Tennis continues to miss Rafa NadalSo that every time Manacor made an intervention, his echo was strong.
This is the case of The conversation with him with Andy Roddick in his podcast, ‘served Andy Roddick’. There he talked about everything, his fight with Federer and Djokovic, his feelings before retiring, Paris games … and their favorite surfaces.
To anyone’s surprise, the number one for him was the beaten ground. Surprise (or not) will come when choosing a second. “This is the grass. Working in 2009, I played five finals in Wimbledon. Actually, I’d rather play against Novak in the grass than a hard track“He acknowledged.
About those words he pronounces Nick Kyrgios. Australia is going through a difficult time after being forced to retire to Indian wells because of its ongoing physical problems, but it does not prevent her from being attentive to present to comment.
“Honestly, the Rafa in the grass is ridiculous -The laugh (in a positive sense): left -handed service, great hands; I can confirm that this is also a nightmare on a hard track“He wrote on his Twitter account.
The winner of 22 ‘Big’ reviewed the moments that led him to his decision to leave tennis last year And he said that, after the Paris Olympic Games, he returned home and, realizing that he would never compete with the level he wanted, he said “Done.”
“In 2022 I won ‘big’, then I was injured, I had breakage to ABS, and in the US Open, before the contest, I had another problem with the stomachs. Then I am a father, so I have a different approach to the final length of the year“He said.
“Then in 2023, against Mackenzie McDonald I had something strong in Psoas. At first it seemed like an injury to recover, but I felt that things weren’t how I wanted to. Then we decided to do the operation. They told me it was the only way to go back“Nadal added in his conversation to Andy Roddick.
“After the operation, things were a bit better, but they found an important problem with PSOA and they had to remove it. After six or seven months I trained again, but I felt I couldn’t push, I noticed the limits in that area. I gave myself the time to see if I could recover, because at the level of tennis I felt a competitor,” he said.
“That’s why those months are so complicated, because I said, let’s continue fighting because it will work, But I will not compete with the level I want, for many reasons. Inside I was because I couldn’t move as usual. After the games I went home and said it was over. Before I wanted to give myself a chance, then I said it was irrational, I didn’t feel like I could go back to compete at the level I wanted. When I felt it, it ended for me, “he said.
Nadal also reviewed his duels against Roger Federer And he considers his rival the best level of tennis in 2017.
“When I was playing well I won, when I played well, I won. At the beginning of my career I beat him more on the ground and quickly more difficult. Then I beat him a few times on a fast surface, “he said.
“At the end of his career he made a step forward, he was playing more aggressively and for me he made a little mistake at first against me, he tried to play with the ‘Top Spin’ reverse and gave me the opportunity to join his right against his care, By the end of his career he began to take more risks and for me, in 2017, it was the best level of his career“He added.
Source: La Verdad
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