Every step you take Rafa Nadal In Malaga It breathes goodbye, this feeling of the last times. The last concentration with his teammates, the last training sessions, the last dinners together… This Tuesday, he took another step towards this inexorable moment at the end of his career.
It was also the last time he exercised before participating in a game, or at least being present in one. The Balearic islander passed the final test with flying colors Alcaraz before Spain made their debut in the tournament of nations against The Netherlands on D-day.
At that time, both Carpena Like the whole city of Malaga, they will be dressed. Nadal will have done it too, who will carry a special racket bag, the occasion deserves it. It will display all the important moments of his life in general and his sporting career in particular.
His year of birth presides over a commotion that highlights his entire record. grand slamTitles Masters 1,000, ATP500, ATP250, Davis Cup and Olympic medals. All this accompanied by the Spanish flag on the front of the racket bag he designed Babolat.
Rafa did not make his training debut with Alcarazwhich served, on the other hand, to clarify two tennis ideas. The first is that Alcaraz is better than in Turin, where he competed with a nasal bandage to combat the cold he suffered from. In Malaga there is no trace of the first and a substitute of the viral process. The second thesis is that Nadal is prepared for the tournament.
After a light exchange during which they attempted serves, returns, net climbs and volleys, they performed a mini set. Rafa showed himself in an ascending line with the racket in hand. Solid on serve and firm in exchanges, even if he still lacks a certain reaction on the rest. Product of lack of rhythm after not playing a single match since his elimination in Paris Olympic Gamesin the month of August.
