Ferdinand Verdasco He has nothing to prove at 38 years old, but his unconditional love for tennis is driving him to make a titanic effort to try to return to the elite. After two years weighed down by injuries, the tennis player from Madrid has done an intense job this summer on a physical level and decided to give up the qualifying phase of the 2022 Australian Open to focus on the ATP Challenger Tour, these events being the key to first stay in the top-200, and then try to return to the top 100 in the world.
He is this week in Bolivia, where Pucinelli de Almeida and Ficovich have won, meeting Pedro Cachín in the quarterfinals. The humility of a former top-10 player whose rings don’t fall off for going to modest tournaments in order to continue enjoying his sport and giving himself one last chance to return to a high competitive level is admirable.
