Rafael Nadal is the main opponent of l’equipe cover From this Thursday, three days after the start of the first Roland Garros after his departure.
Balearic proves that he has not missed the tennis and says he has never been a slave to him.
“I enjoyed playing tennis, but in other ways, out of the slopes. I worked hard in courts or the gym, but my life was more than tennis (…) I went out with my friends, no matter every Friday or every Saturday. I wasn’t a slave to tennis,” The 38 -Year -old Player said.
“I had a lot of moments to enjoy my family, my friends, the party, the sea, practiced other sports. I didn’t feel like sacrificing anything. I did what I felt, what I wanted and luckily to have a life beyond tennis,” Add.
Nadal does not regret his two -year careerThen Win his latest Roland Garros in 2022because I thought that then I could move on with the elite, though Ends with injuries convincing him to retire.
“Then I don’t know,” The former player, who remembers that Before winning Paris, the Australian Open was achieved and then applied to Wimbledon.
About the present moment, claimed that Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner are more than others and, related to the doping penalty of the Italians, convinced that He does not want to deceive and praise his mental stability.
“I’ll put my hand on the fire”, Nadal said, which also expresses its support for sports justice.
Spanish, that will be respected in Roland Garros this Sundayhe proved that the one from Paris was “The most important contest” of his career and that every time the appointment approaches I felt a special nervousness. “
“This is an incompatible adrenaline. My story with Roland Garros has been built in recent years. It has achieved poor numbers to think.”Says.
In the awards, he says: “It reminds me a little bit because these things are not good. I don’t like tribes. I don’t need this kind of thing. I don’t have a good ego. I live well with little ignorance, silence.”
“But I understand this moment with Roland Garros because we lived together. I am very grateful and happy to live at the moment, to say goodbye to all the people who have supported me, to thank what they have given me throughout my career, especially in recent years. I have felt to appreciate and love Paris, in France in general, it is something that cannot be supported,” Add.
Nadal believes that quAnd it would be “difficult” for someone to repeat their numbers in Roland Garros, but clarified: “If I did this, why not?”
Source: La Verdad
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