“If I arrive in Paris the way I feel today, I won’t play. I will play Roland Garros if I feel competitive. If I can’t play, I can’t. It won’t be the end of the world or the end of my career. I still have goals after Roland Garros, like the Olympic Games,” which will be held at the same venue and surface as the Grand Slam tournament.
Rafael Nadal He warned that he does not want fatuous tributes, neither external nor his own. If he plays, it is to compete. This Thursday he has one more test facing the 16-year-old American Darwin Blanchin the first round of the Mutua Madrid Open.
After the two games in the Conde de Godó Trophy, the Manacorí hopes for improvement after one more week of training.
Roland Garros is approaching, it officially begins on Sunday, May 26. Your director Amélie Mauresmospoke at an official appearance in Paris about Rafael Nadal.
It came to the fore whether there could be a favorable treatment in honor of the fourteen Musketeers Cup won by the Spaniard, who will turn 38 during the celebration of the event. It was already a topic that was put on the table after a long injury to Rafa Nadal, but it was not carried out.
With Nadal’s current ranking, No. 512, he would enter the main draw draw without any protection. The situation could arise that it is measured from entry to Novak Djokovic o Carlos Alcaraz.
There would be the option of recovering the method that Wimbledon used until 2020, which considered not only the world ranking, but also the specific results on grass and in the tournament in recent years to make the seeds. For a long time, he even did it hitchhiking, depending on the ‘specialist’ players he wanted to protect.
“It’s not an issue on the table right now,” he said. Amélie Mauresmo. “Wimbledon did it for a long, long, long time. It certainly offered a number of advantages, but also other drawbacks. It’s not on the table for now, no.”
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2024-04-25 16:35:22
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