Roland Garros 2020 Many tennis players have suffered from stomach problems and Carballs even abandoned
EFE
LThe scene corresponds to the crossing of eighths of the individual female table between Paula Badosa and Laura Siegemund. The Spanish woman requested the presence of the physiotherapist to treat a puncture in the back and her rival took the opportunity to eat a salad in the changing chair.
After her victory, the referee asked her why: “Why did you eat in the middle of the game?” To which she replied: “I had a bad stomach and could not eat anything before the game.”
What seemed like an anecdote is not. And, in addition to Siegemund, Alexander Zverev, Dominic Thiem, Roberto Carballs and Pablo Carreo have been affected by stomach problems.
In the case of Carballs he was forced to abandon in the third round that measured Grigor Dimitrov. He vomited three times, the last before facing the challenge of sneaking into the second round after having beaten Canadian Denis Shapovalov two days earlier.
“After the game with Bautista, Pablo began to notice a heaviness in his stomach. We did not give it much importance, but on Monday when he got up he told us that he was not very hungry and that is not normal for him. When we got to the club we went to the doctor and they took his temperature and tension and everything was normal. He continued with punctures in his stomach “, says Samuel Lpez, coach of a Pablo who today has the tough challenge of trying to face Novak Djokovic, number one ATP.
The Asturian found himself indisposed in the second set of the round of 16 with Daniel Altmaier to the point of needing a stomach protector. He felt nauseous and sick. Carreo has lived a marathon since last August 18 he left for the New York bubble to play the Cincinnati and US Open tournaments.
In the first he yielded in the second round to Karen Khachanov, but won the title in doubles alongside Alex de Miaur. Two days later, she began her career at the United States Open where she reached the semifinals against Alexander Zverev.
He lost in five sets after winning the quarterfinals to Shapovalov exhausting his sleeves. The Gijn tennis player was the only one of the best four of the great New Yorker who flew to Rome to play the 1,000 Masters in singles and also in doubles. He yielded to the first with Cabal and Farah in pairs and with Nadal. He had four days off before settling in Paris.
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