Rafael Nadal has confirmed that this year will be the last time in his career that he will participate in the Master 1000 in Madrid. This is how the Spanish champion’s press conference opened on the eve of his debut scheduled for Thursday against the very young American Darwin Blanch.
“I can’t wait to play here. The week has been good in some ways and not so good in others. I’m not 100% prepared but I’m ready to get on the field and play my game. That’s the important thing, playing for the last time in Madrid means a lot” Rafa admitted to the media, without hiding his current physical difficulties.
“Sometimes people, and it’s normal, hope that everything will be resolved and move on. I’ve always been positive but currently the moment is what it is. I’m quite calm, in each place I will decide what I have to do.
I aspire to nothing more than to take the field, have fun and have the feeling of playing in a place where I have received unparalleled affection. If they want to organize something that’s fine, otherwise nothing.
They don’t have to prove anything to me” he underlined regarding possible tributes that could arrive at the end of his adventure in the tournament.
Nadal on Roland Garros: the revelation
The former world number one then spoke about the Paris event: “I don’t know what will happen in the next three weeks.
I will fight and do everything to try to play at Roland Garros. If I arrived in France in the condition I am in today, I wouldn’t play. This is reality. I’ll go and play there if I feel like I can go out and play well.
The world doesn’t end with Roland Garros, even if it was the most important tournament of my career” he revealed with great honesty. Then he revealed about the difficulties he is trying to face: “I’m not playing badly but I have physical limits. The body no longer feels the same game as before. This doesn’t allow me to compete as I would like.”
