The “shock” generated by the withdrawal of Rafa Nadal relatively dissolved after the manacorí jumped onto the track in the “Six Kings Slam”. Rafa left a good level against Carlos Alcaraz despite his defeat but he himself recognizes that he is not here to endure a match of such pace.
Nadal will face Novak Djokovic in which will be the last professional duel between two of the three best players in the history of tennis. Rafa and ‘Nole“They will put an end to a rivalry that will last forever in the history of tennis.
All because of a withdrawal that left the sporting world stunned. Nadalaware that he is playing his last matches, precisely explained why he is ending his career: “It’s a very simple question, I’m not burned or tired of my sport. My body doesn’t respond to me how I have to keep doing what I’m doing to reward myself, but I’m happy, I’m having fun playing tennis.
“I am not capable to continually do so at the level and standards that reward and motivate me. To arrive at this conclusion I had to let some time pass and I think it was something I needed,” the Spaniard admitted during a press conference.
Like any goodbye process, Rafa He admits that it was complicated and that this led him to wait a little longer: “I extended my decision a little longer. They had to say goodbye to me in Rome and Paris, but I decided not to say goodbye to the others because there was no point in forcing me to do anything. I wanted to give myself time which I considered necessary to see how my body evolved after a difficult operation like the one I had on my hip.
