“In sports, everything changes fast.” This is one of the laws in the standard decalogue of Rafael Nadal. That is why he is not very fond of making predictions in paintings. In Australia he had to leave four top-10s on the road to become champion. Roland Garros welcomed its long -awaited crossing Novak Djokovicnot in front of Carlos Alcaraz who gave his place to Alexander Zverev, who was injured playing in the semifinals.
Forecasts revealed complications for Manacorí at Wimbledon. Most fell: it wasn’t the ‘gunner’ Sam Querrey who was his rival now in the second round, but the Lithuanian Ricardas Berankis, 32 years old and 106 in the world. From the scene of the round of 16 and semifinals, goodbye Marin Cilic and Matteo Berrettini, both of Covid. The quarter ante hypothesis Felix Auger-Aliassime lost in the defeat of Canadian and student of his uncle Toni.
There are still dangerous barriers on the horizon, beyond the grass, but Nadal analyzes the present because he relies on himself in normal conditions. And they are not yet in sporting terms, according to their assessment. “Against Ricardas is another day, and you have to humble yourself to accept the challenge that the situation is not perfect right now. We have to accept it ”, he learns about his goal to regain his competitive memory on the grass, where he has not competed in the past three years. “I almost forgot”, I mean.
suffered against Francisco Cerundolo, hoping to be less new to Beranki because that shot should serve the adaptation process. “You have to find a way to move forward with what I have now. Because every day he survives, the chances increase that he will start playing at a higher level ”, said Rafa Nadal. He hasn’t had all of his arsenal ready yet, having been the champion to him in 2008 and 2010, but he’s working hard to get it.
He beat Berankis 6-2, 7-5 in the Melbourne ATP. With the exception of one accident, Nadal had to dominate and thrive. Focused and careful. Life one day, sweeter when the pain in his left foot subsided, he no longer had to inject anesthetic before fights like he did in Roland Garros. The new treatment after Paris continues to work.
Source: La Verdad
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