Roberto Bautista, 20 in the world, confirmed this Sunday that he sees Rafa Nadal “as a candidate” to the Wimbledon title, the third Grand Slam of the season.
“Rafa has always been a candidate in any tournament he has played“, assured EFE Bautista, who will play for the Mallorca Championschip after reappearing last week at the ATP 500 tournament in Halle (Germany) after spending almost three months unemployed due to tendinitis in the wrist.
The man from Castellón was eliminated in the quarterfinals of Halle grass of the number one in the world, Russian Daniil Medveded, with whom he will be reunited at the Mallorca Country Club.
Bautista, who also had to go through difficult moments due to wrist discomfort, praised Nadal’s attitude to the chronic injury he suffered to his left foot the winner of 22 Grand Slam titles, the last of them at Roland Garros.
“Rafa, the truth is, he’s a player who played a lot of games and worked on his body. It’s normal for him to suffer a lot of pain and discomfort. He is a player who exceeds the limits of what is normal. Perhaps he has the greatest capacity for sacrifice to get through difficult moments“, Said the 34-year-old tennis player from Benlloch, winner of 10 ATP titles and semifinalist at Wimbledon in 2010.
Bautista, fifth seeded in Mallorca, wants to go “match by match” on the island after giving up tournaments in Montecarlo, Barcelona, Rome and Roland Garros.
“We came out of a difficult period with no work for almost 3 months. I think I made a good start to the competition last week in Halle playing three games. Here the truth is the draw was very, very hard. complicated because there are very good grass players. I have to focus on myself, go game by game to add me to the tournament in terms of preparation“said Roberto Bautista.
Source: La Verdad
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