“It’s unthinkableYes, Nadal. ”The front page headline yesterday in the French newspaper ‘The Team’monopoly of a giant image of manacorí with Wimbledon center court in the background. Rafael Nadalto the Grand Slam after becoming champion of Australian Open at Roland Garros despite living with pain in his left foot and a rib stress fracture.
“The past is past and sport and life have passed quickly. I don’t really think what you’ve reached, it’s something that happened, that will be in my museum for the rest of my life, it’s that I’m proud of it. The first six months were not easy even with all that was achieved ”, recalls Nadal, who from flirting to hanging his racket in December and giving himself an ultimatum in Paris sought the hardest: Grand Slam poker in the same year.
At age 36, he paved the way for a victory that only the American completed Don Budge (1938) and the Australian Rod Laver (1962 and 1969), when three of the four events were played on the lawn, a former dominant and now outstanding surface, limited to just over a month of circuit. eaten whole whole Novak Djokovic in 2021, but stumbled against the US Open as happened to the Australians Jack Crawford (1933) and Lew Hoad (1956). Nadal aspires in London to be the sixth winner of the first three ‘majors’ of the course and opens the door to success in New York.
He hasn’t officially played on the lawn since he was beaten Roger Federer in the semifinals of Wimbledon 2019. Now he returns to history with all england clubs, where he reigned in 2008 and 2010. He began his fifteenth involvement measuring himself against a debutant, the Argentine Francisco Cerundolo, 23 years old and number 41 in the world ranking. The Spanish record 22 Grand Slam against a rookie counts his two fights, both at Roland Garros, by defeats.
Nadal made competitive battles in training and played two exhibitions in Hurlingham, with a victory over Stan Wawrinka and a defeat to Felix Auger-Aliassime. “I enjoy playing on the lawn after three years,” he stresses. His gold mine was Roland Garros, but sentimental he chose Wimbledon.
And, most importantly, “when I woke up, I had no pain that I had experienced in a year and a half.” The new left foot treatment was fulfilling the task of joint numbness without the need for the anesthesia he used, desperately, in Paris. Rafa Nadal, in its purest form. In the heroism of the impossible.
Source: La Verdad
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