadal in Madrid, he admitted he felt “more scared” than he expected when facing the Spanish player, in what could be his farewell tournament before retirement.
“It was a very close game. At first, of course, I went in with more fear than I thought. You can imagine a lot of things, but Rafa He has a work that transcends and makes you feel. Even for a moment I was able to get out of that fear and compete,” he said after falling 6-1, 6-7 (5) and 6-3.
Cachín indicated that even if Nadal is “not in his best moment,” you have to “know how to be and compete outside of everything.”
“When I took the first ball to serve, I threw really bad and in that game I think I served ten times and I didn’t serve. So that’s when your head starts playing with you. But well, I know there’s a lot of time and I’m going to hang on there a little bit,” commented the player based in Barcelona.
By the end of the second set he felt “different” and was able to compete and “enjoyed it a lot,” he added. He even thought he could win the fight.
“We went through a lot during the game, sometimes cloudy, hot, cold, wind from one side and wind from the other side. So it wasn’t easy and I got a little tired and on one side I didn’t. I did that much damage. When I went to that side, I didn’t see myself as a winner, I saw that I needed a lot of help, but yes, sometimes I didn’t believe but I enjoyed it, he said.
Cachín He dismissed the crash and the events surrounding it as “an unforgettable memory.”
“Fortunately, it wasn’t 6-1 and 6-0, which could easily have been because of how it started. But I competed on an equal footing with the best athlete they have here in Spain,” he said.
Cachín approached Nadal at the end of the match to ask for his shirt and tell him that by playing with him he had fulfilled one of his dreams.
“I told him what I wanted to tell him and I thanked him that I fulfilled a dream of a boy who in 2005 saw him win. Roland Garros out of bed on a Sunday and now I have to deal with it,” he highlighted.
“I am very grateful to him for the gesture and the truth is that he seems like a great person to me. I will try to sign him on my shirt at some point and I will hang it in a picture of the game,” he said.
Cachín considers that Nadal is “very used” to everything and now he is doing the same as everyone else, with ups and downs.
“If being at your worst moment puts you in situations not only in the game, but also because of what it creates in the game because of the aura that it has, what should that time be like?”
“Now you can see that he has mistakes that he didn’t have two years ago. He’s older, he’s a dad, he definitely has other priorities. But as a great athlete, I think he’s going to leave. every last drop of sweat in the field,” he pointed out. “I think he has given Spanish sport more than anyone else. And he is a person who transcends, who will remain in history. Your children or grandchildren will definitely talk about him at school,” he said in a conversation with the media. .
Cachín He noted that his time at the tournament in Madrid helped him “a lot emotionally.”
“But to win the games is not enough for you. I won two good games, the second one more than the first one, and now I competed on an equal footing with someone who is not easy, regardless of the level that’s on him.. he hinted.
“Of course I am very happy about this tournament, I ended a difficult streak for me and especially in my mood, which changed a lot,” he highlighted.
Source: La Verdad
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