Roland-Garros, Australian Open, injury … Rafael Nadal’s record before Wimbledon

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Posted on June 25, 2022 at 10:35 p.m. by Amadou Diawara

Despite intense pain in his left foot for many weeks, Rafael Nadal has been more than successful in the first half of this season. Indeed, the Mallorcan was crowned both at the Australian Open and at Roland-Garros. Before entering Wimbledon, Rafael Nadal took stock of his first months of 2022.

Rafael Nadal has started 2022 with a bang. Indeed, the Majorcan managed to win theAustralian Open in the month of January. And a few months later Rafael Nadal raised a 14th silver bowl to Roland-Garros. An incredible performance, especially since the former world number one suffered from foot pain and had to resort to infiltrations to finish the competition. Whereas Wimbledon will start on Monday, Rafael Nadal is preparing to start his season on grass, knowing that he has not played on this surface for three years. And if he is not totally serene, he is still confident and sees himself achieving great performances on the courts of the Grand Slam Londoner. “I’m happy to play on grass three years latertold Rafael Nadal at a press conference on Saturday. If I’m here, it’s because things are going well, otherwise I wouldn’t be here. I am happy. My first game on Tuesday against Francisco Cerúndolo? I really don’t know how I’m going to get there, it’s hard to predict. This is probably the most difficult tournament to predict. It is a delicate surface on which you have to spend days. I haven’t played anything for three years (no grass tournaments), that makes things even more complicated. Memory is important, the most recent memories help. The week went normally, with better and worse times, but clearly in an upward trend. I trained a lot. Yesterday was a disaster in training, I woke up with tired eyes, but then I played well. Today I also trained well. The most important thing is that the bad moments on the pitch are getting shorter and shorter. The matches went pretty well, I trained with demanding people. I am sure that I will be competitive”.

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“It’s something that will stay in my museum for the rest of my life”

As he makes his debut against the Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo this Tuesday, Rafael Nadal don’t forget how far he’s come in the past six months. Despite intense foot pain, the Spanish champion was imperial during the first part of the season. And before starting Wimbledon, Rafael Nadal did not fail to take stock of its start to the year 2022. “The first six months of the season? The past is the past, and sport and life pass very quickly. I don’t like to think too much about what we have already done, it’s something that belongs to the past, which will stay in my museum for the rest of my life, I’m proud of it. The first six months were not easy, especially with all that I went through with my foot. I wouldn’t call it a tragedy, there are worse things in life, we just play tennis here. It was difficult to go on the pitch with the pain and not knowing if we will be able to finish a training session or a match.told Rafael Nadal at a press conference on Saturday. It remains to be seen whether the Spaniard will continue his momentum and win his third Grand Slam of the season to Wimbledon.

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