The Balearic tennis player spoke again in Santiago de Chile about his future and the options to continue at a high level
He also spoke about the elimination of Spain in the Davis Cup: “There were two games that Spain could win, but in this case it couldn’t be”,
Rafael Nadal He assessed the season that he has carried out in 2022 and explained that he has gone through different phases, but above all he has been marked by physical impediments, especially his withdrawal from the Grand Slam in Rome due to ailments in his left foot.
However, the tennis player denied that he was thinking of retiring from tennis: “The season has had several very different phases and was totally marked by my physical problems. Everything changed when we found an effective treatment for the foot, which has helped me a lot. That changed the perspective of my continuity in high-level tennis radically.”
The tennis player stressed that he still has a career as a professional tennis player, and that now his gaze is set before the end of the year at the 2022 Australian Open.
Elimination of the Davis
He also assured this Thursday that, given the elimination of the Spanish team from the Davis Cup, which is being played in Malaga, the Spanish team could have won both of their games, but that the difficulty of the matches led to defeat.
“They were two games that Spain could win, but in this case it couldn’t be”, remarked the Mallorcan tennis player at a press conference in Santiago de Chile on the occasion of his tour of various Latin American countries.
Rafa Nadal emphasized with the players of the Spanish tennis team, but sent them encouragement: “For our country, Losing out of the Davis Cup is disappointing, but we will move on,” said the tennis player.
“The only real part of the sport itself is that some win and some lose, you go from euphoria to sadness very quickly, but we are used to that by now,” Nadal added.
The bad taste in the mouth this Wednesday for Spain in the Davis Cup overlapped with the resounding victory of the Spanish soccer team in its debut in Qatar 2022, with a 7-0 against the Costa Rican team.
Regarding the victory of the soccer team, Rafa Nadal showed caution to the players: “Spain started the World Cup in the best possible way; it is only the first game, although it is always exciting to start like this,” said the tennis player.
Rafa Nadal is immersed in a tour of Latin America, which began in Argentina, where he beat the national tennis player Casper Ruud, continues in Chile, where he will play this Friday against the Chilean Alejandro Tabilo, to continue later through Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil and Mexico.