Rafa Nadal defeated Duje Ajdukovic this afternoon 4-6, 6-3 and 6-4 to enter the ATP Bastad grand final.
After finishing the match, the Balearic tennis player himself confirmed that he will not play in the semi-finals of the doubles tournament with the Norwegian Casper Ruud, who is scheduled to face the Brazilians Orlando Luz and Rafael Matos, in order not to risk face the grand individual final tomorrow.
Physical wear and tear is the alleged reason, and rightly so, of the man from Manacor: “I played for four hours yesterday and two today. I want to play, but I can’t”
Nadal himself already gave hints in the interview after the match against Ajdukovic by saying that, despite the fact that “matches like yesterday and today serve to continue the process (of recovering sensations)” , the fact is that at the beginning of the match against the Croatian he noticed the physical deterioration of the previous day.
Source: La Verdad
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