Nadal He is still alive in the Madrid Masters 1,000 after managing to beat the Australian Alex de Minaur in two sets and thus advance to the third round of the tournament. However, despite the victory, the Spaniard has warned that he cannot risk, since he is not at 100% of his physical capabilities.
However, the winner of twenty-two Grand Slams highlighted that there are two things that maintain his motivation to play: “I always hope that things will work out.” and I am still excited and excited to play tennis.
“We go day by day. Honestly, with complete naturalness andIt’s hard to think about big things these days, but the life of sport changes quickly and if I am here I give myself the opportunity for them to happen. It’s a beautiful day and I will never be able to thank you for the love I feel here. In this difficult time you always have the illusion of living days like this and it is worth it. That it is here at home means a lot,” Rafa said in the press conference after the game.
“I’m happy. It’s hard for me to think that I could be in the third round, which doesn’t change me much either, but I have lasted more than two hours, For me it is a lot and more in front of these people that it is incredible,” insisted the Spaniard, who was cautious like the rest of the days.
“Let’s not get carried away by the emotion of a match. I am at least competitive at this level and then it depends on what you want to aspire to. I have done things that I couldn’t do last week. I have had more problems in training than I thought , but these three days have been better. Let’s see how I recover,” said Nadal, who will play in the third round against the Argentine Pedro CachÃn.
Likewise, the Spaniard has been honest and has revealed that we have to be very cautious: “There are things that I still cannot do in the way I would like and I have to be a little careful. The priority is that nothing serious happens and the good thing is having the option to explore and see what happens. If the physicist responds, let’s see how tennis responds. The week has not been very good, but I have spent another week on the circuit and in the last two years I have not even been able to do training with people from the circuit and now I am.”
“I have had to play slower balls, although the second set did. I need to play with tactics, not to let things happen quickly. I have achieved it and more or less I have been able to carry it out and I have maintained a level of tennis correct for more than two hours and that is positive”, he stressed.
The tennis player has also shown his emotion at the public’s reception: “In the end my perspectives are going to change day by day. I have to be convinced that my physique responds, regain confidence in my physique because many things have happened to me and then confidence in every sense. The perspective doesn’t change me, what happens is that I have the opportunity to play another game. I’m going to play three games and that’s positive. “I appreciate the improvement no matter how small.”
“Of course when you can experience things like that and know that they could be the last, they are exciting, but I have lived very special and beautiful moments here. From the final with Ivan Ljubicic in 2005 until today. It is the end and endings are always emotional, but I have lived unforgettable moments and this is another one,” Nadal recalled.
“The most obvious improvement this week is the service. I can’t do the trick because I haven’t taken out for many months, but I need to start taking out. I can’t train a hundred serves because the muscles have to adapt progressively. I finally got one thing out of my mind. “It’s something I don’t have to think about,” he noted.
The tennis player, a Real Madrid fan, has not hesitated to emphasize some of the virtues of the club and of sport in general: “Sport has a fantastic thing, it excites people. Not for me, the other day Real Madrid defends like a madman (against Manchester City), wins on penalties and everything is fantastic, but if he loses they say it’s defensive and such. In the tie break he was 6-2, he ties and hits the net… We are infected with emotion and enthusiasm. In the end I get excited.”
“I see Tiger Woods. I see him at Augusta and I’m overwhelmed, but there are many things. Mine is a bit the same. You get excited, but the reality is that it’s just a game. The glass of energy and confidence is gone filling, but today I am far from aspiring to things. It is a small step forward. For me, although with small steps big things are built”, he concluded.
