The Spanish tennis player Pablo Carreño, bronze medalist at the Olympic Games. from tokyo, has declared to EFE today that it has not yet had time to celebrate this achievement, and has assured that feels that it is impossible to replace the figure of Rafa Nadal.
The Asturian made these statements at the end of the meeting held this morning with the President of the Principality, Adrián Barbón, which has lasted for more than an hour and with whom he has spoken, especially about the Olympic participation, whose success he has confessed that he has not been able to “celebrate” yet.
Carreno won the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics after defeating the world’s number one Serbian Novak Djokovic, for two sets to one, 6-4, 6-7 and 6-3.
“I obviously have a memory that I will never forget of everything that was that week since I got there. They were my first Olympics; you are enjoying every moment to the fullest, as if you were a child watching it on television, “he said.
For Carreño it has been an “incredible feeling” that he has not yet been able to “fully assimilate and celebrate properly”, although it is “something that remains there for history”, aware that “there are not many” Spanish tennis players who have won the Olympic medal, that is why he feels that it is a luxury to belong to that “privileged” group.
According to the Davis Cup recently disputed, has indicated that the circumstances “have not wanted to help much.”
“We already came with the loss of Reef Nadal, which was very important; at the beginning of the week we were injured Roberto Bautista, the last day before starting we had a covid sick leave of Alcaraz, which greatly limited the team, not only the quality but also the number of members “, has abounded.
In addition, he regretted the “bad luck” to have to play against Russia, which a priori was one of the favorites and has shown it by winning the title “with sufficient solvency”, but even so, he considers that Spain has had a “quite dignified” performance, winning Ecuador 3-0 and losing to Russia 2-1, but fighting until the last minute in doubles, without being able to classify second in the group for “very little”.
About Reef Nadal, the gijonés has indicated is “impossible to replace” the MallorcanThat is why he does not feel “pressure”, and has pointed out that although people “see it as possible”, he knows that “it is not”, because what the Balearic Islands have achieved is a “feat”.
Carreño has expressed the joy that brings him to compete again next summer in the Luanco beach tennis tournament, the competition that takes place on the sand, in which he already participated when he was 16 years old.
“The Beach Tennis Tournament is a unique event, which unfortunately had been lost, and I think it is very good for general tennis, but above all for the Asturian, that it can be recovered”, said the Gijónes, who recalled that when I was young “I would see him every year every day.” EFE
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