Rafael Nadal reached the third round at Wimbledon by defeating Ricardas Berankis and continued his dream of a calendar Grand Slam, although his continued career was called into question just a few weeks ago.
– My philosophy from a few weeks ago is that I was close to it. I don’t feel that way now. That’s my philosophy – smiled Nadal and continued.
– That’s something I’ve never been afraid of. I am fortunate to have had a very happy life outside of tennis, although tennis has been an important part of my life for the last 30 years. Without a doubt, I was happy outside of it, so I’m not worried about that, Nadal said:
– However, when that day comes, there will definitely be a change. Every change in life takes time. You have to adapt to them, right? It is normal for people to talk about the retirement of great athletes, because they have been at the top of the game for a long time, it is more noticeable in more popular sports, it becomes a part of many people’s lives. It also happens to me with some football players, golf players – Nadal is honest
He also gave a concrete example.
– The person I liked to watch play was Tiger Woods. Now I don’t get to see him play that often. It is a change in my life in a way. Probably many will think like me, when Roger doesn’t play, when Novak won’t play, when I won’t play, or when someone from football and basketball doesn’t offer to play, because they become part of people’s daily routine, they inspire them – added Nadal.
The coach of the fourth tennis player in the world also spoke, and touched on a possible match with Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon.
– Rafael had a few years where he didn’t play well on grass, but if he does well, there are fewer opponents on grass who can beat him than on hard courts. I think he is closer to Djokovic on this surface than on hard – said Roig and continued:
– Novak is hard to beat on both surfaces, he is the favorite at Wimbledon. But here we have a better chance to defeat him – said Francisco Roig.
Djokovic, who has 20 Grand Slam trophies, and Nadal played in the final in 2011 when the Serbian tennis player won (3:1).
