“He won’t go to the Roland Garros to lose in the round of 16, but only if he thinks he can win the tournament”. Toni Nadal he knows his nephew Rafael very well and knows the mentality with which he approaches big tournaments.
The Spanish champion has played three tournaments on clay and the local media take his presence at Roland Garros almost as a certainty. In Barcelona we didn’t see the best Nadal – as normal – and Alex de Minaur he defeated him in the second round.
In Madrid, however, the Majorcan raised the level and only surrendered to one of the best versions of Jiri Lehecka to the round of 16. finally, at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, there was a clear defeat against Hubert Hurkacz.
Uncle Toni: “Rafael Nadal will only play Roland Garros if he thinks he can win the tournament”
“He won’t drag himself on the court, he still has confidence thanks to his mentality and his way of being. He won’t go to Roland Garros to lose in the round of 16, he will only go there if he thinks he can win the tournament.
Winning Roland Garros and retiring would be the dream ending, but I think if he succeeds he will want to continue. He wouldn’t retreat in that case. Garlic Australian Open 2022 had had Covid-19 three days before the trip, but then tested negative and still didn’t know whether to travel.
In the end he decided to leave, he started with little preparation and won the tournament”, confessed Toni Nadal in the words reported by tennisuptodate.com.
