The Spaniard isn’t interested in praise in training
Rafael Nadal prepares his official return in singles on Tuesday against Dominic Thiem, ranked 98th and coming from the qualifiers. He was defeated in doubles this Sunday together with Marc Lopez.
Among other topics, Nadal was asked about the praise he received from Andy Murray for the intensity of his training. Holger Rune was another to praise the Spaniard, calling it the best training in recent months.
“Look, it’s logical that if you ask other tennis players about me, they won’t say that I’m playing disastrously. None of us want to say negative things about others, so I don’t put much weight on it,” said the Spaniard who will return to play later a year due to a hip injury.
“No, but seriously I’m satisfied with how I train. I no longer have the expectations I had before, especially at the beginning, which is logical because I haven’t competed for a long time and I haven’t spent many weeks training either. train at a good level. It’s difficult to predict how things will go, competing is very different from training, but right now I feel prepared for the competition after seeing my latest training sessions”, said the Spaniard who told his trip from last year until today.
“It’s a long story because it developed in several phases. After what happened in Australia we thought he would be back within eight weeks, the doctors were very positive. The frustration was very high and I saw that I had to give up completely “The clay circuit it was what pushed me to do the press conference where I announced that I would stop for a while. I didn’t know at that moment that I had to have surgery. They told me that if I retired from tennis I wouldn’t need surgery, but to get back on the court I needed that surgery. I made the right decision because I wanted to feel like a tennis player again,” commented Nadal.
“I can’t predict what will happen in the future, that’s why I always say it will probably be my last year, but not 100%. Obviously there’s a high percentage chance that this will be the last time I compete in Australia, but if he’s here next year, don’t blame me for anything,” he said politely to the delight of the journalists present in the room. “You never know what I’ll be like in six months, whether my body will allow me to enjoy tennis as much as I’ve enjoyed it for the last 20 years, whether I’ll be competitive… By that I mean feeling competitive enough to go out and play on the court and feeling like I can face anyone, not in the strict sense of winning a Slam,” he said.
“I’ve spent a long time getting back to tennis and maybe if I feel like I can continue to compete… It will be a difficult decision to make, but inside me I know that there is a high probability that this will be my last season”, said the Spanish player, who continues to amaze with his statements as much as he always has with his game.
Source: Terra
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