The tennis player Rafael Nadal confirmed this Saturday that he is confident of coming up with competition at the start of Wimbledon after six days of training on the grass All England Club.
“I’m enjoying playing on grass three years later,” Nadal said at his first Wimbledon news conference in three years. “If I’m here it’s because things are going well, otherwise I’m not here. I’m happy.”
The Balearic, who did not play in 2020 due to the tournament being suspended due to the pandemic and in 2021 will rest after Roland Garroswill play their first match on Tuesday, against the Argentine Francisco Cerundolowithout having played officially against this surface, but with two exhibitions on Hurlingham in the pocket.
“I don’t know how I get there really, it’s hard to predict. It’s probably the hardest tournament to predict. It’s a tricky surface where you need to spend days on it. I haven’t played anything for three years, this makes it’s super confusing. Memory Importantly, the latest memory helps the surface. Within what’s possible, it’s been a logical week, with better moments and worse moments, clearly on an upward line ” .
“I trained a lot. Yesterday I had a training disaster, I woke up with tired eyes, but then I played well. Today I also trained well. The most important thing is the bad moments on the court are shorter and shorter. pretty well, I have trained with demanding people. I am confident that I will be competitive “, explained the man from Manacor.
Nadal was tired of talking about his foot and his problems with it and said that at the tournament he hoped to talk only about tennis.
“I can walk normally every day, when I wake up I don’t have the pain I’ve experienced for a year and a half. With training in general I’ve gotten better. In recent weeks I haven’t had any of these days. which is very painful. In general, I am positive “.
About the first six months of the season, Nadal was clear: “The past passes and sport and life pass quickly. I don’t really think what you’ve reached, it’s something that happened, that’s going to Be in my museum for the rest of my life, it makes me proud of it.The first six months have not been easy even with all I have reached by foot.I will not say that it is a drama, there are others worse in life, we only play tennis here. It’s hard to enter the court sick and I don’t know if I’ll be able to finish the training session or the fight “.
In addition, Nadal spoke about the conditions of the tournament and his preferences about the balls used in the English championship.
“The ball is very heavy, a different ball than we are used to. These people are a bit more hollow than ten years ago. The tendency is to play more perforated balls. It seems like a mistake from a tennis point of view. All equal points are played. What I don’t like about the trend change is that the points are repetitive. People hit him everywhere because there is no sense of failure. Here this feeling multiplies, Balearic explained.
“With the extra weight of the ball, it’s important to be able to move properly, so that you can position properly. Then court that you don’t think too much, when the ball comes to you you have to hit with determination, if you think. You are attacked too much they or you make mistakes. It gives automatism and confidence “.
Source: La Verdad
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