With a serious face and imposing appearance, Rafa Nadal analyzes his defeat against Van de Zandschulp in the Davis Cup. He fell with honor, true to his way of approaching his matches. The result was logical. The 80th world tennis player, 29 years old, won by beating the 154th, 38 years old. The rational always has reasons that the sentimental ignores.
“It was an exciting day. It was perhaps my last singles match as a professional tennis player. Everything has been very exciting. “When I heard the anthem, when they encouraged me… I tried to give everything, but it wasn’t enough”, begins by analyzing the tennis player from the Balearic Islands, who is accused of almost four months of inactivity.
Ferrer made the decision to play the first individual point with Manacorí and Alcaraz the second. “David hired me because he thought it was best for the team. He made this decision. After yesterday’s training, even if I were him, I wouldn’t wear it anymore.”
“I knew he could be my last professional tennis player. Everything has been exciting and difficult to manage. There are a lot of emotions. I tried to do it in the best way possible. I can’t help but thank everyone who supported me. The crowd was incredible, as always throughout the race. The rival was better than me. That wasn’t enough. The decision was made for me to play, we knew it was risky, but David saw us training and considered it the right thing to do. “I’m not going to say I’m sorry, it’s sport, I tried.”
“Don’t put pressure on me to be captain, I’m not captain. I said if I didn’t feel ready for the match I would opt out, but that wasn’t the case. I think I trained well enough to win the match, but in the match I couldn’t play the way I would have liked. After the match, I hope we will pass, even if the situation is on the limit. “If I were Ferrer, I would put a player other than me for the next match.”
