This is what it normally looks like in early June: Rafael Nadal as the winner of the French Open.
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Only slowly getting closer to competition training: Rafael Nadal.
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Last year Nadal also triumphed at the US Open. At the moment he’s struggling to imagine playing in New York in less than three months.
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Nadal is currently in the local Academy (here with Roger Federer at the opening in 2016) on Mallorca in preparation for a possible continuation of the season.
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Arthur Ashe Stadium should by no means be that full, if the US Open is played at all at the end of August. Empty stadiums would be a horror for Nadal, but he would rather play without an audience than not at all.
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Why Nadal only trains very low
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This is what it normally looks like in early June: Rafael Nadal as the winner of the French Open.
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Only slowly getting closer to competition training: Rafael Nadal.
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Last year Nadal also triumphed at the US Open. At the moment he’s struggling to imagine playing in New York in less than three months.
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Nadal is currently in the local Academy (here with Roger Federer at the opening in 2016) on Mallorca in preparation for a possible continuation of the season.
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Arthur Ashe Stadium should by no means be that full, if the US Open is played at all at the end of August. Empty stadiums would be a horror for Nadal, but he would rather play without an audience than not at all.
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Rafael Nadal is happy to be back on the tennis court from time to time after the tough lockdown in Spain. The twelve-time French Open winner is not yet fully training.
After a long and strict lockdown in Spain, Rafael Nadal speaks for the first time. In a video conference with selected journalists, the 19-time Grand Slam champion from Mallorca spoke on Thursday, one day after his 34th birthday, about the difficult past weeks – and the months to come.
Rafael Nadal, the US Open should take place in New York in less than three months. Can you imagine that?
(ponders) It’s not easy and very difficult to predict. It is difficult to judge the situation from a distance. I wouldn’t play in New York today, but hopefully things will look better in two months.
Right now you would normally be at the French Open, your favorite tournament. How much do you miss it and how optimistic are you that it can happen in the fall?
I am neither optimistic nor negative. I just do not know. Of course I miss tennis, but more importantly, we get back to normal life. Tennis is very global and involves a lot of travel. That makes it difficult.
A few weeks ago you expressed your skepticism that the big tournaments could be played again in 2020. How is it now?
With so much suffering around it, it was impossible for me to think about big sporting events. Now it seems more possible again, but I’m not very optimistic. We have to be a role model for people and act responsibly. I cannot imagine playing big tournaments as long as travel is not possible for every player from every country.
