10 days from Roland-Garros, Rafael Nadal on his injury: “There will come a time when my head will say stop” – Eurosport FR

Rafael Nadal worried. Ten days before Roland-Garros, the Spaniard was taken out in the round of 16 in Rome, beaten by the Canadian Denis Shapovalov (1-6, 7-5, 6-2). The most worrying thing is not the defeat. It is this left foot that still and always causes him problems. Which largely handicapped the movements of the Spaniard in the third set. Which largely explains why he only won 3 of the last 20 points in this game. And who could call into question his ambitions for the Parisian tournament, where he has lifted the trophy 13 times. The Mallorcan is therefore not at the end of his troubles with this foot which had already caused the premature end of his season last year. past, from the month of August. It’s not really a relapse. More like a chronic ailment he can’t get rid of. “I’m not injured … I live with an injury, he explained after his defeat against Shapovalov. There is nothing new. It’s there … My daily life is difficult. I try to maximum but it is sometimes difficult to accept this situation. There are many days when I cannot train normally.”ATP RomeShapovalov did not give up and Nadal was overtaken by pain25 MINUTES AGONadal n did not suffer from it at the start of the match. And that resulted in a display from the Spaniard in the opening set, which was won 6-1. He then seemed set to unfold and continue his journey in the tournament, with a duel against the Norwegian Casper Ruud in the quarter-finals. “The most negative thing for me today is that I really felt much better, he lamented. I played much better at the start of the game. Even my training and my warm-up were much better than the other day.” “Today was crazy” But the pain eventually caught up with him. And it escalated to become too much to bear. Nadal had the merit of not throwing in the towel. But he really couldn’t fight in these conditions. “It started about halfway through the second set, he said. And it became unbearable for me. It’s a pain that comes and goes. Sometimes stronger, sometimes less. Today , it was crazy. There will come a time when my head will say stop, because the pain takes away the pleasure. Not only for tennis, in life. “A winning comeback from nowhere: And yet Nadal had made the show…He won’t get rid of it. This Muller-Weiss syndrome, Nadal has to live with it. And deal, beyond the pain, with all the uncertainties that this implies. “I don’t know how it will be in two days, in a week, he let go. Today I couldn’t play. But maybe in two days it will be better. I really don’t know “I have to accept the situation and fight. I can’t say anything more. I don’t know if I should rest or train.” winning at the Australian Open. A rib injury in Indian Wells in early March forced him to take a break until the Madrid tournament, where he lost to the phenomenon Carlos Alcaraz in the quarter-finals. His preparation for Roland-Garros is now accompanied by many uncertainties. “I always have a goal in a week and a few days, he insisted. I will dream of this goal. At Roland-Garros, I will have my doctor with me. It can help.” Ferrero, Alcaraz’s “little extra” for a major differenceATP RomeNadal, the defeat and concern before Roland8 HOURS AGOATP RomeNadal, a correction in the form of a warm-upYESTDAY AT 12:34