The farewell of Rafa Nadal It was something difficult for any tennis player to see, even for the one who was responsible for this match in the Davis Cup It was the last of his career. Botic van de Zandschulp He beat Rafa with a double 6-4 and, after the elimination of Spain, ended up certifying the retreat of the manacori.
The farewell of one of the best tennis players in history took place very complicated for Botic. The Dutchman assumed it wasn’t nice to have to end Nadal’s career: “He announced his retirement, that it would be his last tournament, a few weeks before the event. So he had a lot of time.” . you have to think about it before playing against him. “There was also the question of whether I was going to play or not.”
“But then, during the week, he trained a lot. And the truth is that I saw that he was going to play. And yes, it was a difficult match. He was one of my idols growing up. So yes, it was hard to play against him.maybe in his last match, maybe not… It was a game very very difficult“, recognizes the Dutchman in a statement to ‘Diario AS’.
As it could not be otherwise, the “goodbye” of Rafa was hard even on the one who caused it. This Davis Cup was an important step for the Netherlands after reaching the final for the first time in their history. Of course, there was Italy Jannick Sinner put an end to the Dutch dream.
