Rafael Nadal I had reasons to smile. He has not spent three hours playing since January, he will have to return in the summer of 2022, at the US Open, to find a tournament where he won three matches in a row.
The king of the land, 37 years old, went to the round of 16 of the Mutua Madrid Open defeating the Argentine Pedro Cachín by 6-1, 6-7 (5) and 6-3. This Thursday he has an appointment against the Czech Jiri Lehecka.
“We’ll see how I get up tomorrow, but I’m enjoying myself and I can’t ask for anything more,” he analyzed. Rafael Nadal his victory. “I haven’t fought in a long time and it’s difficult for me,” he noted about the moments when it was most difficult to win against a clay specialist.
“There are a lot of minutes on the court, they have a lot of emotional and tennis value,” he declared. Rafael Nadal in the track winner interview, with Thomas Carbonell, Former tennis player and RTVE commentator, acting as an interviewer.
Carbonell, in the casual, humorous tone that characterizes him, caught on Rafael Nadal telling him that this Tuesday his game will be set at the same time as Bayern-Real Madrid of Champions.
Although Manacorí, who could not miss that fight for the world, reacted quickly after a few seconds, taking advantage of the good doubt. “First of all, but I don’t believe, I don’t believe,” he said.
This will not happen to his friend and tournament director, who is also a ‘merengue’, Feliciano Lopez, prevent Manacorí from watching that soccer match. But it happened, at the request of Rafa Nadal’s team.
First of all, to give the historic five-time champion of the tournament more rest and recovery time, Nadal will compete this Tuesday at around 10 pm. In the middle of the Bayern-Madrid match.
Source: La Verdad
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