The withdrawal of Rafael Nadal It has hurt even though it was an issue that sooner or later all tennis lovers were going to have to face. The Spaniard officially hung up his racket this Tuesday after falling to Botic Van de Sand scallop by double 6-4 in the quarterfinals of Final 8 with Spain, the Iberian team rescued a point thanks to Carlos Alcaraz but he could not resolve the matter in the doubles. Now, Toni Nadal He has spoken out about his nephew’s retirement.
“It is the chronicle of a death foretold. We all knew this day had to come. Seeing how the last few months were developing, you already saw that this was not going in the right direction and I think Rafael made the most appropriate decision. It’s true that many people said how did it take so long. And it is because he got used to pushing everything to the end, in his games, in his recoveries… and he trusted that his body would work for him,” he said before the media in his country.
Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal rallying in the Davis Cup
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The famous ‘Uncle Toni’ is one of the people most responsible for the creation of a vintage tennis player. Throughout more than two decades of career, the left-handed Manacor won 22 titles Grand Slamincluding 14 trophies in Roland Garros. He is widely considered the greatest exponent on clay, where he was practically invincible.
“I had quite assumed it. You suffer because, if it were a tournament I would not have suffered almost, but being the Spanish team, I suffered watching their match and the doubles match because it meant defeat, it meant that Rafael’s point would have been important. It tastes worse because you defend your country and on this occasion it couldn’t be,” he added about the disaster in the Davis Cup.
There were 92 titles that Nadal conquered in his career, 63 of them playing on clay. He won 1,080 matches and lost 228 in a career that saw him constantly compete with titans such as Novak Djokovic y Roger Federer.
Roger Federer wrote an emotional letter to Rafa Nadal
Roger Federerone of the great rivals and friends of Rafael Nadal on the ATP circuit, he dedicated a letter to the Spaniard prior to his retirement.
“Rafa, I know you are focused on the last leg of your epic career. We’ll talk when it’s over. For now, I just want to congratulate your family and team, who played a fundamental role in your success.”
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