Rafa Nadal is now playing at Wimbledon with an injury

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Rafael Nadal He knows a lot about living every day. He has suffered from a chronic injury to his left foot since 2005, which led to other serious physical problems in his career by altering the tennis player’s natural support to save his career. He knows how to manage adversity by focusing on solutions, without distractions. The pain in the right side of the abdomen intensified in the opposing quarters TaylorFritz, and all his efforts were devoted to aging to this day, once he decided he would not give up the competition.

“Yes, my father, my team, told me to retire. For a long time in my mind was the determination to retire, but it wasn’t easy to retire from Wimbledon in the quarterfinals, it took me a lot of effort to go and play here. And I feel so good playing here, ”Nadal said, loudly about the abandonments. “I’ve done this on a few occasions and it’s something I hate.”

When the adventure is closed, the goal is to play against Nick Kyrgios this Friday. “I don’t know because I don’t know what I have and I need to do more testing. Friday will be held when I have the right information. Through this, decisions will be made listening to those who know ”.

From the day of the opening he wore kinesiological tapes on the damaged area. “The harsh truth is I’ve been pulling these discomforts for a week and now it’s gone up significantly. I haven’t done any serving training days to make a reservation.” Playing below, in the background, he does not suffer, but when serving. “I changed the way I served. If I had done it loosely I wouldn’t have felt such whiplash, not so much pain ”.

He spent more than four hours to fight the disease and Fritz, overcome 3-6, 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 and 7-6 (10-4) to advance to the Wimbledon semi-finals for the eighth time. He maintained his undefeated status in the quarterfinals.

The ability to accept recession, the courage to fight it. “As a positive thing, my foot doesn’t hurt, or doesn’t hurt that much, I’m not limited. I have no reason to complain about anything, I’m super lucky. And I’m good at playing. Winning Fritz without a serve means I have to do things right ”.

It has Angel Ruiz-Cotorro, his doctor, as in Paris. “She can’t do much. Painkillers, anti-inflammatories, I don’t know. The physio tried to relax the area but it was difficult ”, he commented on the request for assistance at 4-3 in the second set. “He wanted to give me a chance. I want to finish whatever happens. Proud of my spirit and the way I’ve been competitive in tough conditions. ”

The withdrawal of Roland Garros 2016

And Kyrgios? “I don’t know what will happen. Something more important than winning Wimbledon is health. ”Now he will try to clear up some unknowns through medical examinations and the response of the damaged area after accumulated effort.

At Roland Garros 2016 he didn’t show up for his third round fight, against Marcel Granollersdue to wrist injury. It was an earlier tie and there was no time or margin to avoid withdrawals in the next few days. In addition, the risk of further aggravation of the disease made Rafa Nadal finally follow medical recommendations. Now, the more mature accumulating experiences, the more he listens to them.

Source: La Verdad

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