Last Hour Nadal: bombshell explodes over the retirement of the Spanish tennis player, one of the strongest in history, who spoke at Roland Garros. Here’s what he said. Fans in ecstasy
In Rome they greeted him as he deserves: a flood of people as he crossed the bridge leading to the locker room. A farewell seemed, indeed it is certain to be, as Rafa Nadal, at the Internazionali, will almost certainly be gone.
Now the Spaniard is busy in Paris, at the second slam of the season. And he caught Zverev right away, who will be faced in the morning today. A tough draw, Nadal himself knows, but during his presentation press conference he made an announcement that sent his fans into ecstasy. He left, resoundingly, the door open to him staying on the circuit. Nothing certain, of course, nothing certain. The desire, though, if the physical condition is optimal, is to continue. Maybe.
Last hour Nadal, here’s the announcement
“There is a good chance that this is my last Roland Garros, but I don’t want to force myself to say that it will be so 100% . In Madrid was the last time and it is a tournament where I closed a circle. I want to give myself the opportunity to continue, drawing up a different schedule with different goals. I have the support of my family and I have to see where I can go.” Yes, the door is indeed open, and who knows, maybe even next year we can see him play again, in selected tournaments, and when he especially feels like it.
This is big news that obviously definitely changes the way you look at things. A Nadal still in the running is a spot for all tennis since as said we are talking about one of the strongest ever, beloved by the Spanish public but not only, as we saw at the Foro Italico a few weeks ago. So waiting, always waiting, to see what it will be. But it is definitely a good wait in this case.
